Peachy Pizza | Making It Grow

Gaie McLeod of McLeod Farms in McBee, SC joins us at "Making It Grow" and shows us how to make a "Peachy Pizza."

 Ingredients

• 1 package sugar cookie dough
• ¼ cup ground pecans.
• ½ package peach Jell-O
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 3 or 4  peaches pureed to equal 1 cup
• 4 or 5 peaches for slicing
• 1 8 ounce package cream cheese at room temperature
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ tsp cornstarch

Directions

1. Roll out cookie cough in shape of a circle on a floured surface.
2. Transfer dough to a pizza pan.
3. Press ground pecans into the cookie dough and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes or until golden brown
4. Remove from oven and let cool
5. While dough is cooling, with the cream cheese at room temperature, combine half a package of peach Jell-O (save the remainder of the package for the topping). Add pureed peaches and vanilla extract and whip until mixture is smooth. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes.
6. Pour filling on top of the cooled dough and refrigerate while preparing the topping.
7. Slice 4 or 5 peaches and arrange the slices on top of the filling and return to refrigerator.
8. Into a heavy saucepan, add ¾ cup sugar, ½ package peach Jell-O, 1 cup water and 1½ tsp cornstarch. Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly.
9. When the mixture has thickened slightly remove from heat. When the topping has cooled cover with the cooled peach topping. Refrigerate overnight so that topping firms up. Slice with pizza cutter and spatula for lifting onto serving plates. 

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