Jill Rose :: Recipes :: Strawberry Pizza

People always ask for the recipe for this one. This one really doesn't fit into the "Preparation Time" and "Cooking Time" categories very well. Not much real preparation time, but crust cools, filling cools and later the finished pizza chills for 2 hours. Plan ahead. Another recipe from the Houston Chronicle.

Yield: 10
Prep time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 2 Hours
Course: Desserts

Ingredients:

• 1 c. flour
• 1/4 c. powdered sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/2 t. vanilla
• 1/4 t. lemon juice
• 1 c. mashed strawberries
• 4 T. sugar
• 1 T. cornstarch
• Strawberry slices to cover the pizza

Instructions:

Topping:  Combine berries, sugar and cornstarch in saucepan and cook until thick and well-blended.  Cool. 

Crust:  Cut together flour, sugar and butter.  Pat into a pizza pan.  Bake at 325 for 15 minutes.  Cool.

Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice together until fluffy.  Spread over cooled crust.

Spread or pour topping over the top of the cream cheese mixture.  Arrange strawberry slices over the top, covering the top.  Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 or more hours.