"vicki & john" <j.ireland@attbi.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking of just buying one of those Kitchen Aid mixers. If anybody's
> used those with great success in bread making, I'd love to hear about it.
I have one and love it. I mix everything mixable in it, including meat
loaf. For 1 loaf of bread, it works just fine. More than that starts
crawling up beater shaft. When I bake more than 1 loaf, I mix everything
except most of the flour (I put in just 1-2 cups). Then I divide the dough
into 3-4 portions and add the rest of the flour to one portion at a time in
the mixer. I don't measure, but just add flour until the dough feels
right. I throw all the portions back into the same bowl to rise.
It takes a little extra time, but I like to bake several loaves at once,
which you can't do with a bread machine, and it's easier than mixing it
with a spoon.