Caramelized Onion and Fig Pizza

I adapted this recipe from Deena Kastor's recipe featured in Runner's World.  For those who don't know of Deena Kastor, she is the American marathon record holder and Athens Bronze medalist.  

Check out my impeccable logic here:  Deena Kastor is a fast runner.  Deena Kastor eats a variation of this pizza recipe.  Eating this pizza will make you a fast runner.  

Ingredients:

• Pizza dough (Note I do not recommend gluten free)
  
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
  
• 2 yellow onions, sliced
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 1 tsp brown sugar
  
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
  
• Handful fresh basil
  
• Handful sliced mushrooms
  
• 6 dried Turkish figs, sliced
  
• 4 oz. feta cheese
  

Directions

• Heat oil and saute onion until soft and transparent. Then turn down heat very low and stir until onions are deep brown (this can take almost an hour)
•  Add salt, brown sugar and vinegar, and cook an additional 10 minutes or so
• After doctoring up the onions, preheat oven to 450 degrees and roll out pizza dough to fit baking pan
• Spread onion mixture over dough, leaving edge for crust
• Top with basil, mushrooms, sliced figs, and crumbled feta
• Drizzle a little balsamic vinegar over the top
• Bake 15-20 minutes until crust is golden brown