A soft sugar cookie crust, creamy homemade frosting, and all the fresh berries – this delicious fruit pizza will be the star of any party!
I made you something to celebrate summer.
I know it’s not summer yet… But we have had such miserable weather almost nonstop since November, topped with rain every day for the past two weeks, so as soon as the city saw even a hint of sunshine, basically everyone came outside to celebrate.
Streets that had been so quiet for the past seven months were suddenly vibrant and busy again. I put on a sundress and finally unpacked the sandals forgotten in the depths of my closet – and I went to Whole Foods to buy as much fruit as I possibly could. Vibrant weather called for inviting friends up to the roof for a vibrant sugar cookie fruit pizza party.
First step was to frost the fruit pizza with Dairy-Free Greek Yogurt Frosting.
Then fresh strawberries, blueberries, and sliced kiwi were placed on top of the frosting. Leftover frosting makes a fantastic dip for leftover berries that aren’t used for the fruit pizza, and it is healthy enough to serve for breakfast or dessert, or even for a healthy snack if you happen to get hungry while frosting your pizza. Baking is hard work!
The sugar cookie crust recipe is completely flourless and is made using almond meal.
If you’d prefer a nut-free fruit pizza, you can use my Healthy Sugar Cookies or Healthy Breakfast Pizza as a base instead.
Feel free to change up the fruit as well. This vegan fruit pizza can make a great Memorial Day recipe if you omit the kiwi and use blueberries and either strawberries or raspberries as your fruit of choice.
For icing, feel free to use the vegan Greek yogurt frosting recipe linked at the beginning of this post or any vanilla, coconut, or cream cheese frosting recipe you wish.
Or you can change it up completely and go for chocolate frosting if you wish!
Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza
Adapted from Healthy Girl Scout Cookie Tagalongs
Fruit Pizza–With A Flourless Sugar Cookie Crust
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond meal (Or make your own by grinding slivered almonds in a blender or coffee grinder until finely ground)
- heaping 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tbsp oil OR water
- pinch uncut stevia OR 1/4 cup pure maple syrup or honey
- Only if using stevia version, add 1/4 cup additional water
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line an 8-inch springform pan with parchment, and set aside. (If you only have a regular pan, make sure the parchment goes up the sides and be very careful lifting it out so the crust does not break. And if you only have a 9-inch pan, you might try scaling all ingredients up 1.5 times.) In a measuring bowl, stir together all ingredients to form a dough. Transfer the dough to the prepared pan, and use a second sheet of parchment to smush the dough out evenly, pressing down again and again until it covers the bottom of the pan. Bake 12 minutes on the center rack, then let cool at least 20 minutes before either frosting right in the pan or removing from the pan and then frosting or eating plain. (For the fruit pizza in the photos, I used the cream cheese frosting recipe linked at the very beginning of this post.)
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Omg. I am absolutely making this for Memorial Day. It is beautiful! Plus, I am obsessed with that almond meal base from your tagalongs and grain-free sugar cookies. So perfect!
I was wondering if the crust could be made with almond flour instead of almond meal? Thank you.
Yup! They are interchangeable – just two ways of saying the same product. Almond flour is simply finely ground almond meal and absolutely is fine for the recipe 🙂
Jason
This looks HEAVENLY. I always feel way more like baking in the summer and this looks like a perfect treat! I’m hosting a BBQ next weekend for my birthday, and I’ve saved this post so that I can make and serve this recipe, mmmm
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You decoration with the fruit is top notch ;). I think I would eat this all in one sitting
I agree that this is beautiful. Somewhere along the way, though, we have come to believe that the natural color of strawberries is white on the inside. That means they are not fully ripe and not very sweet. It seems that all berries purchased in a store are like this. It is too bad that many people have never eaten a fully ripened strawberry and known how delicious they can be!
You had me at Dairy Free Greek Yogurt frosting! I can’t wait to try this!
OOH, this sounds delish!! Have you tried it with any other type of nuts for the crust? I’ve done a coconut flour-based sugar cookie fruit pizza crust before, and I’m sure pecans or macadamias would be delicious too! Thank you for all of you fabulous recipes!!
I’m not Katie, but I’ve used pecan meal before for a similar recipe.
This looks like paradise :))
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Oh This Sounds Fresh,I Love Cookies,Your Cookies are Tempting me.Its Perfect Dish for Memorial Day..
It looks really tasty and it’s cholesterol-free, low in sodium and sugar but high in Mg, Mn, and vit. E! Will definitely make this healthy pizza!
This looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing!
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