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High-Altitude Baking

s a magazine devoted to making you a better baker, we wish that we were all on a level playing field. But if you live in Denver, Colorado, Santa Fe, New Mexico, or one of the, don’t always make a smooth jump to the land of rarefied air. It’s time we set our sights higher. We’re breaking down the hows and whys behind adjusting a recipe for high-altitude baking, translating the science into practical troubleshooting. Because with baking, the sky’s the limit.

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