Fruit Pizza II

Description

A fruit covered cookie crust that is shaped like a pizza. Try using star fruit, peaches, bananas, kiwi, orange slices, blueberries, and pineapples.

Ingredients

  • 1 (18 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • ¼ cup water
  • ½ teaspoon orange zest

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Slice cookie dough and arrange on greased pizza pan
  2. overlapping edges. Press dough flat into pan. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool.
  3. In a large bowl
  4. soften cream cheese
  5. then fold in the whipped topping. Spread over cooled crust. You can chill for a while at this point
  6. or continue by arranging the fruit.
  7. Begin with strawberries
  8. sliced in half. Arrange in a circle around the outside edge. Continue with fruit of your choice
  9. working towards the middle. If bananas are used
  10. dip them in lemon juice so they don’t darken. Then make a sauce to spoon over fruit.
  11. In a saucepan
  12. combine sugar
  13. salt
  14. corn starch
  15. orange juice
  16. lemon juice and water. Cook and stir over medium heat. Bring to a boil
  17. and cook for 1 or 2 minutes
  18. until thickened. Remove from heat
  19. and add grated orange rind. Allow to cool
  20. but not set up. Spoon over fruit. Chill for two hours
  21. then cut into wedges and serve.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 8

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