The NEW and IMPROVED Hawaiian pizza

Ingredients

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 bean, 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 strawberries, 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

Directions

1. 1

   --crust--.

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

3. 3

   Mix all ingredients throughly and divide in half.

4. 4

   Press each half onto a pizza pan being sure to evenly spread it all the way to the edge.

5. 5

   Bake each crust 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool.

6. 6

   --toppings--.

7. 7

   Mix 2 tablespoons water, vanilla,cinnamon and sugar in a small sauce pan, over low heat until sugar has melted.

8. 8

   Beat sugar syrup into ricotta cheese until throughly incorporated.

9. 9

   Spread over cooled crusts; This is the"sauce".

10. 10

    Add pecans and fruit, placing each to look like pizza toppings.

11. 11

    You can use basically any kind of fruit that you like but I liked the above ingredients.

12. 12

    In a small saucepan, melt caramels in 1 tablespoon water, until smooth.

13. 13

    Drizzle over pizza to look like"cheese".

14. 14

    Chill for an hour. Slice and serve.