Chocolate Glazed Cookie Pizza

Prep Time: twenty minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

one refrigerated all prepared raw pie crust (1/2 of 15-oz. carton)
one cup vanilla wafer crumbs (22 to 24 cookies)
one teaspoon baking powder
one (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup chopped walnuts or peanuts
3/4 cup sweet coated chocolate pieces
Chocolate Glaze:
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces
two teaspoons vegetable shortening

Preparation:


Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Roll out pie crust to 13 inches. Press in bottom & up sides of ungreased one 2-inch pizza pan. Bake in preheated oven ten minutes.


Bake an additional 14 to 16 minutes or until set. Chilled in pan. With tip of teaspoon, drizzle Chocolate Glaze over cooled filling. Cut in to narrow wedges.

Meanwhile, merge cookie crumbs, baking powder, & condensed milk. Stir in walnuts or peanuts. Pour over partially baked crust. Sprinkle top with sweet.

Chocolate Glaze:
Heat chocolate pieces & shortening. Stir until smooth.

Yield: twenty to 24 slices