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Fruit Pizza (The Mini Version)

18 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Holidays

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blackberries, blueberries, Cream Cheese Frosting, fruit pizza, strawberries, sugar cookies

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Last year was the year of the sugar cookie for me. I managed to make a new sugar cookie recipe every month, and man, it was fun. One of the best experiments was making a giant fruit pizza. It received a lot of rave reviews. When it was requested again, I thought maybe I could improve on it by making individual cookies.  Any fruit can be used, but Strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries make for a great Memorial Day or 4th of July treat. The updated ginger-mascarpone frosting doesn’t hurt either.

Recipe
Mini Fruit Pizza’s
By Baked Northwest
Makes about 4 dozen round 3-inch cookies

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 ½ cups sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup sour cream
4 cups flour, plus more for rolling out the dough
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp nutmeg

For the Mascarpone Cream Cheese Frosting:

12 ounces mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbsp heavy cream (can use milk in a pinch)
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup minced crystallized ginger (optional)

For the Fruit Topping:

6 ounces fresh strawberries, cut into fourths (or bite sized pieces)
6 ounces fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained
6 ounces fresh blackberries, rinsed and drained

other fruits that are fun to use: kiwi, canned and drained mandarin oranges, raspberries, etc.

Directions

For the Cookies:

In a large stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla, mix thoroughly. Add sour cream, mix thoroughly.

Sift together flour, salt, soda, baking powder and nutmeg. Add to butter mixture in
two parts and mix thoroughly.

Divide the dough into two parts and wrap each in wax paper. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

On a clean, floured surface, roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Roll the dough so it’s about 1/4 – 1/2 inch thick, and use your favorite cookie cutters to cut out shapes of the dough. For these cookies, I used the top of a stemless wine glass to cut out perfect circles. Use a cookie spatula (better known as a pancake flipper) to move your cookies from the floured surface to a well greased baking sheet. Ungreased silicone baking sheet liners work great here too.

Bake the cookies at 400 degrees F for 8 minutes. You never want them to get too browned around the edges, or they’ll be super crunchy. We like ours on the softer side. Baking time depends on what shapes you cut your cookies into – we have adjusted baking times from 8-12 minutes depending on the size of our cookies. Let cool completely before frosting.

For the Frosting:

In an electric mixer, beat the mascarpone, cream cheese, powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, and salt together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the crystallized ginger, if using, and beat for another 30 seconds until fully combined.

Frost the cooled cookies and add the washed and sliced fruit in whatever kind of design you choose. Have fun with it and enjoy!

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Fruit Pizza

31 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Baking, Cookies, Desserts

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august, big cookie, blackberries, blueberries, Cream Cheese Frosting, fruit pizza, kiwis, mandarin oranges, strawberries, sugar cookie, Sugar Cookie of the Month

Fruit Pizza

Fruit pizza is something I have been wanting to experiment with for a long time. Our classic sugar cookie recipe works great for individual cookies, but would it work as one large cookie? I rolled the dough out into one large (and very imperfect) circle, threw it on a pizza sheet and hoped for the best.

Fruit Pizza

I wasn’t sure if this “experiment” had worked, as the cookie came out browned around the edges and the top. Was it going to be way too crispy? After it cooled I spread on some cream cheese frosting, then layered on some tasty fruit. Continue reading →

Chocolate Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

08 Friday May 2015

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Baking, Cookies, Desserts

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Brownie, chocolate, Cream Cheese Frosting, Roll Out Cookies, sugar cookies

Chocolate Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

We are on month five of my year of Sugar Cookies! This month I was ready to change things up a bit. I have been waiting to share this recipe for Chocolate Sugar Cookies for quite some time – it’s a classic that you’ll make again and again. The chocolate sugar cookies are a great vehicle for so many different kinds of frosting. This month I was feeling some cream cheese frosting for the top. In the future, I would consider orange frosting, peppermint, chocolate, raspberry, the list goes on! You can easily change these up to be appropriate for almost any holiday. Continue reading →

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