Fruit pizza is a healthy dessert with the goodness of cream, cheese and fruits.
Ingredients:
Crust:
1 sugar cookie dough
Filling:
1 packet cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Topping:
2 cup strawberries
2 cup pineapple
4 kiwi fruit
Glaze:
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp cornstarch
1 cup pineapple juice
1 tsp lemon juice
Procedure :Prepare sugar cookie dough. Grease a cookie sheet. Press prepared cookie dough onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Take out when firm. Cool completely.
For filling: With a mixer, cream together the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Spread evenly over sugar cookie crust.
Arrange fruit on top of the cream cheese filling. Use a generous amount of fruit making sure to cover the entire cream cheese layer.
For glaze: In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Add pineapple juice and lemon juice and stir until mixture is smooth. Cook on medium high heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow cooling. Drizzle glaze over the fruit. Refrigerate until cooled completely.
First Published: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 10:15