We all know how much mice love cheese, and the little mouse in Blackberry Banquet loves blackberries too. So I asked myself, if Mouse had opposable thumbs and could make himself a dessert, what would he have? Here’s what he told me:Ooo! I love cheese, I really do! And berries are my favorite summer food to forage, so my most delicious dessert would be berry cream cheese pizza! I could nibble the entire thing in minutes, but I usually invite my forest friends to come into my burrow at the base of the tree and feast with me. But I don’t invite Bear—he eats too much and besides, he couldn’t possibly fit through the hole. If you want to squeak with delight, try this recipe!
Mouse’s Blackberry Cream Cheese Pizza
(makes one 7” x 11” pizza)
Here’s what you need to gather:
1 can of reduced fat crescent roll dough
1 package of reduced fat cream cheese (softened to room temp)
1/3 cup sugar
4 cups of fresh berries or *1 bag of frozen blackberries (thawed and drained)
½ cup of vanilla chips
½ teaspoon of canola oil
Here’s what you do with it:
1. Turn the oven on to 350 degrees.
2. Spread the dough over a cookie sheet, pressing the seams together with your paws to form the crust.
3. Bake this for 10-15 minutes until it’s the color of my fur, a light golden brown.
4. Use oven mitts to protect your paws and remove the cookie sheet. Let it cool completely.
5. Mix together the cream cheese and sugar. Spread this all over the cooled crust.
6. Now gently place the berries onto the cream cheese. No nibbling!
7. One minute at a time, melt the vanilla chips and oil in the microwave, blending after each minute (this is hard work for a little mouse). Lightly drizzle over the pizza.
Chill and enjoy~ it’s so berry, berry good, it’s a mouse-ter-piece!
