Fruit Pizza

Soothing and wholesome. An easy, light, and crowd pleasing dessert. I’ve used this recipe over and over and over…. I first got it from one of my students at West Chicago who was taking ‘home ec’ (or whatever it was called back then) and he brought me a piece; so, of course, I had to get the recipe. Voila!

Ingredients

FOR PIZZA CRUST
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup shortening (crisco, not liquid)
3 TBSP butter
1 well beaten egg
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp vinegar
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/3 cup flour

FOR PIZZA “SAUCE”
8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

TOPPINGS
Assorted fruits: strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, peaches, kiwi, raspberries, grapes, pears, bananas (add right before serving), etc.

Method

FOR PIZZA CRUST

1. Using an electric mixer, cream brown sugar, shortening, butter, and egg together.
2. Slowly add soda, vinegar, baking powder, and flour. Mixwell
3. Press into a pizza or similar (small jelly roll) pan. Crimp sides.
4. Bake for app 12 minutes in preheated 350 degree oven
5. Let pizza crust cool.

FOR PIZZA “SAUCE”
Cream together until very smooth using an electric mixer and spread over pizza crust.

TOPPINGS
Cut fruit into bite size (pretty small) pieces and arrange (mostly I just drop everything on) on top of the sauce. If you are not eating right away, refrigerate before serving.