As the heat of summer continues to beat down on Fort Collins, Collegian Cooks prepared four desserts that are sure to please at any summer soirée.
Triple berry pie, chocolate-dippped bananas rolled in cookie crumbs, melon smoothies and peach yogurt are all recipes filled with ripe, summer fruit. To prepare for this meal, have access to a stovetop, a blender, an oven and a double boiler pot system.
These are recipes that can be made any time of the year, but may be especially appealing for those with a sweet tooth.
Triple berry pie
- 1 cup of strawberries
- 1 1/2 cups of raspberries
- 2 cups of blueberries
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 3 tablespoons of corn starch
- Whole Foods pre-made pie crust.
Step one: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Step two: Cut the strawberries in half, then mix with raspberries and blueberries in a bowl.
Step three: In another bowl, mix the sugar and corn starch.
Step four: Prepare Whole Foods pre-made pie crust and pour filling in. Put some pie crust on top if desired.
Step five: Bake for30 minutes.
Frozen peach yogurt
- 1 bag of frozen peaches
- 1 cup of plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 4 tablespoons of honey.
Step one: Mix the peaches, yogurt, lemon juice and honey into a blender. Blend until desired and serve cool.
Chocolate-dipped bananas rolled in cookie crumbs
- 4 large, organic bananas
- 4 bars of milk chocolate
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 2 large chocolate chip cookies, crumbled.
Step one: Peel the bananas, cut in half and place a popsicle stick in each one.
Step two: Place the bananas in the freezer for at least one hour.
Step three: Boil one pot of water. When the pot is boiling, place another pot on top to create a double boiler.
Step four: Let the butter melt in the top pan, then slowly add chocolate. Pour the chocolate onto a sheet of wax paper, then roll the frozen bananas in it.
Step five: Before the chocolate dries, sprinkle chocolate chip cookie crumbs over the bananas.
Melon smoothie
- 2 cups of ice
- 4 cups of mixed melon
- 2 tablespoons of cane sugar.
Step one: Mix the melon, sugar and ice into the blender. Blend until desired and serve cool.
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