Fruit Pizza

We had a get together the other day and our host, Amber W., made this beautiful and delicious fruit pizza. I loved it and she shared the recipe with us. Here it goes ...

Fruit Pizza Crust:

1.5 cups white sugar
1 cup butter room temperature or (250gr)
2 eggs
1.5 tsp vanilla
4 cups plain flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder

Cream Sauce:
8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
4 oz cool whip (or 1 box Chantilly: I buy this at Hiper Usera. It comes in a box. You add milk and beat with a mixer/ batadora - it is the closest thing to cool whip or whipped topping here- spray Nata turns to liquid and doesn't keep the fluff)

Instructions:

Crust: cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and cream well. Add vanilla and mix well. In another bowl sift together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.Add gradually to sugar and butter mixture and mix well. Remove about 3/4 of the dough and roll onto cookie sheet ( I only use 3/4 because it will be too big for the cookie sheet. The whole recipe makes a fat cookie). Bake at 350 F (150 C) for 20 minutes or until light brown. Let cool and refrigerate over night or continue with with cream sauce.

*I like to make the cookie crust the night before and refrigerate it to help it all to be cold when it accompanies the fruit and cream sauce. It is not necessary.

Cream Sauce:mix powered sugar and cream cheese with mixer. Then fold in the cool whip or Chantilly( instructions are on the box for how to make it).

Putting it all together:
Spread a thick layer on cookie. Top with fresh fruit: strawberries, bananas, grapes, pineapple, kiwi, mandarin oranges, blueberries, or peaches.

Glaze:(optional) If I know I am serving the pizza right away I don't use it.

GLAZE
2 tbls. cornstarch
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice