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    The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 2: Brownies and Bar Cookies)
    The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 2: Brownies and Bar Cookies)
    The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 2: Brownies and Bar Cookies)
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    The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 2: Brownies and Bar Cookies)

    By Chris Reynolds

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    Introduction (For the entire series)

    From The Slopes To The Shore...

    Are you tired? Are you tired of fancy (or not so fancy) baking books by fancy chefs with even fancier recipes that just don't measure up to all that hype? Are you tired of recipe failures while on a ski holiday or just because you live above 3000 feet? Are you tired of passion fruit foams and green tea cookies when all you want is a chocolate chip cookie recipe that will work every single time? Do you need a pie for the long summer weekend; or a quick, yummy after school treat; or a simple cake with effortless style to make your neighbors jealous; or a truffle that will awaken the mad passionate desires of your lover and make them beg for more? Psssst, do you want a chocolate chip cookie now? No, I mean a really good chocolate chip cookie? Well, let's make that chocolate chip cookie together. It's easy and I can show you how.

    Family Recipes From My Home To Yours...

    Come with me on a family journey through baking where the luck of the Irish gives way to solid science and produces a collection of family baking favorites that your family will cherish for years to come. This debut collection from Irish-trained chef, Chris Reynolds, celebrates the landscape of his family's baking tradition and contains 323 "master" recipes and 582 recipe variations. This cookbook is a wide-ranging, comprehensive collection chock-full of beloved classics like chewy gingerbread cookies, triple-chocolate brownies, jalapeno cheddar corn bread, shoofly pie, sour cream coffeecake, fresh peach ice cream, crunchy granola, and the best pizza crust ever. This is an inspired collection of classics and contemporary twists where we tease traditional flavours and let you know you've just had something special. Classics with attitude and altitude.

    High-Altitude Baking that Really Works...

    You'll learn that it's possible to serve a from-scratch comfort food classic like buttermilk biscuits on a weeknight when time is tight or a high-altitude cake on your skiing holiday that won't fall flat. In addition to foolproof recipes, all the recipes were tested at high-altitude by the author, himself. Each high-altitude adjustment is precise to give success at 5200ft (Denver, Colorado). In addition, each chapter introduction gives insights into high-altitude baking and tips on adjusting your own recipes.

    Retro-Modern???

    Chris Reynolds is a professional baker trained at the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland by the famed cooking teachers Darina and Rachel Allen. While he embraces an artisan philosophy, emphasizing the freshest organic ingredients, sound techniques, and from-scratch baking; he's also well aware that stirring a caramel on the stove for 90 minutes is a drag. "I wanted recipes that people would embrace, enjoy and actually make. No one, not even me, is going make a cookie that requires me to stand at the stove for 90 minutes. That's just not practical in our modern world." This book embraces a "retro-modern" approach. Old-fashioned recipes are updated for modern life. That could mean streamlining the steps, using modern flavour combinations, using different techniques to give fool-proof results, or even scaling a recipe to feed a family of four.

    A Photo of Every Recipe...

    If the easy, care-free recipes don't grab you, then the stunning full-colour photos of every recipe surely will. This book is a delight for the eyes as well as the palate. This is homey, doable baking at its best - a lively, in-depth portrait of a family who loves to bake. Pass me another truffle!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Reynolds
    Release dateMar 25, 2017
    ISBN9781370321957
    The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 2: Brownies and Bar Cookies)
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    Chris Reynolds

    Chris Reynolds wrote and drew the award-winning "The New World" published in 2018 by New York Review Comics. He also writes the "Mauretania Comics" series of stories, the "Cinema Detectives" series and "Moon Queen and The Bee."

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      The High Plains Sifter - Chris Reynolds

      High-Altitude Baking Notes for Bar Cookies and Brownies:

      The beautiful thing about bar cookies and brownies is that they’re much less susceptible to the effects of high-altitude. Most bar cookies have a shortbread base or are rather dense and chewy in nature and thus have little or no leavening.

      The principle adjustments recommended for cookies baked at higher altitudes are to decrease the amount of sugar used. Because of the lower boiling point of water and increased evaporation, sugars tend to get concentrated. Cookies will tend to taste sweeter than usual and may develop a sugary crust. I found that brownies and blondies still benefited from reducing the amount of chemical leavening (baking powder, baking soda) used.

      Possible adjustments:

      When trying a new recipe written for sea-level, I always follow the directions as written and then evaluate the results. As you gain confidence and experience, you will be able to detect the trouble spots in each recipe and make some basic changes ahead of time.

      Different types of baked goods need different adjustments and each recipe is unique. Sometimes, a recipe might only need one of these adjustments, sometimes, they will need them all. Always keep high-altitude notes in the margin of each recipe and you will begin to see patterns and tendencies.

      All of the photographs in the book were baked and photographed at my home in Longmont, Colorado. If they work in my high-altitude home, they should work in yours.

      Baking Powder / Baking Soda (for when your recipe 'falls' in the oven):

      Decrease each teaspoon by: 0 to 1/8 teaspoon (3,000ft); 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon (5,000ft); 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon (7,000ft); 1/2 to 2/3 teaspoon (10,000ft).

      Flour (for when your recipe 'falls' in the oven):

      Increase each cup by: 0 to 1 tablespoon (3,000ft); 1 to 2 tablespoons (5,000ft); 3 to 4 tablespoons (7,000ft); 2 to 4 tablespoons (10,000ft). (I find this to be a rare adjustment in cookies unless they are very cakey, such as whoopee pies.)

      Eggs (for when your recipe 'falls' in the oven or seems dry):

      I've found that adding one extra egg to many recipes is a great help. The egg helps the batter to set by adding protein and they add a little more moisture. (This is a rare adjustment in cookies, brownies, or pies, but it is a great help in cakes and quick breads.)

      Sugar (for when your recipe seems too sweet or forms a sugary crust):

      Decrease each cup by: 0 to 1 tablespoon (3,000ft); 1 to 2 tablespoons (5,000ft); 2 to 4 tablespoons (7,000ft); 3 to 4 tablespoons (10,000ft).

      Liquid (for when your recipe seems unusually dry):

      Increase each cup by: 0 to 2 tablespoons (3,000ft); 2 to 4 tablespoons (5,000ft); 3 to 4 tablespoons (7,000ft); 3 to 4 tablespoons (10,000ft).

      Fats (for when your recipe seems unusually

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