Patriotic Fruit Pizza

This patriotic fruit pizza recipe features a sweet cookie crust topped with bananas, strawberries, and blueberries decorated like stars and stripes.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 302 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 (16 ounce) package fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or as needed
• 3 large bananas, sliced - or as needed
• 1 (6 ounce) container fresh blueberries
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 0.5 cup margarine, softened
• 0.5 cup vegetable shortening
• 2.75 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until very lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool completely.

Step 4

Mash vegetable shortening and margarine together in a large bowl until thoroughly combined; beat in 1 ½ cups sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir in flour mixture until forms a workable dough; spread into a rectangle shape on an ungreased 12x17-inch baking sheet.

Step 5

Meanwhile, mash cream cheese with remaining each 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Place sliced bananas in a separate bowl; gently toss with lemon juice to prevent browning.

Step 6

Spread cream cheese mixture over cookie base in an even layer to cover; smooth. Place blueberries in neat, closely spaced rows in a square in the upper left corner for the stars. Arrange alternating rows of sliced bananas and sliced strawberries across pizza for the stripes. Refrigerate leftovers.