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Gunnison and Crested Butte Colorado
Family Activity Guide -- Summer 2006
Recipes by Robin Cox

Cookie Painting
Refrigerated sugar cookie dough or your favorite sugar cookie recipe
Egg yolks
Food Colors
Clean paintbrush for each color
Cut sugar cookies into the shape you desire. Mix egg yolk and food color to get desired color. Paint unbaked cookie with food color mixture. Get creative. Bake cookies until golden brown or follow package directions.

Fancy Fruit Salad
4 cups apples, oranges, pineapple, grapes or which ever fruits you like
Fruit salad dressing
2 eggs, separated
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup water
Juice of 2 lemons
salt
Place egg yolks in a double boiler. Add sugar, juice, water, and lemon juice, add pinch of salt and beat slowly. Remove from heat Beat egg whites until stiff Add egg whites to yolk mixture. Mix. When cool pour over fruit. Serves 6.

Trail Mix
Use any of all of the following:
Cereal
Raisins, dried cherries, or dried pears
Peanuts, cashews, almonds
Mini crackers or cookies
Pretzel sticks
Chocolate chips, M&M's
Mix together in bowl. Store in snack sized zip lock bags for freshness.

Rocky Mountain Cake
2 cups cake flour o 1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking powder o 1 tsp salt
dash cinnamon o dash nutmeg
1/2 tsp cream of tartar o 8 egg whites
8 egg yolks o 1/2 cup veg. oil
3/4 cold water
Sift flour, sugar, baking powder salt and spices together, 4 times. Combine egg yolks, oil and water in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients. Beat on low speed 1 minute. In large bowl mix egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Slowly pour cake batter over whites: fold in. Bake in ungreased Bundt pan at 325 for 15-20 minutes. Invert pan to cool. Serves 8

Ice Cream Melons
1 large honeydew melon
3 cups raspberry sherbert
1/4 c. chocolate chips
Cut melon in half and scoop out seeds. Soften sherbert in microwave 15 seconds and fill each half of melon. Next slice each half in half. Decorate with chocolate chips. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.