Friday 6 April 2012

"F" is for...Fruit Pizza




Fruit Pizza
 1 cup margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup coconut
1 cup flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 tsp baking powder
1/2   tsp baking soda

Beat margarine and brown sugar, add vanilla, coconut & rolled oats;
Add flour, baking powder and baking soda and mix well.
Spread on a greased pizza pan or a cookie sheet, bake at 350* for 10-12 minutes. 
Cool completely

Spread the following over the cooled base :
1 8-oz pkg cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Arrange sliced fruit over cream cheese:
(mandarin oranges, strawberries, bananas, kiwi, grapes, pineapple, etc)

Glaze:
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp cornstarch
Cook until thickened, then spoon over the prepared pizza, covering all fruit well--Chill

This is delicious as  breakfast food, dessert, or appetizer.
It's a great way to get kids to eat fruit!!

Short post today guys, busy day at work, but I'll be more attentive tomorrow--off until next Tuesday....Yippee!!