Delicious 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 pineapples, well drained

1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, well drained

1 mango, sliced

METHOD

CRUST

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Mix all ingredients throughly and divide in half.

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

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

TOPPINGS

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

Beat sugar syrup into ricotta cheese until throughly incorporated.

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

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

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

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

Drizzle over pizza to look like"cheese".

Chill for an hour. Slice and serve.