Cherry cheese streusel pizza

1 12\" pizza

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
12 ounces Cream cheese, softened
3 ounces Granulated sugar
1 medium Egg
3 cups Flour
2 cups Brown sugar
1 cup Butter, softened
1 cup Pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 12\" Dessert Pizza Shell fresh or parbaked
8 ounces Cream cheese filling (above)
14 ounces Cherry pie filling
3 ounces Streusel topping (above)

Directions

CREAM CHEESE FILLING

STREUSEL TOPPING

TO ASSEMBLE PIZZA

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.

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