Recipe for the day ~ Fruit Pizza

Fruit Pizza

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:

1 (18 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough

1 (8 ounce package cream cheese, softened

1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

2 cups sliced fresh strawberries

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 cup water

1 star fruit (optional), sliced

1 peach (optional), sliced

1 orange (optional, sliced

Blueberries (optional)

Pineapple slices (optional)

1 pinch salt

1 Tbspn cornstarch

1/2 cup orange juice

2 Tbspns lemon juice

1/2 tspn orange zest

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

Slice the cookie dough and arrange onto a greased pizza pan, overlapping the edges

Press dough flat onto the pan

Bake for about 10-12 minutes

Let cool

In a large bowl, soften the cream cheese then fold in the whipped topping

Spread over the cool cookie crust

Begin with the strawberries, sliced in half

Arrange in a circle around the outside edge

Continue with the fruits of your choice, working towards the middle

If you use bananas, dip them in lemon juice so they don't start to darken

In a saucepan, combine sugar, salt, cornstarch, orange juice, lemon juice and water

Cook and stir over medium heat

Bring to a boil and cook for another 1-2 minutes, until it has thickened

Remove from heat and add grated orange rind

Allow to cool 

Spoon over fruit

Chill for about 2 hours then cut into wedges to serve