High Altitude Baking : 200 Delicious Recipes & Tips for Great Cookies, Cakes, Breads & More : For People Living Between 3,500 & 10,000 Feet

by Patricia Kendall, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension

Book by Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, Kendall, Patricia

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Food and Drink, Food

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

Reviews

[Mary Cokenour · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moving to a small town in Utah that is at 7100 feet above sea level, figuring out how to adjust my baking recipes was trial and error; more error than success. I could get my baked goods cooked on the outside, but inside was always too gooey; letting them bake more only gave me burnt tops, bottoms and sides.

This baking book gives detailed additions depending on the altitude, not just one tablespoon or cup fits all adjustments. There are easy recipes to follow as well, so a great addition to recipes I already have.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book but it wasn't really that good. It had a very large variety of recipes, but the two I made weren't great. I made the apple spice muffins and they did not have very good flavor. I also made the chocolate sour cream cake. I had some trouble with mixing up this recipe, which could be why it didn't turn out very well, but the cake layers seemed dry and sank in in the middle. The frosting that went with it was good though.

I might take this out from the library again to try out some other recipes, but for now I was not too impressed.

[Krista · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are a couple of things I love about this book:
1. Quick mixes for cookies and quick breads
2. A very extensive sourdough section (the applesauce sourdough cake is a favorite)
3. The general tips for altitude baking are very helpful.

But there are also a couple of things that I hate:
1. The yield numbers are NEVER correct. I know that I make chronically huge cookies, but even when I adjust I only get about 3/4 of the predicted yield.
2. Everything turns out dry. I am always adding extra water to compensate.

[Myrna Rodriguez-Medina · Rating 3 out of 5]

All my recipes are sea-level, so I was expecting more information on how to adjust them properly or being able to compare more recipes. Has a lot of recipes which I haven't tried. Not what I expected.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of recipes for bread. Good advice for high altitude baking, but not many recipes I would look to this book for.