This Caramel Apple Dessert Pizza combines a soft, golden crust with buttery caramelized apples and a creamy frosting for a dessert that feels like fall in every bite.
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Keyword air fryer dessert pizza, apple cinnamon dessert pizza, Caramel Apple Dessert Pizza, caramel apple pizza, dessert pizza with apples, sweet pizza recipe
Add warm water and yeast to a large bowl. Stir and mix. Allow yeast to proof for five minutes.
Stir sugar, flour, olive oil, and salt into yeast water. Mix until fully incorporated.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured flat surface and knead for 10 minutes.
Transfer dough ball to a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with a clean towel for 1 hour, or until it's doubled in size.
Make the Caramelized Apples
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over high heat. When butter is melted, add the sugar, water, and diced apples. Cook and stir until sugar is melted, about 3 minutes.
Turn heat to medium-low and consistently stir apple mixture while cooking for 8 minutes.
Add the cinnamon and cook/stir 1 minute longer. Remove from heat and let cool for 20 minutes. Place in storage container and cool for 1 hour.
To Assemble Dessert Pizzas
Roll dough with a rolling pin until 8 inches in diameter.
Dust air fryer pan with cornmeal and transfer dough to pan. Press to flatten down on the bottom of the pan.
Cook dough for 4 minutes.
While dough is cooking, in a large bowl, mix the caramelized apples, 3 tablespoons of melted butter, and ¼ cup brown sugar.
Remove dough from air fryer and top with ¼ of the apple topping. Return to air fryer and cook another 4 minutes.
Repeat steps for each pizza.
While pizza is cooking, add frosting ingredients to a bowl and mix to combine. Once all pizzas are cooked and cooled, drizzle frosting on pizzas.