Fabulous Fruit Pizza Food

FABULOUS FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Cream one cup sugar and butter until smooth. Add egg, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and baking powder; continue beating. In a separate bowl, combine soda and buttermilk; add to creamed mixture. Stir in flour until soft dough forms, adding enough so that the dough is not sticky. Divide dough in half. Wrap one half in plastic zipping bag and freeze for future use. Roll remaining half into a greased 12" pizza pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until top becomes slightly browned; cool. In small saucepan, combine one cup sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add water, orange juice and lemon juice. Cook and stir on medium heat until mixture becomes thick and bubbly. Remove from heat. Cool to room temperature. Mix cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar. Add remaining vanilla. Spread mixture on crust. Arrange fruit on crust in circles, beginning with kiwi fruit on outside edge and overlapping fruit. Continue circling with bananas, strawberries and oranges finishing with a small circle of strawberries and bananas. Randomly place blueberries on top of other fruits. Carefully spoon sauce over top of fruit. Cut into 8 large pieces; serve.

FABULOUS FLORENTINE PIZZA

Steps:

• Put the pizza dough ingredients in to a breadmaker (in the order specified by your breadmachine), and process on pizza dough cycle.
• When cycle completes, remove the dough from the machine and put it in a bowl sprayed with cooking spray; cover it and let it rest for about 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, roll out the dough and put it on a greased 15 inch pizza stone sprinkled with some corn meal.
• Bake in 375F oven for about 5 minutes. Because the toppings on this pizza will generate some moisture, pre-baking the crust for a few minutes will prevent the pizza from becoming soggy. There's nothing worse than a soggy pizza! After pre-baking the crust, remove the pizza from the oven, and raise the temperature to 430°F If your pesto and toppings aren't ready yet, cover the crust with a cloth and set aside while preparing the toppings.
• While pizza dough is processing, make the pesto. You will have more pesto than you will need for the pizza. But, it is better to have a little too much, than to come up short! Just save the extra in the fridge and use for something else. In a food processor or blender, blend the basil, garlic and pine nuts.
• Slowly add the oil and continue to blend.
• Add the parmesan cheese and blend until creamy.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Set the pesto aside.
• Prepare the pizza toppings. Slice the mushrooms, chop the spinach fairly fine, julienne cut the sundried tomatoes; shred the 2 cheeses and mix the cheeses together.
• Prepare the pizza! Spread the pesto on the pizza dough. Depending on your preference, you will probably want between 1/2 cup - 3/4 cup of pesto. Spread it right out to the edges.
• Add the toppings; first the spinach, then the mushrooms, then the sun-dried tomatoes, and finally the cheeses.
• Bake in a 430F oven for about 15 minutes.

THE CAVORTING CHEF'S FABULOUS FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Heat jam in the microwave or a small kettle on stove until slightly melted and "drizzling" consistency. Set aside and keep warm.
• Lightly coat a 12" pizza pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Press cookie dough evenly into bottom of pan and bake for 15-20 minutes (Until very lightly browned), cool completely.
• Pour orange juice into a small bowl and slice banana into orange juice to keep from browning. Set aside.
• In a medium sized bowl, mix together cream cheese and marshmallow cream.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over cooled crust to within 1/2 of edge.
• Drain Banana slices well, and arrange all fruits as desired on top of pizza.
• Drizzle warm jam over fruit to glaze pizza.
• Sprinkle with toasted pecans.
• Sprinkle with toasted coconut if desired.
• While delectably delicious as written, if you find a fruit listed is unavailable, feel free to substitute an equal amount of one of your favorites.
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FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Line an ungreased 14-inch pizza pan with cookie dough cut in 1/8-inch slices, overlapping slightly.
• Bake 12 minutes or until light brown; remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
• In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract or other flavoring; spread over cookie crust.
• Arrange fruit over cream cheese layer in any design you want (use your imagination).
• In a small saucepan over very low heat, make a glaze by heating preserves and water.
• Brush glaze over fruit, making sure to cover the fruit that will turn dark.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.