Question about kneading bread in my mixer

13 years ago

I've been making my whole-wheat bread the past few times with Brigitte (my KA mixer). The reason being I can make 2 loaves at once, vs one at a time using the bread machine.

She's supposed to handle 10 cups of flour, but I think she's working kind of hard kneading the 6 cups that this recipe uses.

Is there a way to make the two loaves of bread, but make it easier on her? Or should I just mix it for a couple minutes, take it out and then knead by hand?

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OklaMoni
13 years ago
Jas, my machine is OLD. Got it in the early 80's (KA) mine said, no more than 8 cups of flour when making bread.

Maybe you should knead the old fashioned way when Brigitte starts struggling?

Moni
tobygirl
13 years ago
I can't really answer your question. I have what must be a smaller Kitchen Aid, as I don't think it can handle 10 cups of flour. Back when I used to use it to mix and knead bread, it always strained more than usual when the recipes used all or part whole grain flours. I eventually gave up using the Kitchen Aid for bread, as it was more work than just kneading it by hand. It was a huge disappointment, as that is why I wanted a Kitchen Aid.
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Hey there to you too Chase, and what a nice Christmas suprise to run into you here :) Thank you all so very much for your advice. I have never worked beside someone who baked bread from hand so I never know exactly how to knead and what the bread should look or feel like, which is why I did love my bread machine for when I wanted to make homemade bread - it tended to turn out pretty well out of the bread machine before baking. I'm sure I will love my kitchen Aid for bread too, when I get the hang of it, as much as I love it for everything else. I'm not much of a kitchen gadget person but I do love my Kitchen Aid machine. I have carefully read all the advice - I wouldnt' be surprised to find that I might overknead the bread with the dough hook and I also didn't proof the yeast, because the dough always doubled I figured it was ok? Will carefully follow all the advice - some of it I have never heard of before - when I do a trial run on the honey buttermilk dinner rolls today. Thank you so VERY much for all the advice! A merry Christmas to you all :)
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Marilyn Sue McClintock
13 years ago
Well, I don't use my KA to knead my bread as I wore my first one out in a few short years. I have an older used one now. If you want to knead more than one loaf, buy another used bread machine for the kneading as they are cheaper than the KA. I have four of them. Yes, I have used them all at one time to mix dough, not to bake though.

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susanjf_gw
13 years ago
found this on their site...

the most i found for a bread recipe was 7 cups...so your 6 seems reasonable...

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/page/customer-service-contact/
Jasdip
Original Author
13 years ago
I'm looking at a recipe in the manual, and it's a whole-grain wheat bread and it calls for 5-6 cups whole wheat flour.
Since whole wheat is heavier than white, and my recipe is 3 cups of each I thought it would be working easier.

I'll mix it up for a minute in the mixer then take it out and do the kneading by hand from now on. OR just use my bread machine as I have in the past.

OR have 1 loaf in the bread machine and 1 in Brigitte.

All kinds of options!
maire_cate
13 years ago
jasdip - there have been a couple of threads posted on the other Forums here concerning the newer KitchenAids and their inability to handle bread dough. The complaint is that the machine is struggling and ultimately the motor gives out. Some posters stated that they were not using more than the amount of flour specified in the owner's manual and they still had trouble.

Apparently the gears are still metal but their housing is plastic and that tends to be more vulnerable. The older ones were all metal and that's why they're still working.

Which model are you using?

Here is a link that might be useful: kitchenaid
Jasdip
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks Marie-Cate. I just got mine a few months ago, and it's the 350 watt version. So yes, the newer models aren't the work-horses that the old ones are. I'll bet Moni's can run circles around mine!

I think I'll just start mixing it in the mixer and then knead it by hand after that.

I'm glad I asked, instead of letting it work harder than it should be.
ruthieg__tx
13 years ago
I don't have time to read everyone's answer but here is the way I do mine.....I mix the whole recipe in my KA until I am fairly sure that everything is well mixed. I take it out. cut it in half and then knead them in the KA separately....when I am sure the gluten is ready, I combine them and knead them by hand it they need it or just cut off the amounts I need for the loaves.........
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12 years ago
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