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Fabulous Fruit Pizza

  • 1 recipe Basic Pizza Dough (below)
  • 2 tablespoons apricot jam, plus extra for brushing crust
  • 4 ounces softened cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup crushed gingersnap cookies, divided
  • 2 firm, ripe nectarines, pitted, sliced into 16ths
  • 1 plum, pitted, sliced into 16ths
  • 1/4 cup blueberries
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar

Prepare Basic Pizza Dough as directed below. Place loaded Pizzazz® baking pan on Pizzazz® pizza oven and bake on DUAL setting for 6 minutes. Remove baking pan.

Heat apricot jam to soften slightly; mix with cream cheese. Evenly spread cream cheese on crust. Sprinkle 1/4 cup crushed gingersnaps over cream cheese mixture. Arrange nectarine slices, overlapping slightly, concentrically around outside edge of pizza. Repeat an inner circle with plums. Fill center with blueberries. Combine melted butter and cinnamon. Brush on fruit. Brush edge of crust with apricot jam. Mix remaining 1/4 cup crushed gingersnaps with brown sugar. Sprinkle over fruit.

Place loaded Pizzazz® baking pan on Pizzazz® pizza oven and bake on DUAL setting for 15 minutes, until fruit is warm and sugar is melted.

Basic Pizza Dough

  • Pinch sugar
  • 1 cup warm water (105-115 degrees)
  • 1 package active dry yeast
  • 2 1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Dissolve sugar in water. Sprinkle yeast over water mixture; stir to dissolve. Let proof 5 minutes until bubbly.

Put 2 1/2 cups flour in large bowl. Make a well in the center. Add salt in well. Pour in yeast mixture and olive oil. Stir to form soft dough.

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, 5 to 10 minutes, adding flour gradually as needed.

Transfer dough to lightly oiled large bowl, rolling dough to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Punch dough down with fist.

Dough recipe makes 2 thin crusts or 1 thick crust, depending on preference. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and shape into 1 or 2 balls. Cover with a towel and let rest 15 to 20 minutes. Roll or stretch dough to a 12-inch diameter and place on Pizzazz® baking pan. Prepare pizza as directed in recipe.

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Fabulous Fruit Pizza
Shopping Tip:

If seasonal fruit is not available, substitute fresh ripe pears, kiwi, apricots, and frozen (thawed and drained) blueberries.