Apple Pizza - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. chopped pecans
3 Tbsp. shortening
1/3 to 2/3 c. milk
melted butter
maraschino cherry halves
3 c. peeled, thinly sliced tart apples
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. grated orange rind

Preparation

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Cut or rub in shortening until mixture is crumbly.
Add milk to make soft dough. Turn out on lightly floured board or pastry cloth.
Knead gently 30 seconds.
Roll out to a circle approximately 13-inches in diameter. Fit into 13-inch pizza pan or place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flute edge.
Brush with melted butter.
Arrange apple slices in successive rings on top of dough.
Mix together sugar, pecans, cinnamon (if desired) and orange rind.
Sprinkle evenly over apples.
Decorate with cherry halves (or red hots).
Bake in oven at 450\u00b0 for 20 to 25 minutes or until apples are tender and edge of pizza is golden brown.
Makes 10 to 12 servings.