••••PATRIOTIC FRUIT PIZZA🍓🍇🧀🎂🍰🍒🍚🇺🇸!!••••

(Source: tasteofhome.com & photos also & Amy Murdoch, Union Grove, Wisconsin)

••••PATRIOTIC FRUIT PIZZA!!  WOW!!

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. + cooling

MAKES:8-10 servings

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup cold butter
• FILLING:
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1 cup strawberry glaze

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine the flour and confectioners' sugar. Cut in butter until mixture begins to hold together. Press into a 12-in. tart or pizza pan; build up edges slightly. Bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 15 minutes.
2. In a bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Spread over crust. Arrange strawberries in an 8- to 10-in. circle in center of pizza. Sprinkle blueberries around strawberries. Pour glaze over strawberries. Refrigerate until serving. Cut into wedges. Yield: 8-10 servings. 
   

Originally published as Patriotic Fruit Pizza in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2001, p219

Nutritional Facts

1 slice: 454 calories, 26g fat (17g saturated fat), 73mg cholesterol, 221mg sodium, 51g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 2g fiber), 4g protein.