Fruit Pizza

CookbookCarrie's Note:

My Grandma used to make this for all of the family get-togethers. I remember the first time I had it, it was so yummy...and I dont like pineapple! With this recipe, I ate it all!

• Total Time: 38 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 med rou ...

Crust

• ¼ cup margarine
• 1 ½ cups flour
• ¼ cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄8; teaspoon salt
• 1 egg

Filling

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons fruit juice
• ½ cup sugar
• fresh strawberries
• banana , sliced (dipped in lemon juice)
• 1 (17 ounce) can pineapple chunks (drain and reserve juice)
• 1 can mandarin orange (drain and reserve juice)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Directions:

1. Mix curst ingredients thoroughly.
2. Press into 2 round pizza pans or 2 jelly roll pan.
3. Bake 8-10 minutes at 400 degrees.
4. Mix together sugar, softened cream cheese, and fruit juice.
5. Spread on cooled crust.
6. Top with strawberries, banannas, pineapples, and oranges.
7. Cook fruit juice from pineapple and mandarin oranges with cornstarch until slightly thick.
8. Drizzle over fruit.
9. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Reviews

[MessyChef]

After reading some of the other reviews, I made a few modifications of my own and this came out PERFECT! First, I creamed the butter, shortening and egg together then added the dry ingredients. The dough was not crumbly and had a wonderful texture for pushing onto an 18" pie pan coated with a layer of wax paper. It baked just right and the cream cheese filling was the perfect amount. I topped this with sliced strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. A berry - delicious dessert for a HOT summer day! :)

[Mary Scheffert]

Awesome! I made this for my birthday to bring in to work, and I think this is THE BEST fruit pizza I have ever had. I have made them before with a sugar cookie crust & white chocolate - but they were always too sweet. This one is perfect! I used kiwi, dark sweet cherries, bananas, mandarin oranges, strawberries, blueberries & pineapple -- turned out gorgeous! Thank you so much for posting this recipe -- I am sure I will make it again & again! -M =)

[Chef #232047]

Excellent! I made two of these - one for my family and one for a friend. The first time I made the crust it never made a dough - it was just crumbly, but it did stick together in the pan without any problems and cooked fine. I thought it was a little thin so when I made the second one I doubled the recipe - this time the dough was "normal" not crumbly, but still cooked the same. The thinner crust wasn't greasy at all, but the thicker crust was - probably should've cooked it longer. Each crust was 14". From now on when I make this I won't double the recipe for a 14" pan - I think the thinner crust is better. I added kiwi to the fruits listed in the ingredients. I had to use twice the amount of the cream cheese mixture, but the amount of fruits listed was plenty for both pizzas. I only used about 1/3 of the sauce (about 1/6 on each pizza). It probably would've tasted fine with more sauce, but I didn't want to over do it.