Dessert Recipes - Sweet Pizza Base Recipe

Ingredients

• 225 g/8 oz/2 cups self-raising flour

• A pinch of salt

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup butter or hard block margarine, diced

• 5 ml/1 tsp caster (superfine) sugar

• 1 egg, beaten

• 30 ml/2 tbsp milk

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Add the butter and rub in with the fingertips. Stir in the sugar. Mix in the egg and enough of the milk to form a soft but not sticky dough.

2. Knead gently on a lightly floured surface. Roll out and use to line a 23 cm/9 in pizza plate or place the round on a greased baking (cookie) sheet.

3. Cover with your chosen filling and topping and bake in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6 for about 30 minutes until cooked through. Serve hot or cold.