Emily's Cooking Blog

Prep Time: 25 Min Cook Time: 10 Min Ready In: 1 Hr 35 Min

Servings: 10

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

• 1/2 cup white sugar

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth. Mix in egg.

3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended.

4. Press dough into an ungreased pizza pan.

5. Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool.

6. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until light. Spread on cooled crust.

7. Arrange desired fruit on top of filling, glaze and chill.

GLAZE:

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

• 1/4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice

• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch.

2. Stir in pineapple juice and lemon juice until smooth.

3. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

4. Cool slightly. Drizzle over fruit. Refrigerate until chilled.

Source: AllRecipes.com

Last Wednesday my commercial cooking class made fruit pizza as our first lab in the fruits and vegetables unit. I was really looking forward to making it because I like most fruits and I love fruit pizza. This was a challenge to make because it was a layered pizza, meaning the first layer had to be complete before the second could be started. This presented a challenge when only having an hour to complete the entire pizza. Something that went well was each layer being completed in a timely manner so we could progress quickly. One thing that definitely could have been better was the arrangement of the fruit on the pizza, it was not symmetrical at all and was not pleasing to the eye. Something that I learned in class was how important it was that the oven begins preheating at the beginning of class. This way the dough could be put in as soon as it was done. If I were to do something different I would make sure that planning was done regarding how the pizza was to be decorated so that it as pleasing to the eye. I think I will make this recipe at home just for fun because it was really tasty and fun to make.