Kudos to those who enjoy and/or have time to spend hours crafting an elegant dessert that creates a memorable end to a meal. I tend to be the one who thinks as I am working, “Crud, what are we going to make for the neighborhood gathering tonight?” and then runs a quick lunch-hour errand to pick up ingredients to throw together shortly before departing for the event (or frankly, runs an errand to pick up the end-product dessert itself!) .
As we enter the season of family get-togethers, potluck celebrations, and graduation parties, I just had to share the newest of my “when you have no time to cook” recipes: Pillsbury’s Mini Fruit Pizzas. While you are certainly welcome to make sugar cookies from scratch, I dutifully followed the recipe and gratefully placed the refrigerated sugar cookie dough squares on my cookie sheet (and thought to myself, “This could go even more quickly if I purchased plain sugar cookies from the bakery!”).
With time to spare before the oven timer went off, I whipped together the three-ingredient frosting (8 ounce package cream cheese, 2 Tablespoons frozen limeade concentrate and 1/2 cup powdered sugar), and set it aside as the cookies cooled.
One of our cats, recognizing the time crunch I was in before we needed to head to the neighbors’ house, pitched in and took care of the pre-wash rinse cycle for the beaters.
The recipe called for three cups of fresh berries and kiwi fruit, and I lazily went with items I could just rinse off, no cutting required! Blackberries, blueberries and raspberries topped my fruit pizzas this time, but the kiwi suggested by the recipe would add a nice touch of contrasting color, don’t you think?!
Or perhaps strawberries, pineapple?
The small bite dessert was enjoyed by all, no serving utensils or plates required, making clean up a snap (even without the cat’s help).
I was rushed in dropping berries on the frosted rounds, but the possibilities are endless for creating mini works of art!
The full recipe for Mini Fruit Pizzas can be found on the Pillsbury website, here.
Ciao! ~ Kat
Travel. Garden. Eat. 
24 responses to “Dessert for Summer Potlucks When You Have No Time to Cook (If the Cat Licks the Beaters, Even Clean Up Goes Quickly)”
Adorable bites, Kat! I’m all for quick no cook desserts and this one fits all the requirements:)
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Perfect for those hot summer days (of which you have many!)
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Looks tempting, both to create and to eat!
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Thanks! Will do this tonight for our “fireworks-watch” guests!
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Reblogged this on Travel. Garden. Eat. and commented:
With the Fourth of July weekend just ahead of us, here is a perfect quick and easy dessert for the holiday. Sharing this post again — Happy Fourth! ~ Kat
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Hi Kat – I think you have yourself a wonderful 4th of July dessert as is:)
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True that — good addition to the red white and blue dessert options!
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Yum! I am going to make these! I love easy and simple desserts….
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Great for the cabin!
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Yum!
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Looks like a perfect dessert. I imagine your received all kinds of compliments!
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That dessert looks great!
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It was a good find — definitely a “keeper” for the recipe file.
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I don’t think there is any shame in serving such a beautiful and (mostly) healthy dessert! Don’t beat yourself up… great idea!
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I rationalized that the fruit made it somewhat healthier, too — so I could have multiples! 🙂
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Martha Stewart herself could not have produced anything lovelier. So fancy looking, and so easy! I am totally stealing this idea for the next time we have company 🙂
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Steal away! I was thinking a little chocolate drizzled over the top is another possibility to changing up the recipe!
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These look perfect for a quick dessert fix. I usually weigh the effort to taste ratio too, unless I am planning an elaborate party, which is about once in a blue moon 🙂
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Exactly – – I may pull out all the stops and spend the day in the kitchen, or prepare the steps that take multiple days to layer or set up . . . but only once in a blue moon! And, often the enjoyment factor is comparable with this “in a jiffy
recipes!
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These look so good! Thanks for sharing!
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Everyone really enjoyed them — appealed to kids and adults. Thanks, mithriluna!
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Clever – and much appreciated I’m sure!
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I was just thankful something so quick and easy to put together on a Friday night was tasty, too!
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