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Suzie
04-23-2002, 11:45 AM
I made this for my daughters class for "food group week" she had fruit on her day. I wasn't sure what cream of tarter does exactly and I was reluctant to pay almost 6 dollars for a big container of it because I thought I would only use it this once. I am glad I got it now, I still don't know what it does images/icons/grin.gif but the whole thing was great! I will make this again.

FRUIT PIZZA

1/2 cup butter, softened (I used butter flavored crisco)
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract


Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth. Mix in egg. combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Press dough into an ungreased pizza pan.
3 Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool.
4 In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until light. Spread on cooled crust.
5 Arrange desired fruit on top of filling, and chill.

LadyHawk108
04-23-2002, 06:34 PM
Sounds like a great summer dessert! BTW, the cream of tarter makes it stiffen...
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Suzie
04-23-2002, 07:35 PM
Thanks Lady Hawk, I will write that down. http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/appearingsoon/website/img101.gif

I am always learning something from you! images/icons/grin.gif

That must have been the secret to the crust. I was amazed how well it turned out! It was like a thick cookie with a nice texture!

**DONOTDELETE**
04-29-2002, 04:19 PM
Cream of tartar has a lot of uses in cooking... in "food chemistry terms" it is a weak acid. [Officially, it is KHC 4 H 4 O &
Chemically it is name is potassium hydrogen tartrate.] It is a component of baking soda. It can be added to the water when boiling potatoes that are going to be used for "mashed potatoes" to "whiten" or keep from "yellowing." It can be added to fresh green beans & dried beans to soften them... but only about 1/4 to 1/2 t because it will make them really mushy.

To give new life to enamel bath,
apply a paste of cream of tartar and diluted hydrogen peroxide.

You can search uses for cream of tartar & discover neat things to do with it... incorporate your kids & it becomes a science lesson!!!

Warlady
04-29-2002, 05:21 PM
If you use cream of tartar in beaten egg whites it increases their volume.

**DONOTDELETE**
04-29-2002, 05:25 PM
Don't you have to add it at a certain period in the beating process (like when the peaks just start to form, I think, & not before) or else it won't increase the volume???

Suzie
04-29-2002, 05:36 PM
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/appearingsoon/website/img101.gif Gee thanks gal's you are a wealth of information! images/icons/grin.gif Everything you ever wanted to know about cream of tarter but were afraid to ask! images/icons/shocked.gif images/icons/grin.gif