Ingredients
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crust
1/4 cup margarine
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup shortening
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 egg
toppings
16 ounces ricotta cheese
1 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 vanilla beans, split and seed scraped out or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons water, divided
7 ounces caramel candies (I used Kraft, about 1/2 the bag)
1 cup chopped pecans
1 pint strawberry, sliced
1 kiwi, sliced
1 banana, sliced and drizzled with a little
lemon juice, to prevent browning
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 can pineapple, well drained
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, well drained
1 mango, sliced
Preparation
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--crust--.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Mix all ingredients throughly and divide in half.
Press each half onto a pizza pan being sure to evenly spread it all the way to the edge.
Bake each crust 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool.
--toppings--.
Mix 2 tablespoons water, vanilla,cinnamon and sugar in a small sauce pan, over low heat until sugar has melted.
Beat sugar syrup into ricotta cheese until throughly incorporated.
Spread over cooled crusts; This is the\"sauce\".
Add pecans and fruit, placing each to look like pizza toppings.
You can use basically any kind of fruit that you like but I liked the above ingredients.
In a small saucepan, melt caramels in 1 tablespoon water, until smooth.
Drizzle over pizza to look like\"cheese\".
Chill for an hour. Slice and serve.
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