Cinnamon Streusel Pizza with Vanilla Icing

Here's a game day dessert that can double as breakfast. It's called Cinnamon Streusel Pizza, and it is kind of a cross between a pizza and a coffee cake. It feeds a crowd and can be made in 30 minutes from start to finish, so it's perfect for tomorrow.

The secret to the speedy preparation is Fleischmann's Pizza Crust Yeast, which I just discovered a few weeks ago.

What's special about the pizza yeast is that it's a fast rising and enhanced with a dough relaxer. What you get, if using the recipe on the back of the packet, is a supremely easy to roll dough that is an absolute pleasure to work with.

Of course you could also use Rapid Rise yeast or even regular yeast if you have more time, but I did use the pizza yeast for this recipe because I had a packet in the pantry.

Since there are only three of us, we'll probably eat couple of pieces for breakfast and freeze the rest in individual pieces.

You can use the recipe on the first link or follow my version below. I increased the cinnamon a bit, added walnuts and pressed the dough directly onto a greased pizza pan.

Recipe

Cinnamon Streusel Pizza with Vanilla Drizzle

Cookie Madness

Super Bowl Cinnamon Streusel Dessert Pizza doubles as a coffee cake and dessert. For best results, use Fleischmann's Pizza Crust Yeast.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 27 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Ingredients

 

PIZZA CRUST:

• 1 ¾ to 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour divided use
• An envelope Fleischmann's Pizza Crust Yeast or Rapid Rise Yeast
• 1 ½ teaspoons sugar
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ⅔ cup very warm milk 120 to 130 degrees F
• 3 tablespoons butter OR margarine

STREUSEL TOPPING:

• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup light brown sugar
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 6 tablespoons salted butter OR margarine softened
• ½ cup oats quick cooking but old fashioned okay too
• ⅓ cup chopped walnuts

FROSTING:

• 1 teaspoon salted butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 to 2 tablespoons whole milk or as needed

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Combine 1 cup of the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
• Heat milk and butter until very warm (120 to 130 degrees F). Add to flour and mix until well blended, about 1 minute. Gradually add enough remaining flour (¾ to 1 ¼ cups) to make s soft dough. Dough should form a ball and will be slightly sticky. Knead on a floured surface or in the bowl of stand mixer with dough hook until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes. (If using RapidRise yeast, let dough rest at this point for 10 minutes.)
• Pat dough with floured hands to fill greased pizza pan or baking sheet. I patted the dough into a 12 inch circle directly on a large (12 to 16 inch) pizza dish. Form rim. Cover with a towel and let rest 10 minutes.
• For topping, mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl – I used the same bowl I’d used for the pizza dough. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two forks until crumbly. Stir in oats. Sprinkle over pizza crust. Sprinkle walnuts over top.
• Bake on lowest oven rack for 12 to 15 minutes, until topping and crust are browned. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.
• To make the icing, melt the butter in a 2 cup glass microwave-safe measuring cup. Add the sugar and stir (it will still be thick and powdery at this point), then add milk 2 teaspoons at a time until it is the consistency of glue or slightly thicker. Add the vanilla. Transfer to an unsnipped decorating bag (no tip required) or a heavy duty freeze bag. Snip the tip or corner of the bag and drizzle over the pizza before serving.

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