Cherry cheese streusel pizza
1 12\" pizza
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | ounces | Cream cheese, softened |
| 3 | ounces | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | medium | Egg |
| 3 | cups | Flour |
| 2 | cups | Brown sugar |
| 1 | cup | Butter, softened |
| 1 | cup | Pecans, chopped |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| 1 | 12\" Dessert Pizza Shell fresh or parbaked | |
| 8 | ounces | Cream cheese filling (above) |
| 14 | ounces | Cherry pie filling |
| 3 | ounces | Streusel topping (above) |
Directions
CREAM CHEESE FILLING
STREUSEL TOPPING
TO ASSEMBLE PIZZA
Prepare Cream Cheese Filling: Cut cream cheese into sugar; add egg.
Blend at medium speed until fluffy.
Prepare Streusel Topping: Mix flour and brown sugar; cut in butter; mix in pecans and ground cinnamon. Blend thoroughly until crumbly.
Assemble Pizza: Spread cream cheese filling evenly over fresh or parbaked pizza dough. Spread cherry pie filling over cream cheese layer. Sprinkle with streusel topping mixture. Bake at 500 degrees until cheese filling and streusel is lightly browned (about 7-9 minutes). Cool and serve.
NOTE: You will have enough cherry pie filling, cream cheese filling, and streusel topping for several pizzas.
Source: Pizza Today, January 1993.