Fruit Pizza

This recipe came out of one of my old cook books and I have been making it for years. It is a great dish to take to parties and everyone loves it.  You can use what ever fruit you like too.

Crust:
½ cup butter                           2 cups flour
½ cup shortening                    ½ tsp cream of tarter
1 cups sugar                          ½ tsp baking soda
1 egg                                     ¼ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

In mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and blend into creamed mixture. Press dough onto pizza pan or cookie sheet. It may be hard to roll out, just add flour as needed. Bake 350 for 8 to 10 minutes; cool.

Cream Filling:
1 carton cool whip - thawed
2 ( 8 ounce) packages cream cheese room temp
1 cup powdered sugar

Beat cream cheese until smooth, add powdered sugar and cool whip. Spread over cooled crust.

Glaze:
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup orange juice
2 Tablespoons cornstarch

Combine juices and cornstarch and cook over low to med heat until thickened. Cool. Reserve ½ cup, spread remaining glaze over cream filling layer.

Fruit:
2 to 3 bananas sliced
3 to 4 kiwi fruit, peeled and diced
1 quart sliced strawberries
1 can pineapple chunks or tidbits (save juice for glaze)

Arrange fruit over glaze, then brush reserved ½ cup glaze over fruit. Chill until ready to serve.

Best to eat it the same day, as it does not keep very well. (Tastes okay later, but doesn’t look at pretty the next day.) You can really use any fruit that you like. These are our favorites.