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Amish Sweet and Salty Fruit Pizza

This delicious blend of fruit and glaze makes for an amazing sweet and salty dessert!
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 2 ½ cups pretzels, broken
  • cup brown sugar
  • ¾ cup butter 

Cream Cheese Mixture

  • ½ cup powdered sugar (or ½ teas stevia)
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 8 ounces whipped topping
  • 4 to 6 cups fresh fruit (strawberries, kiwis, peaches, grapes, blueberries, raspberries, etc)

Glaze

  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 5 heaping tablespoons clear jel
  • 3 cups cold water
  • 3 tablespoons pineapple or lemon jello
  • ¼ teaspoon salt 1

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • Melt butter
  • Break pretzels, don't crush into powdery crumbs, break into small pieces
  • Mix butter, brown sugar, and pretzels in a bowl.
  • Press mixture into a 9 X 13 inch pan and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Cream Cheese Mixture

  • Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.
  • Fold in whipped topping.
  • If desired add a dash of lemon juice. Spread on top of cooled crust.
  • Spread fruit on top of cream cheese glaze.

Glaze

  • Mix all together in a saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer a few minutes. filling.
  • Cool and spread on top of fruit. Chill. We like it best the day after its made, as the flavor blends more.
    *corn starch may also be used, it will result in a bit more cloudy- looking