Cooking at high altitudes?

Question

How does cooking at high altitudes effect the amount of ingridients you need

Answer 1

Altitudes above 5000 ft. require some adjustments for ingredients. Bread, for instance, requires less yeast, more gluten slightly less liquid or slightly more flour, especially if you are using a bread machine. Cakes need a couple of tablespoons extra of flour. In general, anything that raises when being baked may need more flour or less liquid or less leavening.

Bert

Answer 2

Boiling will be affected and baking will have to be adjusted. Cooking times will vary slightly but an hour is still an hour and temperatures are the same. Ask a local bakery about yeast and the like and how it performs at altitude!

Answer 3

Yes, it does. I'm not a baker by profession, but Madeline Kamman's book "The New Making of a Cook", has a chapter on high altitude baking.