Strawberry Pizza

Happy Mother's Day a week late!!! haha I have really been slacking on blog posts now that school is done. I would have thought I would have posted more but nope! For Mother's Day my family all gathered at my oldest sister's house. She had to work until 6 so the rest of the family made dinner and played with her kids. We tried to keep my Mom out of the kitchen but it never works haha. My job for dinner was desert. I know my Mom loves fruit and my sister love chocolate. So I found a recipe for Strawberry Pizza! It was super yummy and really not that hard to make. The recipe is from the Cooking Bride who I of course found on Pinterest!

Pizza crust

Ingredients For The Crust:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon  ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Directions for Crust: 
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Spray 10" x 2" tart pan or cookie sheet with cooking spray.
3. Whisk together flour, pecans, chocolate chips, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until mixture is fluffy, about five minutes. If using a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment to cream butter and brown sugar, then switch to the paddle attachment.
5. Add half of the flour and beat on low until flour is combined. Mix in remaining flour and continue to stir until incorporated.
6. Spread dough evenly on the bottom and up the sides if using a tart pan or pat into an 11-inch wide circle on a cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the edges begin to turn brown and the center starts to feel firm. Allow to cool completely before applying the toppings.

Finished Product

Ingredients For Topping:
- 1/2 cup strawberry preserves
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 pound sliced fresh strawberries
- 8 oz marscapone cheese
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions For Topping:
1. Whisk together preserves and orange juice. Bring to a boil in a small pot over medium high heat. Boil one minute until glaze begins to thicken. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
2. Mix together marscapone, powdered sugar, and vanilla until fluffy, about 1 minute. Do not over mix or the spread will separate.
3. Spread marscapone mixture over the cooled cookie crust.
4. Add sliced strawberries to the glaze and stir to combine. Spread glazed strawberries over marscapone.
5. Allow to refrigerate for 1 hour.

*The website I found this from said you could use a store bought cookie dough. If the marscapone is too expensive or hard to find you can find a replacement. Just google it there are tons of suggestions :)