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May 23, 2018

Dear Friend, Leah Turned 9 (Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza)

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Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza Recipe using sugar cookie dough

Dear friend,

We celebrated a birthday last week. Leah, our youngest, turned 9! Ella was just a few months old when I started Dine & Dish, but Leah wasn’t even born. Many of you were there when we found out I was pregnant with a girl, she was born and I made this cute video, and all the other milestones since then. It’s weird to think Dine & Dish is older than my youngest baby, and by quite a few years! It’s been such an honor to have you watch my little family grow up.Leah Katherine Doyle Age 9 from Dine & Dish

Leah is the typical youngest child. She’s so much more independent than the other kids, takes most things in stride, keeps us constantly on our toes and laughing, and is mature beyond her years. She also may be a bit more spoiled than the others, but don’t tell them that. As a youngest child myself, I admit to falling a bit into my own parents footsteps with her. I mean, there has to be some perk to being the youngest, right?

Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza Recipe from dineanddish.net

Would you believe she is the only child of all 4 I’ve ever made homemade school birthday treats for? All of my others always wanted grocery store cookie cake which actually was fine with me…made my life easier. Leah, though, asked for Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza this year, and I obliged. Fruit pizza is one of her all time favorite desserts and it was a hit with her classmates as well.

If you’re interested in our favorite fruit pizza recipe, I’ve enclosed it below. Do note that we use canned sugar cookie dough for the crust. It seems like every time I actually make homemade sugar cookie dough for the crust, it doesn’t fill the pan. It’s just so much easier – and I’m all about easy – to buy a few cans of dough and call it good.

Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza Recipe from dineanddish.net

As I wrap today’s letter up, I hope you all are having a good week. We have just 1/2 day of school left (YAY!) and Ella’s 12th birthday is coming up this weekend. We’re also traveling to Independence, Iowa to celebrate our nieces high school graduation. I can’t believe how fast time is flying these days. Although I am so excited for summer, I’d like for time to slow down just a little bit more. Thinking that Leah will be double digits in less than a year now is mind boggling. I’m simply trying to stay in the moment and enjoy life as much as possible. I hope you are doing the same!

I hope you’ll write back when you can and let me know how you are.

All the best,

Kristen

Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza Recipe using sugar cookie dough
4.25 from 4 votes
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Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza

This sheet pan fruit pizza uses store bought cookie crust which makes for an incredibly simple and tasty dessert.

Course Dessert
Keyword dessert, fruit pizza
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 20
Author Kristen

Ingredients

  • 3 tubes sugar cookie dough 16.5 ounces each
  • 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese softened
  • 2 13 ounce jars marshmallow cream/fluff
  • 3 Tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix (this makes it extra creamy - don't skip this)
  • 1 Tablespoon milk
  • fresh fruit of your choice sliced strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F

  2. Press 2 1/2 - 3 tubes of sugar cookie dough into a large sheet cake pan. Press it up the sides of the pan as much as possible, so it's evenly distributed.

  3. Bake for 15 minutes or until cookie dough is a light golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool completely.

  4. In the meantime, using an electric mixer, mix together softened cream cheese, marshmallow cream, instant vanilla pudding mix and milk. Mix until creamy and smooth.

  5. Once the cookie crust has cooled, evenly spread the cream cheese mixture over the entire cookie crust. 

  6. Top with sliced fruit and refrigerate until ready to slice and serve. Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Dessert, Previous, Snacks Tagged With: birthday, Dessert, Family, food, fruit pizza, leah katherine, recipe

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  1. Debbie S says

    May 23, 2018 at 10:32 pm

    5 stars
    Happy Birthday Leah! She is absolutely adorable. Her eyes just sparkle!

    Reply
    • Kristen says

      May 23, 2018 at 11:40 pm

      That sparkle in her eyes may also be mischief 😂
      Thank you for the birthday wishes! I’ll be sure to pass them on to her.
      Have a great rest of your week.
      Kristen

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      • Marsha says

        August 9, 2018 at 2:21 pm

        How long in advance before you serve this can you make it

        Reply
        • Kristen says

          August 12, 2018 at 8:36 pm

          I think you can make it a couple hours in advance which is what I do – or you can make the cookie crust a day before and put the toppings on it right when you are ready to serve. The only problem with assembling too far in advance is it might make the cookie crust soggy.

          Reply
  2. Amphasis says

    May 24, 2018 at 4:37 am

    5 stars
    Lovely pizza and being the youngest child always got her privileges.

    Reply
  3. Beth Brown says

    May 24, 2018 at 7:57 am

    She is precious!

    Reply
  4. francesco caselli says

    July 4, 2018 at 2:24 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! i love it

    Reply
  5. usps tracking says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:02 pm

    2 stars
    very nice, thank you the post.

    Reply
  6. Sara says

    July 27, 2018 at 3:36 am

    Nice post thanks for sharing with us.

    Reply
  7. Marsha says

    August 9, 2018 at 2:17 pm

    How long in advance can you make this before you serve it

    Reply
  8. MGKVP BA Date Sheet 2019 says

    September 20, 2018 at 6:44 am

    your blog is very nice thanks

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