Summit County Home December 2014/January 2015 by Ashley Detmering

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135 Rose Crown Cir Single Family Home – The Reserve at Frisco 3 bed/3.5 bath – 3095 sq ft. Offered at $940,000. Elegant and stylish home in a prestigious neighborhood on one of the premier lots. Gracious, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings w/ huge main flr master & plenty of storage.

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62 Goldenview Dr. With inspiring ski slope views from expansive windows. This is the essence of rustic elegance in a Colorado retreat. 4,943 sq ft. Breckenridge, 5 bd/5 ba, $2,400,000

Great opportunity to own in the coveted Reserve at Frisco! This 3404 sq ft home is main floor living at its best. Master is on the main lever and three additional bedrooms upstairs. The finished basement could be an additional bedroom if needed. High quality finishes include clear alder trim, stainless appliance, granite and wood flooring. 131 Rose Crown Circle, Frisco. $1,099,000.

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MARKET REPORT October monetary volume is up 6% since October 2013.

10 SOCIAL SUMMIT Snapshots from around Summit County. 13 HOLIDAY DESIGN Tips on the latest seasonal styles. 25 AT THE HEARTH As the center of the home, the hearth plays a critical role in architecture and design.

31 HISTORY IN

40 SERVICE

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Train set featuring historic Summit landmarks seeks new home.

36 SEASONAL RECIPE Apple pie with a bourbon twist. 30 PROPERTY

SPOTLIGHT

A perfect holiday getaway in Breckenridge.

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WHETHER YOU PREFER to go grand or minimal with your holiday dĂŠcor, the hearth is a great place to begin. As the center focal point in many homes, the fireplace, hearth and mantle above are the perfect place to spend some extra time and attention. You can establish your holiday color palette and style in this one zone. You can then use it as a jumping off point to carry throughout your entire home, or choose to keep things a bit more minimal by decorating only this one area in your home, treating it like a statement piece (it certainly makes the un-decorating a snap!).

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DESIGN & STYLE

HOLIDAY DÉCOR

THE TRIANGLE RULE

As you begin to think about decorating your fireplace, a great rule to keep in mind is the triangle rule. Stand back and look at your fireplace. Remove your current painting or artwork from the mantle and store in a safe place until after the holidays. Now mentally draw a triangle that begins in the center of the fireplace, several feet above the mantle, and extends out beyond the edges of the mantle and all the way down to the floor.

Keeping this shape in mind, you can plan out how you’ll arrange your decorations. A large centerpiece should be hung at the peak of the triangle, with shorter accessories like candlesticks and vases to the sides. The objects should gradually descend in height as they reach the edges of the mantle. To complete the effect, place topiaries or other decorative objects on the outsides of the mantle, descending in height as they move farther from the center.

CENTERPIECE

The centerpiece is your chance to get creative and make something memorable. Wreaths are a great option for a holiday centerpiece, but this year try a new backdrop. Rather than simply hanging the wreath by a ribbon, mount it inside an interesting object. Dig through your attic or head to one of the great consignment stores in Summit to find a large empty picture frame, the more ornate the better. Don’t worry about the color or material — you can always paint it to match your color scheme. Can’t find a large enough frame? Try an old multi-pane window instead or a mirror with antique patina. You’ll want to place the frame, window or mirror horizontally, allowing for the most height. If the frame is hefty enough, it should lean safely against the wall. If it’s a bit more delicate, hang it on the wall to be safe. Now you can hang your wreath from the top of the frame either by ribbon, twine or rope if you’re going for a more rustic look. Another great alternative to a wreath is to head to Lowe’s and browse the selection of ceiling medallions. Although these ornate

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circular forms are designed to be mounted to the ceiling along with a light fixture, they can offer maximum impact on a minimum budget. Choose whatever design strikes your fancy and choose to either leave the center hole empty, or place a mirror behind it. Then head to the spray paint aisle to find the perfect color to make this medallion pop against your walls.

COLOR SCHEME

Before you can choose what color to paint your medallion, picture frame or vintage window, you need to establish a color scheme. When it comes to choosing colors, less can actually be more. Sticking with a strict color palette creates the most impact. Red and gold are classic and striking. Silver and green are modern and fresh. Gold and silver are elegant and timeless. Or forget trends and choose whatever two colors make you happy. By keeping all ornaments, ribbons, accessories and even table linens confined to just two colors, you create a cohesive and striking effect.

E A S Y DI Y DECOR ATING IDE A S: 1 Green wine bottles

with red holly sprigs

2 Mason jars with

tea lights, twine

& greenery

3 Create a stack of

books with the pages

facing out, placing an

interesting object on

top — a vintage clock,

candle or small vase.

TEXTURE

To keep things from feeling too matchy-matchy within your two chosen colors, play with texture and sheen. Collect an array of objects from the outdoors — twigs, pinecones, even shed antlers — and spraypaint them gold or silver, depending on your color scheme. Place these objects around the candlesticks or vases on your mantle. To create some depth, try staggering objects farther back on the mantle, and some towards the edge. Head to downtown Breckenridge and visit some of the quaint shops to find a few new elements that stay in your color scheme, and will add some visual interest to your display.

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You may find a lot and fall in love immediately. You can then design a house to work well on that lot and not think twice about your selection. On the other hand, having help from an architect can allow you to choose your lot based on the home you’d like to build. For example, the seasonal situation of the sun may impact which direction your house is to face. Such a trained eye can identify the ideal way in which a lot could be utilized, ensuring you get what you really want. Having assistance from a builder can shed light on the economics of an appealing lot. If your dream home has a lower level walkout, the flat, yet more affordable lot isn’t a practical choice given the excavation process that’ll become necessary. It could be a higher building cost despite a lower lot cost. The builder can also help identify rocky areas that would be difficult to excavate, mushy land that could compromise the foundation, and other aspects within the building envelope that could make the overall project significantly more difficult. Having this extra set of trained eyes by your side is highly encouraged. An added bonus to involving an architect and builder at this early stage is that you get to sample the relationship you’ll have with two of the main parties involved in creating your dream home. It’s best to evaluate that before signing a contract.

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HEARTHS

RIGHT: This living room has sandstone slab hearth with 18” seating height below the fireplace adding additional room seating. Slab sandstone transfers the heat from the fireplace, warming the seating area. Photo courtesy Pinnacle Mountain Homes BELOW: This photo shows a real woodburning fireplace with an alcove for wood. Egolf and her team also worked a fossil plaque into the rockwork. photo courtesy Tracey Egolf / Egolf Interiors OPPOSITE PAGE (TOP): Here, a custom painting has been sized to fit within a recessed art niche built into the rock above the fireplace. Artwork is a popular decoration on fireplaces. photo courtesy Tracey Egolf / Egolf Interiors OPPOSITE PAGE (BOTTOM): The indirect lighting over this fireplace washes the face of the stone to pick up the texture of the material. This is an example of stacked stone masonry surrounding the TV and fireplace. photo courtesy Pinnacle Mountain Homes

MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINES:

H E A RTH (n o un) : 1. The floor in front of or inside a fireplace 2. Home 3. A vital or creative center

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HOME IS SHELTER, an escape from the elements, a place to feel secure and comfortable. So it was in ancient times and so it remains today — we just have fancier ways of doing it. Yet even with our technological advances in indoor heating, construction and architectural design, the very basics remain the same. Among these, that the hearth, the source of heat, is the center and focal point of the household. It’s true in a tiny condo, and it’s true in a multi-million dollar mansion. Decisions of both design and decoration have a big impact on the look and feel of a house overall. Fortunately, builders and designers are on hand to help walk their clients through this essential decision-making process.

FIND YOUR CENTER

“Emotionally, the hearth is the center of the home,” said Tracey Egolf, president and lead designer of Egolf Interiors in Breckenridge. “Historically, the hearth literally was the center of the home. You had a small, one-room shack and you might have a 5- or 6-foot wide fireplace that’s almost big enough to step into, because it was the source of heat and it was the source of cooking your food, so it really became the center of the home.” Nowadays, stovetops and ovens have taken over the cooking aspect, leaving the fireplaces, with their mantles and stone hearths, to great rooms and living rooms, the places of gathering. Still, that doesn’t mean the kitchen is completely separate from it now. “I think people emotionally still consider the hearth — or the fireplace with its hearth — as the center of the home,” Egolf said, “and so with an open floor plan, oftentimes you can still see the fireplace in the living room, even if you’re in the kitchen or the dining area.” As a central aspect of the gathering area, the fireplace and hearth make an impact on the feeling of the room, and even the house, as a whole. “You want them to be welcoming,” said Christina Romano, an interior designer at Pinnacle Mountain Homes in Breckenridge. Often, she designs fireplaces with hearths that offer comfortable seating, so that multiple people can sit around and talk together while enjoying the warmth of the fireplace, particularly during cold High Country winters.

FOCAL POINT

Living rooms typically have three main elements competing for attention, Romano said — the view, the fireplace and the television. “Everyone’s trying to look out the window at the mountains,” she said, particularly in Summit County, which has such grand views on offer. Her job as a designer is to find a sort of harmony between the visual pull of all three. A lot of that decision depends on the space available, said Egolf. Often, the decision is made to put the television above the fireplace, particularly when space is tight. “In general, I try not to do that. I feel like they’re separate attractions, and I love it when the TV is off and not the

focus of the room, but we have to be realistic,” she said with a laugh. If someone is planning to put the television set above the fireplace, she recommended being aware of the angle, so people aren’t craning their necks to see the screen. Egolf also likes to connect the hearth and fireplace materials to other rooms throughout the house. “Usually we spend quite a bit of time thinking about how that fireplace is going to be, and the rest of the home starts to fall into place,” she said. “It will tell me where to go with my other materials. If I want to use heavy, massive stone then I might go lighter in scale somewhere else, but I might add that same stone somewhere else so it doesn’t look out of place.” She’s done that before in the kitchen, using the same rock in the countertop design, for example. “I’ll pull that main rock into the kitchen somehow,” she said. “It’s been very effective.”

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MYRIAD MATERIALS

“You’ve got such cool materials, being in the mountains,” said Romano, about the options available. They range from stone of all kinds to porcelain tile and metalwork. “We’ve got a lot of artisans that work with us, too, that have great ideas.” Stone is, of course, one of the most popular materials, but simply the word “stone” isn’t enough. The options expand to what type of stone, how that stone will be cut

and whether it will be mixed with any other material. “It’s actually the exterior stone we use a lot on the interior,” Romano said, explaining that it’s a good idea to use the same type of stone in the fireplace that can be seen on the outside of the home. “It’s bringing the outside in.” Egolf agreed. “One thing that I feel is important is to tie the interior finishes somehow to the exterior finishes, and so then the home becomes

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more intuitively connected, and the architects are happier when I’m not doing really wildly different things inside,” she said. “Oftentimes I’ll take a version of the outside stone, maybe it’s one version outside, but maybe I clip the edges and cut it into different pieces, so even through it’s the same stone, it appears differently.” Romano has also worked with porcelain tiles and metallic elements, while Egolf mentioned working one time with bricks, and trying to find the right texture of stone. One of her favorites was a cleft stone that was slightly polished. “So you had the roughness of the cleft and little bits of it had been polished, and people could not walk by this without looking at it and going over and touching it; it was so beautifully tactile,” she said. One of Egolf ’s favorite fireplaces she designed combined natural rock with a leftover metal I-beam as the mantle. “It became this rock and steel combination and I was really pleased with how it came off,” she said. “It’s way more fun to combine ingredients, kind of like a chef,” she added with a laugh.

ABOVE (2): This fireplace is an example of bringing the exterior stone into the interior living space with a skylight featuring the architectural detail. The style of the living room fireplace is more architectural than decorative. The treated copper fireplace surround matches the copper exterior. The boulders surrounding the fireplace are sourced from southern Colorado. OPPOSITE PAGE: This fireplace uses a slim stone hearth, and instead of a mantle there are stone ledges jutting outward to create a simple, mountain contemporary fireplace. This example comes from a master bedroom. Photos courtesy Pinnacle Mountain Homes

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attracted to it, instead of it being too sleek and too blank. Where is the charm and where is the coziness, if it’s all too crisp?” Romano said she enjoys working with the architects and builders, and taking on the challenge of creating just the right fireplace and hearth. “It’s a creative process,” she said. Overall, Egolf likes to remind people that it’s worth it to take some extra time when thinking about the design of fireplace and hearth. “Be sensitive so that it meshes well with the architecture of the space, because it is such a focal point,” she said. “Plan it carefully, plan it sensitively, and give it the prestige that it deserves, because it really is the emotional center of the home.”

Both Egolf and Romano have noticed trends that fall under the “mountain contemporary” category, mixing rustic, natural touches with some sleek, clean modern elements. While many modern fireplaces are leaning away from the traditional look, they’re not ditching it completely. “You’re letting the natural textures of the stone come out,” said Romano. “We’re kind of letting the stone speak, and highlighting it.” Egolf added that she’s not a fan of the ultra-modern fireplaces. “They’re very stark, very sleek.” She’d rather see something more warm and inviting as the center of a home, “things that will still draw you into that fireplace so you’re still really

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HANDMADE HISTORY on rails TR AIN SE T DEPIC TING HIS TORIC S TRUC TURES AND MINING RELIC S LOOK ING FOR A NE W HOME story and photos by KRISTA DRISCOLL

TUCKED AWAY IN THE BASEMENT of a woodpaneled house on County Road 1040 in Frisco was a miniature wonderland, a quaint village of tiny houses and pocket-sized townspeople going about their dayto-day tasks of work and play. A fisherman cast his line into a stream flowing past a bathhouse — the sign read ‘hot baths for 5 cents’ — and under a road leading to the rail yard, where model trains once ran the tracks.

Adjacent to the minute hamlet towered the mining district, with flumes and shafts spitting tailings down the hillside and miners hard at work or lounging in the shade near their twig log cabins. The model appeared to be in a suspended state of animation, the trains no longer on the tracks and the two large sections disassembled and sitting on the floor, awaiting their unknown future.

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Tom and Sharon Randolph were part of the fabric of Frisco for 43 years, and together with their son, Scott, they painstakingly built each structure, rock, bush and tree of the model that has now been packed up and moved to Centennial. “My husband’s always been interested in trains, and his brother is a real train collector, and that’s how it actually got started,” Sharon said. “One year for Christmas, I bought Tom a small train set, and the rest is history.” The Randolphs wanted to build a layout, something they could add to, Sharon said, and they decided to include copies of structures and relics from around Summit County and Colorado, things that appealed to them and pieces that were prominent in individual communities. “The old Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen is still there. It’s been remodeled, but we did that, and certainly the Baker’s Tank up in Breckenridge is a scenic type of thing,” Sharon said. “My husband worked for Climax Mine, so we did a whole mining section. And it was just different things around the state that are historic. Some of them still exist, some of them don’t.” Tom, who was a structural engineer by trade, along with Scott and Sharon, traveled around and

TOP LEFT: The complete mining section of the model train set created by the Randolph family of Frisco. TOP RIGHT: A sort of treehouse overlooks a stretch of rail in the mining section of the model. ABOVE: Miners sluice for gold and silver, each detail hand made.

OPPOSITE PAGE (TOP): This flume is a replica of one that still exists in bits and pieces above Frisco. “When we moved here 43 years ago, it was still pretty much in tact,” Sharon Randolph said. “Now, you have to know where to look and you can tell where it was. As you’re leaving Frisco, going to Copper Mountain, it’s right up there on the right.”

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OPPOSITE PAGE (TOP): A replica of the existing Baker Tank, located on Boreas Pass east of Breckenridge, which was built in 1910 by the Denver, South Park and Pacific. According to the Summit Historical Society, the actual tank originally fueled the giant engines going through the west portal of the Alpine Tunnel.

took pictures of existing structures and did research to find photos of historic sites that had crumbled or disappeared completely. Each piece of the model was built by hand, Sharon said. “The three of us started from scratch by drawing plans and building them from wood,” she said. “The rocks that are in the layout and the cliffs and that type of thing, we went around and collected interesting rocks, made rubber molds and cast them in a plastic type of stuff, resin. They are all handpainted and trimmed just like all of the structures.” Sharon said her favorite part of the layout was watching the sections come together, and seeing each piece finished was very satisfying, down to each bit of dirt. “Most of the dirt and the mining tails are genuine,” she said. “We went and collected the honest-to-goodness tailings and dirt and this type of thing right from here, so they are genuine. And a lot of the things you probably see, it’s local stuff. Just pick up dirt, sticks, save everything. It’s a very, very local thing.”

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TOP (LEFT): A horse and trailer make their way across the bridge that leads from a model of the Pitkin County Courthouse, left, and into the rail yard. TOP (RIGHT): The complete town section of the model train set created by the Randolph family of Frisco. RIGHT: Sharon Randolph said though they were uncommon, square and rectangular shaped water towers did exist in various places around the state. She said it was unlikely that children played in the top of them, but she added that detail to entertain her own sense of humor. OPPOSITE PAGE: Sharon Randolph said she painted this purple house to resemble a similarly colored house in Silver Plume that’s visible from Interstate 70.

The fully assembled model is about 10 feet by 12 feet, Sharon said, and the family started work on it in 2003, with a few disruptions along the way. “We spent two or three years working on one section,” she said. “Friends of ours were part-timers up here from Texas. They saw it and approached us to do the town of Frisco for the museum. We couldn’t resist it.” The Randolphs’ friends had a fund set up for projects like the train model. They paid for all of the materials and the Randolphs donated their time to complete the second panorama, which now resides in the Frisco Historic Park & Museum on Main Street. “The one that we have down here, with being approached to do the one for the town, we stopped work on this one and spent two years doing the one for the museum,” Sharon said. “And then we came back and did some work on this one, the one we have here, and my husband became ill and passed away from cancer on March 20, so that kind of stopped everything for us as far as our own layout.” There were originally going to be three different sections to the model, two of which were completed and a third was started when Tom passed away. Sharon recently bought a home and moved to Centennial to be closer to Scott, and she has a room big enough to reassemble the two large sections of the train set, the third having been discarded. “It really never got finished,” she said. “We’re taking two sections with us, and I offered to donate it to any organization, museum or whatever in Summit County, where it would be on display for the public, with no results.” Rather than selling the elaborate model or giving it to an individual, Sharon said she would like to see it displayed somewhere

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for the public to enjoy. The set requires some assembly and some small repairs to a few of the pieces, and the whole thing would need to be wired to get the trains running again. “It would make a great panorama; it does not have to run,” Sharon said. “Putting trains on the track would be beautiful. It’s not wired to run, it’s taken apart.” Whether the train set finds a new home in Summit County or stays in

Centennial, the family will have left its mark on the community. “The thing is, we’ve talked about it quite a bit and we felt, even before my husband passed away, that we’re leaving a legacy with the train over there in Frisco,” Sharon said. “It’s a reproduction of the old Main Street in Frisco, and we feel that we’re leaving something that can be enjoyed for a long time.”

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FIND THE TR AIN SE T a HOME Sharon Randolph said she would like to find a new home for the display where it could be viewed and enjoyed by the public. If you know of an appropriate location for the model, contact Randolph through Butch Elich or Paula Parker at RE/MAX in Frisco, (970) 668-5300, and they will work with you on logistics.

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HOLIDAY BAKING

BOOZING UP traditional apple pie HOW TO COMBINE A FE W SHOTS OF BOURBON AND APPLES INTO THE PERFEC T PIE

RIGHT: Serve this “tipsy apple pie” with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of warm bourboncaramel sauce. Photo courtesy Vera Dawson

EDITOR’S NOTE: Living in the Colorado High Country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This column by local cooking instructor and author Vera Dawson presents recipes and tips that make baking in the mountains successful.

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you give a traditional apple pie a few shots of bourbon? It gets more complex, a little sweeter and a tad sophisticated. The addition of alcohol, though subtle, is a pleasant surprise. Gild the lily by serving the pie with a scoop

of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of warm bourbon-caramel sauce. Very little can go wrong; the recipe is quite straightforward. Just be sure that the streusel doesn’t burn and the apples bake until they’re beautifully tender.

TIPSY APPLE PIE (Make in a 9-inch glass pie pan) YOUR FAVORITE DOUGH FOR A SINGLE CRUST PIE 2 ½ TO 3 POUNDS GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLES 1/3 CUP SUPERFINE GRANULATED SUGAR, PREFERABLY BAKER’S 2 TABLESPOONS FLOUR ½ TEASPOON GROUND CINNAMON ½ TEASPOON GROUND NUTMEG ¼ TEASPOON SALT ½ CUP BOURBON 2 TABLESPOONS LEMON JUICE 2 TABLESPOONS UNSALTED BUTTER

Streusel

3 TABLESPOONS UNSALTED BUTTER, ROOM TEMPERATURE ¼ CUP PLUS 2 TABLESPOONS LIGHT BROWN SUGAR, PACKED ¼ CUP PLUS 2 TABLESPOONS FLOUR ¼ CUP PLUS 1 TABLESPOON QUICK-COOKING

OR OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL

A LITTLE LESS THAN ½ TEASPOON GROUND CINNAMON A LITTLE LESS THAN ¼ TEASPOON SALT ¼ CUP PLUS 2 TABLESPOONS CHOPPED PECANS

Bourbon-caramel sauce (optional)

½ CUP DARK BROWN SUGAR, PACKED 3 TABLESPOONS LIGHT CORN SYRUP 1 ½ TABLESPOONS WATER ¼ TEASPOON KOSHER SALT ¼ CUP HEAVY CREAM 1-2 TABLESPOONS BOURBON ¼ TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

STEP 1: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, with a rack in the center position. Cut the peeled and cored apples into slices about 1⁄4 to 1⁄3 of an inch thick. You should have 6 to 7 cups. Set them aside. STEP 2: Whisk the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a large saucepan until combined. Add the bourbon and lemon juice and whisk again until well mixed. Cook over medium heat, whisking, until the mixture boils and thickens slightly. Add the apple slices and stir/toss them until they’re all coated with the liquid. Continue to stir while the fruit gives off some juices and softens slightly but isn’t cooked through, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove pan from the heat and set aside for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. STEP 3: Make the streusel: Cut the butter into small pieces and combine them, in a mixing bowl, with all of the streusel ingredients except for the pecans. Using a pastry blender or your

fingertips (pinching and rubbing), blend the mixture until it’s evenly moistened and clumps together when pressed. Mix in the pecans. Set aside. STEP 4: Grease the bottom of the pie pan (not the sides), roll out your dough, fit it in the pan and crimp the edges. Add the apple mixture, filling the crust right up to the crimped edges (you may have some left over). Cut the 2 tablespoons of butter into small pieces and distribute them over the fruit. Pinch the streusel into clumps and sprinkle evenly over the top. STEP 5: Place the pie on a cookie sheet and tent a piece of aluminum foil loosely over the top. Bake for 10 minutes, and then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees. After 5 minutes at the reduced temperature, remove the foil (so the streusel will start to color). Bake until the crust and streusel are golden and the apples are tender (check by inserting a knife; it should go through the fruit with just a slight resistance) another 25 to 40

minutes. If the streusel is done before the apples, tent it with foil again. STEP 6: Remove to a rack to cool. You can serve it immediately when it’s cooled to warm, but the filling may be runny. It will be better if the filling can set up for several hours or, preferably, overnight (covered loosely and stored in a cool place). Slice the cold pie and serve at room temperature or re-heat pieces in a 325 degree oven until warm to the touch. STEP 7: To make bourbon-caramel sauce (optional): Whisk the brown sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt in a saucepan. Place over low heat and cook (don’t stir), swirling the pan occasionally until the sugar dissolves and mixture starts to simmer. Add the cream and continue to simmer, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens (this can take 3 to 6 minutes). Add the bourbon and vanilla and simmer 2 more minutes. Remove from heat, let cool, store in refrigerator for up to three days. Reheat before serving.

Vera Dawson, author of the new high altitude cookbook “Cookies in the Clouds” (available at The Next Page Books & Nosh in Frisco), is a chef instructor with CMC’s Culinary Institute. Her recipes have been tested in her Summit County home kitchen and, whenever necessary, altered until they work at our altitude. Contact her at veradawson1@gmail.com.

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Home for the Holidays AWARD -WINNING BRECK ENRIDGE HOME FIT FOR FAMILY TIME AND GR AND CELEBR ATIONS by KIM FULLER | photos courtesy DOUBLE DIAMOND PROPERTY

CHRISTMAS SEEMS TO COME EARLY when you drive down to the end of the Glenwood Circle cul-de-sac in Breckenridge. The home was completed this summer, participating in the 20th annual Summit County Parade of Homes in September. Just like a gift that you are too excited to wrap up, 20 Glenwood Circle was purchased halfway through its completion. The home was built by Double Diamond Property and Construction, and received five awards during the Parade, including Best Overall

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in its size category. It sits atop 4 acres of land, with sweeping views of the Tenmile Range and Buffalo Mountain. The 6,200-square-foot property has five bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths, and a great room fit to host intimate family time, as well as grand social celebrations.

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The floor plan feels open — a spaciousness that maintains warmth with the nooks that are built into areas lifted by high-wood beams.

“The staircase is designed to be a work of art in itself,” explains Black Diamond owner Arnie Surdyk of the wood and metal floating threetiered entryway, “with the layers of wood and exposed steel.” The unique chandeliers above the stairway are ornaments themselves — suspended spheres with crossing pieces of steel that form geometric patterns. Amidst these lights is where a holiday tree could stand tall, providing a connection between the home’s entrance and its heart.

Cozy mornings and après ski afternoons wouldn’t be complete without the company of a crackling fire, and this home has a total of seven fireplaces throughout, starting with the hearth in the center of the great room. The stone fireplace wall calls for communing around it on plush couches and the oversized pillow-top window seat. The floor-to-ceiling windows in this central, grandiose room illuminate a large kitchen with double granite-topped islands and a breakfast nook around the corner from the dining area. Step outside onto the grilling deck to see three levels of flames on what Surdyk calls Double Diamond’s signature “Fire Falls.” Wood ceilings connect to the home’s outdoor spaces, and mountain modern finishes create a sense of continuity between the guest suite rooms. Walk on walnut floors and you pass by alder doors to the master suite with an arched wood ceiling. The room continues to outdoor seats beneath heaters and beside a fireplace — perfect for a bundled al fresco morning of coffee or hot chocolate with the kids.

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Downstairs, a blend of family room and play area is artfully lit by two large backlit onyx slabs on the wall. The core channel of the space is dedicated to an entertainment center to showcase films. A bar stands beside a wine cellar, where holiday libations live, and the room then connects to an exterior patio, fireplace and hot tub. This is where holiday days wind down, while everyone takes to their unwrapped divides and

delicacies. The room gives spatial separation between the upstairs living area, while maintaining a sense of connection to the warmth that radiates among all the fireplaces and beyond. Come back upstairs with your legs or from a lift provided by the elevator that spans the home’s two-and-a-half stories. You may notice the entryway as you leave to walk outside into the crisp air of a mountain winter — it’s a high-end porcelain tile that looks like wood floor.

From the exterior, the owners and guests can appreciate the arched metal roofs that nestle right in with the surrounding trees. Dark timbers and light siding create relevant distinction between the mountain rustic design paired with more modern lines. A walk up the driveway and into the quiet neighborhood may be welcome after a cozy Christmas morning inside, but the feeling of coming back home is what makes a holiday special and bright — especially when it’s to a retreat like this at the end of the street.

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