Directions

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes (+ 2 hours standing time)
Serves: 4 to 6

Crust: Preheat oven to 350°F.

In food processor, blend crackers until finely crushed. Add brown sugar; pulse to combine. Add melted butter; pulse to combine.

Press cracker crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of 12-inch pizza pan.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Let cool completely.

Filling: In medium bowl, using electric mixer, beat together cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until smooth. Transfer 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture to medium bowl and reserve for whipped cream topping. Add lemon zest to remaining cream cheese mixture; beat to combine.

Spread cream cheese mixture over crust in even layer. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until well chilled.

In medium bowl, using electric mixer with clean beaters, beat cream until stiff peaks start to form. Fold half the whipped cream into the reserved cream cheese mixture, and fold in remaining whipped cream. Refrigerate topping for at least 1 hour or until well chilled.

Transfer whipped cream topping to piping bag fitted with medium star tip.

To garnish pizza like the American flag, arrange blueberries around edge of pizza to outline the flag. Arrange more blueberries on top of pizza to form a wedge shape for the blue portion of the flag.

For red and white flag stripes, pipe 6 rows of whipped cream topping alternating with 7 rows of raspberries. Keep pizza refrigerated until ready to serve.

Tip: Pipe a star shape in the blue portion of flag or decorate with a star cookie.