Apple Coffee Cake Pizza

On Sunday morning I woke up and wanted to cook something for breakfast that would make the whole house smell like Fall. This recipe from allrecipes.com did the trick. It does have five steps, but I made the dough in my bread maker and with the help of Olivia had the other four parts done before the dough had raised.

Ingredients

Crust:

2 1/2 cups flour

2 tablespoons sugar

2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup water

1/3 cup milk

3 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 egg

Cheese Topping:

8 0z cream cheese, softened

3 tablespoons sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Apple Topping:

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

5 medium apples, peeled and chopped

1/4 cup butter or margarine, cubed

Streusel Topping:

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup oats

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Glaze:

2 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat the water, milk and butter to 120 degrees. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Beat in egg until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 - 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

--Or just throw all of the ingredients in the bread maker and hit the "dough cycle" button.

2. Punch dough down. Press into two greased 12 inch pizza pans; build up edges. In a small mixing bowl, combine the cheese topping ingredients. Spread over dough to within 1/2 inch of edges. In a saucepan, combine the apple topping ingredients; simmer, uncovered, until apples are tender, stirring often. Spoon over cream cheese layer.

3. Combine streusel ingredients; sprinkle over apples. Let stand for 15 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes or until crust is browned. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm pizzas.