Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza
Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza, staring the best homemade Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookie Recipe. What a fun treat were these to decorate with my kiddos. Toddler approved!
Ingredients
Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies:
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste (or 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 tsp scraped out vanilla seeds)
Fruit of choice for topping
Vanilla bean Cream Cheese Frosting
5 tbsp salted butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
2 tsp vanilla bean paste (or 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1 tsp scraped out fresh vanilla seeds)
2 cups powdered sugar
Directions
Sugar cookie directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cream of tartar, set aside.
With an electic mixer, use the padle attachment and cream togther butter and sugar until combined.
Mix in egg, then mix in egg yolk and vanilla.
With mixer set on a low speed, slowly incorporate dry ingredients and mix together until combined. (dough will be thick).
Scoop dough out with cookie scoop into balls (around 2 tablespoons). Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and space cookies 2 inches apart.
Bake in the preheated over 10-12 minutes (cookies will appear slightly under baked). Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Wait until cookies are completely cool before frosting and top with fresh fruit.
Cream Cheese Frosting Directions:
With an electric mixer, use the paddle attachment and cream butter and then blend in cream cheese and mix until smooth.
Add the vanilla and powdered sugar slowly and mix until light and fluffy.
Use on cookies or store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
Fruit Ideas
I live with 3 year olds so we always have fruit on hand. We used:
Blueberries
Raspberries
Blackberries
Strawberries
Kiwi
Mandarins from a fruit cup.
Some other fun ideas would be:
Pineapple
Peaches
Grapes
Mangos
Plums
A good simple rule would be to pick one fruit that is blue/black, one red/pink, and one orange/yellow and then anything else you have on hand. Maybe put your kids favorite next to something they have never tried and maybe the power of a fun homemade rainbow fruit pizza cookie will take over! Or not. Kids are hard. Good luck!
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