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Easy Fruit Pizza Recipe for Summertime 2
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4th of July Fruit Pizza

Author Jennifer

Ingredients

  • Easy Fruit Pizza Crust Ingredients:
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • ½ cup 1 stick, butter, cold and cut into cubes
  • Easy Fruit Pizza Filling Ingredients:
  • 1 brick 8 oz, cream cheese, softened
  • ⅓ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 mandarin oranges skins removed and segments separated, OR use 1 small can, mandarin oranges, drained
  • 3 kiwifruit skin removed and cut into slices
  • 1 small can 8 oz, pineapple slices, juice drained and reserved and slices cut into 8 pieces each
  • 1 small jar 12 oz, maraschino cherries, drained
  • Easy Fruit Pizza Glaze Ingredients:
  • pineapple juice reserved from can
  • water
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ¼ cup cornstarch

Instructions

  • Easy Fruit Pizza Crust Directions:
  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Add flour and powdered sugar together in a mixing bowl.
  • Add butter and used a pastry blender to cut in the butter. This takes a little time. And will give you an arm workout! Dough will seem like it's not coming together but you can easily press it into the pan.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just browned. Remove from oven and cool completely.
  • Easy Fruit Pizza Filling Directions:
  • Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together with a mixer. Spread over crust. Top with fresh fruit.
  • Easy Fruit Pizza Glaze Directions:
  • Add pineapple juice to a 1 cup measuring cup. Add water to fill to 1 cup of liquid. Add cornstarch, sugar and lemon juice and mix well. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly until boiling on the edges. Continue to stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Drizzle over top of fruit.
  • Cut your Easy Fruit Pizza into slices and serve or refrigerate, covered before serving. Store any leftovers covered in the refrigerator.