White Chocolate Macadamia Fruit Pizza Tart
This fruit pizza has a sugar white chocolate macadamia nut cookie base, topped off with a sweet almond creamy cheese topping and covered in a gorgeous array of fresh fruit.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- White Chocolate Macadamia Cookie Base:
- ½ cup Butter softened
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons Flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup White Chocolate Chips
- ¼ cup Macadamia Nuts chopped
- ⅓ cup Sweetened Flaked Coconut
- Spread:
- 8 ounce pkg. Cream Cheese softened
- ½ cup Powdered Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Pure Almond Extract or 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- ½ teaspoon Lemon Zest
- Fresh Fruit:
- 1 cup Strawberries sliced
- 1 cup Blueberries or Blackberries
- 1 cup Kiwi sliced
- 1 cup Raspberries
- 1 Nectarine
- Glaze:
- 2 Tablespoons Orange Marmalade
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 3 minutes, until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until creamy. Stir in flour, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt. Add white chocolate, nuts, and coconut and stir until combined.
- Lightly spray 9 inch springform pan with cooking spray. (If you use a pizza pan, cook for 10-14 minutes, as the crust will be thinner). With fingers, press cookie dough into pan. Bake for 16-22 minutes. Let cool.
- For spread, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until creamy. Add almond or vanilla extract, depending on taste preference and lemon zest.
- Spread over cooled cookie crust.
- In small bowl, heat marmalade and 2 Tablespoons of water in microwave for 15-20 seconds or until warm.
- Arrange the fresh fruit on cookie tart in desired pattern. Brush with glaze. Slice and serve.