Article: High-altitude pecan pie puzzle solved

Jerry Hall, I feel your pain.

I, too, had problems making pecan pies in Colorado Springs, so I knew exactly what you were talking about when you sent me the following e-mail:

"I gave up trying to bake pecan pies in Colorado Springs because of (apparent) hightude problems. Even the classic pecan pie recipe on the Karo syrup bottle that is so easy at lower attitudes doesn't work for me here. I usually use the Pillsbury folded pie crusts and suspect this may be part of the problem. The pie filling seems to get beneath the crust in spite of all attempts to be sure the 'fold cracks' are sealed. Also, in Breckenridge last week, a daughter-in- law attempted a pecan pie and most of the filling ...

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