Banana Dessert Pizza
Unique pizza-based dessert inspired by bananas foster. Features sliced bananas, cinnamon-sugar topping, and sweet icing drizzle. Easy to make and perfect for entertaining.
Servings: 8 slices
Ingredients
For the Pizza
- 1 batch pizza dough see Basic Pizza Dough recipe or use pre-made
- 3 bananas sliced into 1/4 inch rounds
Sugar and Cinnamon Topping
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 teaspoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Prepare pizza dough according to recipe and let it rise until doubled. Alternatively, use store-bought pre-made pizza dough.
- Stretch and toss the dough until you have a round, thin pizza crust.
- Place dough on a pizza pan or baking sheet.
- Slice three bananas into 1/4 inch thick rounds and spread evenly over the dough.
- In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and butter.
- Using a fork or pastry blender, blend ingredients until the butter is chopped into pea-sized pieces.
- Add the cinnamon to the butter-sugar mixture and blend again.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over the banana layer.
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the sugar is melted and the crust is golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
- While pizza is cooling, mix the icing by combining powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla. Make the icing thick (it will melt on the hot pizza).
- Drizzle the icing over the warm pizza.
- Slice and serve warm. This dessert pizza also works great with apples, peaches, pears, or other fruits.
Notes
This dessert is inspired by bananas foster but without the flaming. The cinnamon-sugar mixture will melt over the bananas creating a caramelized topping. Make sure the icing is thick enough that it won't slide off the warm pizza. You can substitute the pizza dough by using store-bought pre-made pizza dough from the grocery store deli section or a local pizzeria. This recipe serves 8 as individual slices but can easily be adjusted to serve smaller or larger groups.