One of my most common baking tasks that I enlist the help of my trusty KitchenAid is making bread dough. These machines are a lifesaver when it comes to kneading dough. Not only does the stand mixer knead dough twice as fast as hand-kneading, but it also saves you from doing all that arm-aching work yourself. Pour yourself a glass of wine and marvel at your amazing mixer doing all the hard work for you! Once you’re happy with your dough, turn up the speed to around 1-2 (for a Kenwood stand mixer) and leave to knead for around 8 minutes. Bread Lame: This razor tool helps carve beautiful designs or rustic marks on your homemade bread. Note that not all bread needs to be scored. When worktop or cupboard space is in short supply, this Mini mixer is the perfect solution. While it might be 20% smaller, it’s only a slight compromise on its bigger brother, the Artisan. For starters, it’ll still be able to whip up to eight egg whites, cream 2kg of mashed potatoes or mix 680g of plain flour in its 3.3l bowl, using ten speeds powered by a quiet direct drive motor. Plus, it has the same thorough planetary mixing action of the Artisan, and even an attachment hub on the front. This means you can power everything you can with a regular KitchenAid tilt head model – mince meat, slice vegetables, roll or cut pasta or squeeze, chop and process food – without hauling another appliance out. Bowl cover: From specially designed proofing covers to kitchen towels, it’s best to cover your dough while it proofs.

While bread comes in many forms across the globe with a wide variety of ingredients, a basic loaf of leavened bread like white, rye or boule varieties, share some common ingredients. These types of bread typically start with flour, yeast (or a starter for sourdough bread), salt and water. Some varieties add oil or butter for richness, honey or sugar for sweetness, and other ingredients like sprouted grains or dried fruit to layer in texture or nutrients. Many basic bread recipes include: For me, the best stand mixer is a Kenwood Chef, I’ve had mine for about 15 years now and it just keeps on going, before then I used my mums which I think she’d had for even longer. Boil the kettle and place a jug on the scales, pour 100ml of boiling water into the jug and add the butter so it begins to melt and becomes soft. Then top up the rest of the water with cold water. The water should feel just warm. I hope this post has given you some tips on how to make bread using a dough hook. You may also like the following articles: Stand mixers typically come with three attachments: a beater, a whisk and a dough hook. A few models also come with a soft beater that really scrapes the mix off the sides of the bowl like a spatula, saving you a job and pretty much halving the time of mixing.After kneading with the mixer, pasta dough must be kneaded by hand for an additional 1-2 minutes. It can be kneaded on a counter with just a slight dusting of flour. KitchenAid stand mixers handle every tough and tedious baking task imaginable. Everything from mixing cake batters, whipping up meringues, and churning out ice cream – if you can think of it – your KitchenAid mixer can probably do it. The best thing about making focaccia? You can get creative with it. Top it with fresh herbs, olives, tomatoes, or just about any cheese. And in this case: garlic and parmesan.

The KitchenAid ® bowl lift mixer bowl is secured to the base by two arms that lift the bowl smoothly into place under the beater for extra stability to handle large or heavy batches. Bowl capacities range from 4.5 to 7 quarts for up to 8 1/4 lbs of bread dough. KitchenAid also offers an 8-quart commercial stand mixer that is perfect for mixing in a bakery or for home cottage bakers who might sell quality bread at a local farmers’ market. If rye flour doesn’t have a place in your pantry yet, this is your cue. It makes for a chewier crust and a denser crumb, making the bread more fulfilling. So, if you like your sandwiches hearty and wholesome, try this rustic one. Its earthy flavour is divine. Not a big fan of raisins? You can always opt it out. Proving (or proofing) the bread is the process you need to follow to give the dough chance to rise for a second time. The proving process generally takes about an hour to complete and during this time the dough will increase in size by about 50%.Strong spoon or Spatula: Though bread dough starts out very wet, as you add flour, the dough will become tougher to mix. I found mine on the edge once, which could have ended in disaster! To stop your mixer moving fold a tea towel and place it under the side of the mixer which is nearest to the edge of your worktop. Regardless of the dough hook you prefer, I suggest getting stainless steel hooks as opposed to coated or aluminum ones. Living the gluten-free life? This delicious loaf will fit right in. The intricate mix of different flours, binders, and leavening agents requires extra focus and a pinch of courage. But if you’re up for a baking challenge, it’s a must-try. Currently, KitchenAid offers two different styles of dough hooks: the C-shaped and the PowerKnead (spiral) hook.

Roll the dough up into either a round shape if you’re baking the bread on a baking sheet or a rectangular shape if you’re using a loaf tin, making the seam side of the bread is facing downwards.There is a lot of choice out there when it comes to stand mixers, thanks to shows such as Bake Off they have become a trendy kitchen accessory which people pay a premium for to get it in a certain colour. Key specs – Power: 800W; Capacity: 4.8l; Speed settings: 10; Attachments: Stainless steel wire whisk, aluminium flat beater, flex edge beater, aluminium dough hook There are ten speed settings, giving you the flexibility to lightly whip egg whites, vigorously knead dough or do anything in between. Better still, it does all of this in next to no time, blending mixtures to perfection in a matter of seconds. It’s rather large but stylish enough that it’ll still take pride of place on your kitchen countertop.

The KitchenAid spiral dough hook, or the pigtail hook as some bakers call it, uses a slightly different mixing action. This KitchenAid spiral dough hook (AKA the PowerKnead) is a creation crafted by the engineers at KitchenAid, specifically for their bowl-Lift stand mixers. On the surface, the Artisan seems like an expensive jump from the classic stand mixer. However, once you consider the additional space, power, attachments and bowl – the price hike doesn’t seem quite so outrageous. In this article, I want to compare both the KitchenAid dough hook vs spiral and highlight some of the key differences between these two attachments. This dual rotating mechanism combined with the hook shape allows it to knead the dough by pushing it to the bottom of the bowl, instead of the side of the bowl like the C-shaped hook. This makes the kneading action more efficient meaning your bread dough not only mixes better but you have less of it clinging to the hook. The more efficient design also allows you to knead up to 25% more dough at a time! If you love Italian food, you'll definitely want to try making your own pasta. Learning to make homemade pasta may take some experimentation to get the pasta dough to the best consistency and it may take several batches of dough to get it just right. Try starting off with the Basic Egg Noodle recipe in your owner's manual, because this dough is relatively easy to adjust and use.

How long do you knead dough with a dough hook?

The dough should be allowed to rest for 10-15 minutes before rolling – either by hand, or with the pasta roller, if you have one. Place the dough under an upside-down mixer bowl, wrapped in plastic, or in a plastic bag during the rest period to keep it from drying out. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave to rise for at least an hour or until the dough has doubled in size. For cutting stable fat-like lard, shortening, or butter into the flour. The fat encapsulated by the flour needs to retain its structure to produce the flaky texture that is so desired in items like pie crusts, biscuits, scones, and shortbread. This hook has a compact structure that matches it well with mixers with lower-capacity bowls. You can easily knead small amounts of bread (one or two loaves) with this attachment. I find the dough hook works pretty well on the whole, although the dough does have a tendency to climb up the C hook, so you may find yourself stopping the mixer and pulling the dough down every now and then.