CREAM CHEESE FILLING
12 oz cream cheese, softened
3 oz granulated sugar
1 medium egg
STREUSEL TOPPING
3 cup flour
2 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup pecans, chopped
1 tsp cinnamon
TO ASSEMBLE PIZZA
1 12 dessert pizza shell fresh or par, baked
8 oz cream cheese filling (above)
14 oz cherry pie filling
3 oz streusel topping (above)
Directions
Prepare Cream Cheese Filling: Cut cream cheese into sugar; add egg.
Blend at medium speed until fluffy.
Prepare Streusel Topping: Mix flour and brown sugar; cut in butter;
mix in pecans and ground cinnamon. Blend thoroughly until crumbly.
Assemble Pizza: Spread cream cheese filling evenly over fresh or
parbaked pizza dough. Spread cherry pie filling over cream cheese
layer. Sprinkle with streusel topping mixture. Bake at 500 degrees
until cheese filling and streusel is lightly browned (about 7-9
minutes). Cool and serve.
NOTE: You will have enough cherry pie filling, cream cheese filling,
and streusel topping for several pizzas.
Source: Pizza Today, January 1993.
Servings: 1 12" pizza
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