Kitchen Mixer Help

good but not big enough - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer I received my Kitchen Aid Classic stand mixer as a Christmas gift 4 years ago and loved it immediately. The paddl...

A True Classic! - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer I drooled over pictures of this mixer in the cooking catalogs I got every few months. Then finally I worked up the...

background: I have been making bread for 20 years. I stopped 5 years ago when I entered grad school and used a breadmachine as a time saver. Now free of school I celebrated by buying this Kitchenaid mixer, planning on making more of my food, especially bread, again.

The mixer is 250 watts - similar to my old Oster kitchen center which I used for over 20 years to knead bread dough. It works great for anything else I mix - cakes, cookies, etc. However I tried several times to make a good bread dough using the Kitchenaid booklet, Julia Childs and America’s home Kitchen recipes. Each time the dough hook seemed to labor over kneading. This machine cannot do two loaves at once - there simply isn’t room enough in the bowl. Also the machine labored over what I wouldn’t consider very dry dough - I have to leave it wet to have any hope of getting out of the bowl.

I have to say this is just too underpowered for bread kneading - a big disappointment as my Oster had no problem. The Oster has two hooks and maybe that is a better design for smaller machines. I am considering selling this and getting either a more powerful Kitchenaid or a viking.

Best gift I’ve ever gotten!! - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer My sweet husband got this for me (white classic mixer) for Christmas as a surprise--granted there was a LOT of hin...

Wonderful and sturdy - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer K45SSW Stand Mixer: Pros: Is sturdy, you don't have to worry about it wobbling at high speeds. Strong, you can mix...

Almost perfect - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer The Kitchen Aid K45SS works like a wonder. I only wish it had a bigger bowl capacity. Up until I got my Kitchen ...

Lots of Dough! - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer Originally I looked for a cheaper mixer, but nothing on the market seemed to be able to stand up to kneading whole...

GREAT MIXER! - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer I received this mixer as a present about 13 years ago. I have never had any problems with the mixer, I would have ...

Does the work for you! - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer After burning out the motors of two hand mixers (remember, cookie dough,especially in large quantities can be thic...

Kitchen Aid Classic Series K45SS Stand Mixer - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

"Beats" other brands of mixers hands down. - KitchenAid 250 Watts K45SS Classic Stand Mixer