Fruit Pizza Valentine Idea

  

Fruit Pizza featuring a heart-shaped sugar cookie base and cream cheese icing is topped with glossy berries plus cherries. This is the ideal Valentine's Day dessert and a treat for any celebration!

 

1 16.5-ounce package of refrigerated sugar cookie dough

1 8-ounce package of cream cheese, at room temperature

2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature

½ cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Strawberries, raspberries, and cherries washed & dried

¼ cup apricot preserves

1 tablespoon water

garnishes: melted chocolate drizzle & mint leaves

 

Prepare a large baking sheet using parchment paper. Divide the cylinder of cookie dough into ⅓-inch thick slices. Assemble them into a heart and push the individual pieces together with your fingertips, shaping the corners of the general crust into your preferred form. Set the baking sheet in the freezer for five to ten minutes.

When the cookie dough crust is chilling, set the rack of the oven in the center and warm to 350 degrees Fahrenheit Cook the crust for between ten and fourteen minutes, until it's done in the middle and just beginning to brown along the edges. Removing from the oven, place the pan on a wire rack, and let it cool fully.

Cream the butter and cream cheese in a medium bowl using an electric mixer. Add the sugar & vanilla, & whip till fluffy and light, scraping the bowl as required.

Carefully apply the cream cheese icing over the chilled crust. Place the fruit on top of the icing.

Into a small dish, combine the preserves & water till uniform. If it's chunky, strain it through a fine mesh screen. Spread the fruit pizza with the mixture; wrap it in plastic and chill until ready to serve.