Sugar Cookies and Fruit Pizza

1 1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
Cream together well, then add:
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1/2 cup milk

You may have to add a bit more flour, but this dough will be very sticky.  It also doesn't have to be chilled like a lot of sugar cookie doughs before rolling.  It's more of a "scoop" type dough, than a rolled cookie dough, and as you can see by the amount of butter, they are moist cookies!  This recipe will fill one large jelly roll pan, like in the photograph and they will be very thick.  Bake at 350 about 15 minutes or until it barely turns golden on the bottom. I do love Denise's sugar cookies!

Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup softened butter
8 oz. cream cheese, softened in the microwave
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Cream the butter and cream cheese together until smooth.  Add the vanilla and powdered sugar.  It's also tasty with about half a cup of cocoa mixed in!  This recipe will frost three large cookie sheets.  I always make this amount and store it in the refrigerator for up to a month.  It's also the frosting I use on my brownies, chocolate wacky cake and  stuffed strawberries so it never goes bad in my kitchen.  It's also great spread on graham crackers.  One can never have too much cream cheese frosting. ;)  If you disagree, just cut the recipe in half. ;(

Fruit Pizza

Roll out the dough into baking shee or scoop out the dough for individual cookies. Bake. Cool.  Spread frosting over cooled cookie.  Then top with fruits of your choice.  We use:

1 can drained pineapple tidbits
fresh sliced strawberries
1 can mandarin oranges
fresh blueberries
fresh sliced bananas (soaked in the reserved pineapple juice)
grapes
sliced kiwi fruit
sprinkled coconut over the top
drizzle strawberry syrup over the entire top, if desired
the choices are endless!

It's not an inexpensive treat but it's worth every dime!  It's also fun to make individual giant 5-6" cookies and have a fruit pizza party.  Prepare the cookies and frost them in advance, let your guests "fruit" their own.  Enjoy!