This contest winning Caramel Apple Pizza Recipe is sure to please guests without all the extra fat to weigh them down. It varies from a heavier version by making a lighter cookie crust with less fat and sugar while also substituting part of the traditional white flour in part for whole wheat pastry flour. A combination of fat-free and low-fat cream cheese is used along with fat-free caramel sauce as well. Regardless of less fat, this Caramel Apple Pizza doesn’t come up short on taste. In fact, it’s hard to tell it’s made with lighter ingredients at all. I guess that’s what made it contest winning!
Caramel Apple Pizza Recipe
Makes 12 servings
Prep Time: 40 minutes + cooling
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon Spice Islands® pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 package (8 ounces) fat-free cream cheese
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Spice Islands® pure vanilla extract
- 3 medium tart apples, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup fat-free caramel ice cream topping
- 1/4 cup chopped unsalted dry roasted peanuts
1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, oil, corn syrup and vanilla. Combine the flours, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
2. Press dough onto a 14-in. pizza pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
3. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla until smooth. Spread over crust. Arrange apples over the top. Drizzle with caramel topping; sprinkle with peanuts. Serve immediately. Yield: 12 slices.
Source: tasteofhome, originally published as Caramel Apple Pizza in Light & Tasty February/March 2008, p37
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