Dessert Pizza

To my way of thinking dessert is the way to end a meal so why not have a dessert pizza especially when you are already making pizza for supper. This is easy to put together. Use your favorite pizza crust..homemade or bought, your favorite filling, make a streusel and a little glaze and you are good to go. I used my daughter Brenda's recipe for the crust. Blueberry or cherry pie filling can be used instead of apple or if you have a large crowd to feed make one of each!  I'm thinking pears would be delicious as well.

Ingredients and Instructions:

Dough:

• Recipe yields 3 pizza crusts..using 12 inch pizza pans
• Freeze extra pre-baked pizza crusts if not using right away.
• You need 1 crust for this dessert
• 1 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons warm water
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast
• Mix and knead until well blended.
• Place dough in a greased bowl, cover and let rise till doubled in bulk.
• Divide dough into 3 pieces and roll out to fit 3 pizza pans. 
• Let rise 40 minutes. Pre-bake crust at 425º for 8 minutes.
• Now you are ready to spread on the filling and streusel.

Apple Filling:

• 4 apples, (approx 4 cups) peeled, cored, and sliced..I used McIntosh
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Saute apples in butter until tender.

Streusel:

• 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• Mix dry ingredients and cut in the butter with a pastry blender or by hand until mixture is crumbly.

Glaze:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Blend well until smooth.

1. Spread apple filling over pre-baked pizza crust.
2. Sprinkle streusel over top and bake at 425º for 15 minutes or until crust is golden in color. If you like the crust a bit crunchy like we do, bake it a little longer.
3. Cool for 10 minutes, then drizzle with glaze.
4. Yield: 10 slices