Recipe: Banana Split Cookie Pizza

Banana Split Cookie Pizza

3/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 (8 oz) container cream cheese (with strawberries or pineapple)
2 medium bananas, thinly sliced
1/3 cup chocolate fudge sauce (or pineapple or strawberry ice cream topping)
1/3 cup maraschino cherries, halved
1/4 cup nuts, chopped

Beat butter or margarine in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and beat till combined. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla till combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon.

Spread dough in a lightly greased 12-inch pizza pan.

Bake in 350F oven about 20 minutes or till golden. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

Just before serving, spread with cream cheese. Arrange banana slices over cream cheese. Spoon ice cream topping over bananas. Sprinkle with cherry halves and nut topping. Cut into wedges. Refrigerate leftovers.

Servings: 16
Source: Better Homes and Gardens Baking Magazine