Ingredients
- Filling:
- One ready to bake piecrust
- 1/2 cup fat free or low fat cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.4 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon 1% milk
- Toppings:
- Select strawberries for the nose, kiwi fruit or seedless grapes for the eyes, a banana for the mouth. The choices for making shapes are only restricted by their imaginations. The children can choose pineapples, mandarin oranges, or any fruit they prefer.
Preparation
Step 1
1. Let the piecrust come to room temperature per the package instructions, then unfold it onto a large baking sheet or pizza pan.
2. Roll up edges of the crust, crimping them ever so slightly so that they'll stay rolled up. Prick the crust gently with a fork in about 20 places (allowing air to escape).
3. Bake the crust in a preheated 450 degree oven for about 9 minutes or until it's slightly browned. Remove from the crust from the oven
4. Whisk together cream cheese ,sugar, and vanilla extract, lemon juice adding just enough milk to make the mix able to spread onto the crust.
*Allow the crust to cool.
*Spread the cream-cheese mixture with a rubber spatula, *Spread to the edge of the crust
Now its time for the children to showcase their skills.
*Allow the children to arrange the fruit onto the cream cheese mixture. Don't worry if it is not perfect. It is perfectly nutritious and fun. Kids may like to add sprinkles. Let their creativity go wild.
*Refrigerate the pizza for at least 1 hour *Slice with a sharp knife and serve
The children will be impatient and want to eat the pizza right away. This pizza cream cheese is almost already set. So after cleanup, let the little ones to help you here. They will be anxious to dig into their creation.