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Strawberry Pizza Dessert

This dessert is a refreshing blend of cookie crust, cream cheese filling and strawberries wrapped in a glaze.  Add a dollop of whipped cream and you have the perfect springtime dessert.

Course Dessert
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup margarine or butter

Filling

  • 8 oz. Neufchatel Cream Cheese
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Topping

  • 1 quart fresh strawberries
  • 1 container strawberry glaze

Instructions

  1. Blend crust ingredients in a mixer or with pastry fork until blended and crumbly.  Pat onto a 12" pizza pan, spring form pan or 9 by 9 baking dish.  Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until lightly browned.  Allow to cool completely.

  2. For filling blend cream cheese in mixer with the sugar and vanilla until creamy.  Spread onto the cooled cookie crust.

  3. Prepare the strawberries by washing, hulling and cutting into bite size pieces.  Stir the strawberries gently into the prepared strawberry glaze. Layer on top of the cream cheese and spread evenly.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

  4. This dessert is best served the same day that it is prepared as the crust can start to get soggy.