The dessert pizza history is rather unknown,
but these specialized pies have been a hit with foodies for some time. Consumers can find these in corporate chains such as Dominoes, Cici's, and other fast food restaurants, but it is just as easy to make your own. These dessert pies come in many types. For example, Cici's Pizza serves a Bavarian Crème slice as well as an apple crunch flavor. Dominoes once had some fudge chocolate options, but many self made chefs and cooks alike are finding fun ways to make their own dessert flavors at home.
Many recipes can be found online, as well as instructions and unique tips for baking a pie with the kids. Making a dessert pizza pie is incredibly fun and easy to do with children, and is often cited as a great way to enhance bond between parent and child. For anyone interested in keeping the young adults at home, this is another great way to spend some great cooking time with the young ones.
These dessert pizzas come in many forms. Recipes online can be found to make blueberry flavors, multi fruit pies, white and dark chocolate, apple crisp, and even vanilla ice cream pies. Literally any dessert one can ponder can be incorporated into the recipes, and all it takes is a little research online to find the best recipe for you and your little ones. Here's just one of our favorite recipes:
For a delicious Summer Fruit Dessert Pie, gather the following ingredients: 1/4 cup of butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, 1/4 teaspoon lemon or lemon extract, 1 1/4 cups of flour, 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 4 ounces of your favorite cream cheese, 1/4 cup of confectioners' sugar, 1 cup whipped topping, 1 sliced banana, 1 cup of sliced strawberries, 8 ounces of mandarins, 2 kiwifruit, peeled, and 1/3 cup fresh blueberries. For the gaze, gather: 1/4 cup of sugar, 1/4 cup of orange juice, 1/4 cup of water, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch.
In a large mixing bowl, add your cream butter and sugar. After this, beat in the egg and all extracts listed. Once this occurs, add flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Beat all of this well and if the kids are around, remember to let them stir! Cover all of these ingredients and let chill for thirty minutes. Press and knead the dough into a greased pizza pan (12 inches is perfect) and then bake at 350 degrees around 14 minutes.
With another mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar. Add your whipped topping and mix to your desired thickness. Let the kids spread this over the crust. Once this is completed, add your fruit around the pie. Bring all glaze ingredients to a boil and constantly stir the pot. You can boil for about 2 minutes and once cooled, drizzle over the fruit. Remember to store this in the refrigerator once you have had enough. Enjoy!
