Editor’s note: High altitudes makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents recipes and tips that make baking in ...

INGREDIENTS: • 1 cup water • 1 cup granulated sugar • 1 vanilla bean, split in half and seeds scraped out (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract) • 4 Seckel pears, peeled • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, divided • ...

This recipe both preserves pears and creates a pear-flavored liqueur perfect for holiday cocktails. Instructions: Fill a large bowl halfway with cold water and add lemon juice. Peel pears as carefully ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil a 9-inch-by-5-inch loaf pan and set aside. In a small mixing bowl, combine streusel topping ingredients with a mixer on low speed or by hand and set aside. Dice fruit ...