Low-Fat Fruity Christmas Pizza

Christmas is on its way and coming quick. So what in the world are you going to fix for dessert for Christmas that will not have to make you make a New Year's Resolution of taking off the pounds from the Christmas dessert?

Low-Fat Fruity Christmas Pizza

Ingredients:

Sugar cookie dough (either homemade or out of the refrigerator section at the store)

8 oz package of low-fat/fat-free cream cheese or ricotta cheese (at room temperature)

1 bag of powdered sugar

Kiwi fruit

Strawberries

Blueberries and raspberries (optional)

Red and green food coloring (optional)

Preparation:

Arrange sugar cookie dough in a continuous (do not make it into individual cookies) circle on a round pizza pan (you can also mix in a drop of red or green food coloring into the dough and mix it in thoroughly)

Bake according to package directions

Mix the entire bag of powdered sugar with the cream cheese or ricotta cheese and mix thoroughly (add a drop or two of red or green food coloring...whichever you did not use in the cookie dough...and mix thoroughly)

Let the sugar cookie cool completely

Spread the cream or ricotta cheese mixture on the cool cookie

Begin at the edge of the cookie and place the kiwi fruit around the entire edge

Follow with the strawberries all the way around the cookie

Then put the blueberries and raspberries alternately around the cookie

Continue with this pattern until you have completely covered the cookie

For a bow at the top use either strawberries or raspberries or even blueberries in the shape of a bow

This can be served as is or with homemade whipped topping which is just whipping cream and sugar whipped thoroughly. Or serve with cool whip or store bought whipped topping. You can also drizzle dark or white chocolate over the entire cookie or have some melted chocolate for each individual to apply it themselves. This can also be served with low-fat or fat-free frozen yogurt.

The presentation is simply the "pizza" itself. Make sure not to cut it until everyone has seen it. They are beautiful if you take your time with them.

Source:

My mother's recipe for Fruity Christmas Pizza made into a low-fat version