Cinnamon Peach Dessert Pizza
This summer, while on a camping trip with some families from my church, I tasted a great combination of toppings. My friend Troy had advised me to place sliced peaches, cinnamon, and marshmallows together inside of a mountain pie [sandwich-like treat where filling is placed on two slices of bread then toasted in the camp fire]. The taste was amazing and I have been wanting to adapt it to a pizza ever since. My chance came this weekend when I had a ball of Bill’s Traditional pizza dough left over from my double-batch the night before.
The pizza dough was stretched onto my 16 inch pizza screen then topped with the following ingredients:
1 small tub of cream cheese (7 oz)
2 cups marshmallow creme
1 can sliced peaches, drained
cinnamon
streusel topping (4 tbl butter, 1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar)
The cream cheese and marshmallow creme were combined in a medium mixing bowl and softened by adding a bit of milk. The mixture was smooth enough to spread onto the pizza blank. Next, I placed the sliced peaches around the pie in rings. The cinnamon was sprinkled all over the peaches (I did not measure the amount used). Finally, the pie was topped with streusel topping which is simply made by hand-combining butter, flour and sugar.
The pizza was baked at 485 degrees for about 9 minutes.
This pizza tasted terrific! The texture and flavor seemed to really blend well. I was very excited to get the taste of cinnamon and peaches like the mountain pies from last summer onto a pizza. In fact, the flavor of the base mixture reminded me a lot of the mascarpone cheese that I use for my Almond and Roasted Apple dessert pizza. This is good news since cream cheese is at least half the cost of mascarpone cheese. Everyone who had a slice of this pizza was delighted and it was gone in minutes.
I may attempt to improve on this pizza slightly by adding nuts or something with a bit more crunch to offset the wet toppings. Other than that, this pie is a real winner because it is inexpensive, fast and delicious.
June 30th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Maybe try some granola to top for a little better CRUNCH!!
February 8th, 2007 at 12:26 am
My oven only goes up to 250C ish….
Does this mean i’m goosed or could i actually try at this temperature. How long will it take me to bake it and what can i use if i don’t get a stone. Will an ordinary greased cooking pan do it or would i be wasting my time to attempt it ?
June 13th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
I made this, it was great! I used a combo of the streusel topping with crushed walnuts. Loved it!