Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza

I'm half way through my first rotation as a fourth year!!  My school is pretty neat in that aside from a few restrictions and requirements, we have free reign to schedule our year as we please.  I asked a pediatrician from my home town (Dr. Leibert) if he'd be willing to have me for two weeks, and he agreed!  I've been having a blast: we round on our newborn babies then have a fun-filled day in the clinic.  Because he works in a small-ish town with no pediatric specialists, he manages lots of weird and cool things, which makes for great learning.  So in conclusion, peds is the best.  Let's move on.

Fruit pizza is such a classic.  I saw this recipe on a show on the cooking channel and realized I haven't made it in forever!!  This recipe includes directions to make the cookie crust from scratch, but you could buy a tube of pre-made refrigerated sugar cookie dough, pat it out and bake it for an easy short cut.  This would be a killer Fourth of July picnic item :)

By the way, this is Cooper!  My brother Tyler adopted him today.  He is a 6 year old Shiba-Inu who was in foster care.  He's super chill and a great boy.  Perfect for Tyler (the king of chill himself).  He and Lady really hit it off!  (well, Lady tried to engage him but he just sorta ignored her...).

Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza
Adapted from Kelsey's Essentials

Crust:
1 1/4 cups AP Flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 stick butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp each vanilla and almond extracts

Frosting
8 oz fat free cream cheese
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp lemon zest
Pinch salt

Topping
Assorted fruits, like
-All imaginable berries
-Peaches, blanched (boiled for 30 seconds to remove skins)
-Kiwi
-Oranges

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a pizza pan with cooking spray.  In a mixer, cream together butter and sugars.  Add egg and vanilla, beating well.  Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl, then add to butter mixture.  Pat dough onto pizza pan, spreading to edges (flour your hands if it's sticky).  Bake for 10-12 minutes, just until edges start to brown.  Allow to cool completely.

Meanwhile, make frosting by beating together cream cheese and powdered sugar, then adding rest of ingredients.  Spread onto cooled crust, and decorate with fruit.  Cut with pizza cutter.