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day of the dead sugar skull fruit pizza

Healthier Day Of The Dead Sugar Skull Fruit Pizza

Author Cesar Diaz

Ingredients

  • Ingredients For Healthier Sugar Cookies
  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Ingredients For the Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting
  • For Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 1 cup low fat cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • Toppings For The Fruit Pizza
  • raspberries
  • strawberries
  • blueberries
  • blackberries
  • kiwi sliced
  • pineapple sliced
  • ¼ cup low sugar apricot preserves
  • 1 tablespoon of water

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Stir flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl.
  3. In a large bowl beat butter, yogurt, and sugar with an electric until smooth.
  4. Add egg allowing it to blend into butter mixture.
  5. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in flour mixture until just incorporated.
  6. Lightly grease a pizza pan and press the dough into the pan to form a thin and even cookie dough crust.
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
  8. Remove from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes.
  9. While the cookie is still warm and soft cut out the shape of a skull.
  10. Let the cookie cool completely.
  11. In a medium bowl bring the cream cheese, yogurt, powdered sugar and vanilla together and whisk until smooth.
  12. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to thicken.
  13. Spread on the yogurt cream cheese frosting evenly on the giant skull cookie.
  14. Get creative and use the fruit to make your own Day of the Dead sugar skull design.
  15. Mix together the apricot preserves and water and pass the mixture through a sieve to remove lumps.
  16. Brush the mixture carefully onto the fruit only to give it a shiny glaze.
  17. Chill your skull fruit cookie cake in the refrigerator until ready to eat.