Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Dessert Pizza

Tonight, I'm making a pizza themed dinner- ending with a lovely, healthy dessert. (If desserts can be considered healthy in the first place). Because I don't want to spend time making dessert after dinner, I went ahead a made it beforehand. This is a really easy recipe that even lends itself to fruit creativity. I hope you enjoy!

"Crust" aka cookie dough:

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) softened
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour**
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup miniature semisweet choc. chips

Toppings:

  • Cool Whip or other whipped topping
  • fruit of your choice (I did strawberries, kiwi, and bananas)

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugars, butter, oil, vanilla, and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Spread dough either on a round pizza pan or in a 9 x 13" dish. Press down firmly. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. It may look like it's not done in the oven, but will be firm once it cools. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

Once completely cooled, top crust with a good layer of cool whip. Arrange sliced fruit in design of your choice. I used an egg slicer to thinly slice the strawberries. Refrigerate until served.

**Using only whole wheat flours makes this dish healthier than a normal cookie crust at only 120 calories per serving! However, all-purpose flour works just as well.

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