Food Literacy StudentsKnife Skills
The way you hold a knife can affect the precision and ease of your cuts as you prepare your food. The proper way to hold a knife for the best results is to curl pinkie, ring, and middle fingers around the handle. Then rest your pointer finger on the bolster of the knife and position your thumb on the other side of the blade.
It is also important to curl in your fingertips of the hand holding the food to be cut. This can prevent accidents as the curling protects your fingers from the blade. The knuckle can also align the knife as you cut.
This fruit pizza is the perfect recipe to practice your knife skills because you will spend some good time slicing fruit to make your masterpiece beautiful! Try to get out of your comfort zone and use cuts you’re not used to. You can also mix up the fruit depending on what’s in season and how you want your pizza to look!
Cost Breakdown
| Ingredient | Amount | AP Unit Cost | Recipe Ingredient Cost |
| Salted Butter, softened | 3/4 cup | $0.10/ Tbsp (1 cup = 1 Tbsp) | $1.20 |
| Granulated sugar | 1 cup | $.53/lb. (1 cup = .37 lb. sugar) | $0.20 |
| Large egg | 1 | $0.18/ea. | $0.18 |
| Large egg yolk | 1 | $0.18/ea. | $0.18 |
| Vanilla extract | 1 tsp | $4.06/fl. oz (6 tsp/1 fl. oz) | $0.68 |
| Fresh lemon zest | 1 tsp | $0.62 | $0.62 |
| All purpose-flour | 2 cups | $0.02/oz (1 oz= 3.63 Tbsp flour) | $0.09 |
| Baking powder | 1 tsp | $0.17/oz (1 oz = 6.16 tsp) | $0.03 |
| Baking soda | 1/2 tsp | $0.04/ oz (1 oz = 5.91 tsp) | $0.01 |
| Salt | 1/4 tsp | $0.04/oz | $0.01 |
| Salted butter, softened | 1/4 cup | $0.10/Tbsp (1 cup=16 Tbsp) | $0.40 |
| Cream cheese, softened | 8 oz | $0.18/oz | $1.44 |
| Sour cream | 1 Tbsp | $0.11/oz | $0.06 |
| Vanilla extract | 1/2 tsp | $4.06/fl. oz | $0.34 |
| Powdered sugar | 1 3/4 cups | $0.05/oz | $3.86 |
| Salt | Pinch | $0.04/oz | $0.01 |
| Fresh Strawberries | 1 cup | $0.16/oz | $0.96 |
| Fresh Blueberries | 1 cup | $0.24/oz (1 oz = 0.15 c) | $1.60 |
| Red grapes | 1 cup | $2.18/lb. (1 lb. = 2.5 cup) | $0.87 |
| Kiwi fruit | 3 fruits | $0.50/ea. | $1.50 |
| Canned mandarin oranges | 1 can | $2.68/can | $2.68 |
| Canned pineapple tidbits | 1 can | $1.28/can | $1.28 |
| Total Recipe Cost | $18.20 | ||
| Cost per serving (24 servings) | $0.76 |
Pro tip: Buying generic brands will help make all ingredients cheaper. Buying in bulk ingredients such as flour, sugar, salt will also be cheaper. As far as fruit, research fruit that is currently in-season these will be cheaper options. The SNAC pantry will occasionally have canned fruit so be sure to check out the options there!
Crust
Do not fret if your crust turns out a little cracked or the shape is funky you’ll cover it with beautiful and tasty cream cheese frosting and you can experiment with a favorite fruit design!
Crust covered with cream cheese frosting.
If you have kids or nieces and nephews, this is a great time to enlist their help! They will love decorating the pizza with fruit, and don’t fret if it doesn’t look like a Pinterest masterpiece … it will look colorful and beautiful no matter what. Not to mention it will be super tasty!
This recipe is great for a fresh dessert to share with your friends or family. It’s fun to try new designs and different fruit depending on what is in season. It truly is a food that your eyes can enjoy as much as your stomach. Plus, it never gets old!
Fruit Pizza
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Crust
Cream Cheese Frosting
Fruit
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line a half sheet pan with parchment paper and light spray parchment with cooking spray.
- In large bowl, cream together the butter and granulated sugar with an electric handheld or stand mixer until smooth, 1-2 minutes
- Mix in the egg, egg yolk, vanilla, and lemon zest. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, and mix until no dry streaks remain
- Press the dough into a rectangle shape in the center of the pan, about 10×14 inches.
- Bake the crust for 10-12 minutes until just baked. It should be soft and not overly brown around the edges. Let crust cool completely
- In a medium bowl, add the butter and cream cheese and beat with an electric mixer until smooth, 30-60 seconds. Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and pinch of salt, and mix until well-combined and light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Spread the frosting evenly on the cooled sugar cookie crust, leaving a thin border. Arrange fruit on top of the pizza. Chill in the refrigerator until serving.
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