Pie in the Sky Successful Baking at High Altitudes
Pie in the Sky Successful Baking at High Altitudes
100 Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Breads, and Pastries Home-Tested for Baking at Sea Level, 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 feet
Want to whip up some chocolate chip cookies for a late-night snack? Bake a batch of brownies on a whim? For people living at high altitudes, baking can be a challenge at best—or a total disaster. Cookies crumble. Tarts cave in. Brownies won’t rise. Twenty-six of the 50 United States have cities and towns at high altitudes, yet there are no cookbooks that adequately address the special needs of these local bakers.
Until now. Award-winning cookbook author Susan Purdy provides the only foolproof guide to high altitude baking.
Taking the guesswork out of the process, Baking at High Altitudes explains the how and why to help home cooks understand and overcome the atmospheric obstacles that cause favorite recipes to fail. In addition, she includes 75 recipes for delicious treats, each presented five ways: at standard sea level and elevations up to 10,000 feet—all guaranteed to work.
Whether a baker lives in Honolulu or Santa Fe, Omaha or Raleigh, Boston, or Denver, such delights as Coconut Layer Cake, Chocolate Pecan Pie, Challah, and Blueberry Muffins will come out perfectly every time.
