Scraps and Snippets ~ Vegan Fruit Pizza

Fruit Pizza:

Crust.

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• 3 TBSP of ground flax seed
• 3/4 cup of applesauce (OR) use 1/2 a mid-ripe banana (not banana bread ready ripe, think yellow with a few spots) and 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
• 3/4 Cup Sugar
• 2 tbsp. Coconut oil
• 1 tsp. of baking soda
• 1 tsp. of cream of tartar
• 1/4 tsp. of salt
• 2 tsp. of organic almond extract
• 2/3 cup of garbanzo bean flour
• 1 1/3 cup of whole wheat pastry flour

Grease two 8 x 8 pans, layer cake pans or a 9 x 13 (or use 3/4 of the dough for 8 x 8 and bake the rest as cookies). Bake approx 14 minutes.  A knife poked into the crust should come out clean. The topping will soak into the crust so overdone is going to be better than not done enough.

Creamy goodness layer:

1/2 cup Vegan cream cheese

1 ripe banana

1 TBSP nut butter (optional)
3 shakes Vietnamese cinnamon (optional)

1 TBSP brown sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

I mixed it with a mixer. A food processor or Vitamix make it creamier.  Super incorporated wasn't my goal since a layer of fruit was going to cover it completely.

Fruit layer: If you use bananas or apples make sure you dip them in citrus juice.

I used an orange, a sliced Granny Smith apple, four sliced strawberries and a handful of blueberries. If you add a banana, dip it in citrus juice and add it right before serving.