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 topping 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. This recipe yields three 12 inch pizzas. Any pre-baked crusts not used immediately can be frozen. You will need 1 crust for this recipe.

Dough:

• 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

1. Mix and knead until well blended.
2. Place dough in a greased bowl, cover and let rise till doubled in bulk.
3. Divide dough into 3 pieces and roll out to fit 3 pizza pans. 
4. Let rise 40 minutes. Pre-bake crust in a 425º oven for 8 minutes.
5. Now you are ready to spread on the filling and top with streusel.

Apple Filling:

• 4 apples, (approximately 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

1. Mix dry ingredients and cut in  butter with pastry blender or by hand until mixture is crumbly.

Glaze:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Whisk icing sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
2. Spread apple filling over pre-baked pizza crust.
3. Sprinkle streusel over top and bake in a 425º oven for 15 minutes or until crust is golden in color. If you like the crust crispy bake a little longer.
4. Cool for 10 minutes, then drizzle with glaze.
5. Yield: 10 slices