I recently got one of those lovely KitchenAid Mixers as a gift (thanks to my MIL!). It came with a recipe book, but seeing as I work full time, I don't always have time to let bread rise for an hour when I get home :). I don't have the pasta accessory yet, and there are recipes for a cheese balls, cakes, meatball appetizers, etc. Are there any other inventive and quick ways to use this intimidating piece of machinery?
I love the bread making option, but the last 2 times I've tried to make bread it didn't rise at all, so any tips on that would be helpful, too!!
I just got one in July and haven't played with it too much since it has been too hit to bake anything.
One tip I have read, when making bread put some hot water in your mixer bowl for a few minutes then empty. This will warm up the bowl so that your warm water for dissolving the yeast doesn't cool down.
What a thoughtful mil you have ;) Ever feel like you are beig set up to fail? lol
I can tell you that you have to use really warm - not hot- water to activate the yeast when making bread. If you use cold water nothing happens. Set on a warm stove with a kitchen towel over it. If you are trying to make something flaky - use really cold butter. That's all I got for ya on bread and pastry.
I bet if you go to Kitchenaid website you would get some great recipes. I find a lot fog reat stuff on www.allrecipies.com
This is a kitchenaid reciope a friend gave me
Deep-Dish Brownies
¾ cup melted butter
½ cup unsweetened Hershey cocoa powder
1 ½ cups white sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
3 eggs
¾ cup all-purpose flour
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 8x8 inch square pan.
2) In a large bowl or Kitchen aid stand mixer, blend melted butter, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time. In another bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
3) Gradually blend dry mixture into batter. When done, spread batter into prepared pan.
4) Bake 30 minutes or until brownies pull away from sides of pan. Cool and cut into squares.
hi!
that's wonderful! I LOVE my KA mixer! :) it is very easy to use for cakes and cookies too. Homemade Angle food cake is my favorite (FAR superior to store bought). here is an excellent recipe:
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/angel-food-cake.
here is a FABULOUS bread recipe too:
Simple Whole Wheat Bread
From allrecipes.com
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45
degrees C)
2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1/3 cup honey
5 cups bread flour
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/3 cup honey
1 tablespoon salt
3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, mix warm water, yeast, and 1/3 cup honey. Add 5 cups white bread flour, and stir to combine. Let set for 30 minutes, or until big and bubbly.
2. Mix in 3 tablespoons melted butter, 1/3 cup honey, and salt. Stir in 2 cups whole wheat flour. Flour a flat surface and knead with whole wheat flour until not real sticky - just pulling away from the counter, but still sticky to touch. This may take an additional 2 to 4 cups of whole wheat flour. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to coat the surface of the dough. Cover with a dishtowel. Let rise in a warm place until doubled.
3. Punch down, and divide into 3 loaves. Place in greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pans, and allow to rise until dough has topped the pans by one inch.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes; do not overbake. Lightly brush the tops of loaves with 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine when done to prevent crust from getting hard. Cool completely
Bread making tip: after lots of experiments I think I've found the trick to making my bread rise! After the dough is mixed and placed in a metal or glass bowl that is GREASED (must be greased for bread to freely rise up the side of the bowl) then take another pan/bowl (I use a 9x13 pan) and place several inches of hot tap water in the bottom of it. take the bowl with bread and place in the water (kind of acts like a double boiler). cover bread bowl with plastic wrap and a warm dish towel. my bread rises every time :)
good luck and ENJOY!
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Good Luck!
You can get rapid rise yeast if you want your bread to rise quicker, and as the other poster said, your water needs to be the right temp.... too cold and it won't work, too hot and it won't work either. I used a thermometer until I got could just tell the temp by touch. I don't knead by hand - I use the dough hook (the squigly looking one) and once it starts to ball up on the hook I know it's about ready. The dough will spring back a bit when you poke it with your finger. Have fun -- I LOVE my KA mixer and have stopped buying bread altogether. A bake bread every other day and have turned my family into bread-snobs. :-)
