Fruit Pizza

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Bake time: 18-25 minutes

Total time: 1 hour

Yield: 1 cookie sheet pizza

Ingredients:

Crust:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• zest of one orange

Creamy topping:

• 1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. orange extract
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Garnish with: 

• 1 pint Strawberries
• 1 pint blueberries
• and Kiwis (if in season)

Directions:

Crust: 

1. Mix all together. It should be a little dry.  
2. Press into jelly roll cookie sheet
3. Bake at 350°F for 18-25 minutes or until  lightly browned on edges.
4. Let cool

Topping: 

1. While cookie crust is baking, mix together cream cheese, brown sugar and orange extract.
2. Whip whipping cream with powdered sugar until a stiff whipped cream.  Fold into cream cheese mixture
3. Spread over cooled crust.
4. Slice strawberries.
5. Top frosted cookie crust with fruit.
6. Enjoy!

*Recipe from Christine Cook Christensen