Fast and Cool - Fruit Pizza

The temps of this summer have been over the top! We all want cooler weather, and cooler things to eat. When we got a half-box of fresh Colorado peaches I wanted to do something cool with them - baking a pie seemed like too much hot effort! Fruit Pizza was perfect. Eating these peaches like an apple-in-hand is heavenly tasty, but the Fruit Pizza dessert seemed just a little more fancy!
Peaches come from China and have been cultivated at least since 1000 B.C.E. The peach is special in Chinese culture - the tree is considered to be the tree of live and peaches are symbols of immortality and unity. Peach blossoms are carried by Chinese brides. Peaches are a good source of vitamins A, B, and C. A medium peach contains only 37 calories. Most peaches in the U.S. are grown in California or Georgia (the Peach State), but here in the midwest we anxiously await the arrival of Colorado peaches.
I did half of this recipe - easy to divide since it uses refrigerated sugar cookie dough. Using ready made dough also makes it that much quicker to put together. Use Fruit Fresh or lemon juice to keep the peaches from turning brown.

Fresh Fruit Pizza (makes 10-12 servings)
1 16-oz package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1 8-oz package cream cheese (use fat-free to cut calories)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Assorted fresh seasoned fruit such as strawberries, blueberries and peaches
Powdered sugar

I used 1/2 package of cookie dough
& 1/2 recipe

Raspberries were a good taste
and color contract for the
peaches

Preheat oven to temperature recommended on cookie dough package. Cut cookie dough into 1/4-inch slices (or break pieces apart) and place close together in a well-buttered 12-inch pizza pan. Press cookie dough together to close all open spaces and to cover pan completely.
Bake in preheated oven 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. While still warm loosen cookie edges with a thin metal spatula to make serving easier. Cool.
Beat cream cheese until soft and fluffy. Add sugar and vanilla. Spread mixture evenly over cookie crust. Arrange fruit in an attractive pattern over top. Dust with powered sugar or drizzle with glaze of melted jam or jelly. Chill, cut into wedges to serve.