Sugar Cookie Flag Fruit Pizza (Printable)
Soft sugar cookie crust, creamy cream cheese frosting, and fresh berries arranged like a flag for summer gatherings.
# What You Need:
→ Sugar Cookie Crust
01 - 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
02 - 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
03 - 1/4 teaspoon salt
04 - 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
05 - 1 cup granulated sugar
06 - 1 large egg
07 - 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
→ Cream Cheese Frosting
08 - 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
09 - 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
10 - 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
11 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Fruit Topping
12 - 1 cup blueberries
13 - 1 1/2 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
14 - 1 cup raspberries
# Directions:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13 inch baking pan or large baking sheet with parchment paper.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, blend softened butter with granulated sugar using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until well incorporated.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add dry mixture to wet ingredients, mixing until a soft dough forms.
04 - Press dough evenly into prepared pan to a 1/4 inch thickness. Bake for 13-15 minutes until edges are golden. Cool completely on a rack.
05 - In a clean bowl, beat softened cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract, mixing until frosting is creamy.
06 - Spread cream cheese frosting evenly over the cooled sugar cookie crust using a spatula.
07 - Layer blueberries in the upper left corner to resemble the flag's stars, then alternate strawberries and raspberries to form red stripes, leaving spaces of frosting for white stripes.
08 - Refrigerate assembled dessert for at least 30 minutes before slicing and serving.
# Expert Suggestions:
01 -
- Your friends will think you spent hours, but the secret is the store-bought shortcut or your own super-easy dough.
- The tangy frosting makes every bite feel lighter than you’d expect from a cookie bar.
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- Patience is non-negotiable: frosting a warm cookie crust leads to a slippery mess.
- I discovered that slightly underbaking keeps the base chewy even after chilling in the fridge.
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- A parchment ‘sling’ makes it easy to lift the finished flag pizza cleanly from the pan—I learned this after a comedy of errors one year.
- Adding lemon zest to the frosting wakes up all the flavors in a subtle, amazing way.