I’m pretty sure Annie has similar issues and does just that with her breadmaker.

I have this one in white with the three blades you see. I do not have the splash guard. It is the one that lifts up, not tilts. My son gave it to me for Mother's Day one year. I love it for making bread.

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I use the paddle to mix the ingredients and then switch to the dough hook for kneading. Every now and then, with some recipes, I have to stop and scrape the sides into the middle. I turn the dough out, give it a knead or two just to smooth and put into bowl to rise.

I absolutely love it!. I always worked too much flour into the dough by hand and hated to make bread, because I detested kneading.

I use the speed 2 for kneading.

Dandyandrandy,

I am not familiar with your mixmaster – I believe there are various sizes for different powers or capability. I've tried making serious does with no knead method. That was several years ago and I found they were pretty good it really depends on the recipe.

The KitchenAid mixer that Sherry linked to is good but expensive if you buy that sort of thing new. Some years ago, I bought a original Hobart (Kitchenaid) that is very similar – lifts and his high wattage) for only $60 on craigslist. The cosmetics weren't the best but it works fine. HOWEVER, it is very heavy. It's best to keep it on the counter if you can because repeatedly lifting it out of storage can be physically very demanding.

I later bought a lighter duty KitchenAid mixer and that works fine if I am careful not to put too thick of a dough it.

You can find used bread makers in thrift stores. That is how I got my breadmaker for $15 at Goodwill. I always look anything like that over carefully, and then clean it very thoroughly, even wiping it out with some diluted chlorine bleach and water, then rinse wiping. With most bread machines (different capacities) you can use them just for the mechanical kneading, then take your bread dough out, (let is rise), and bake it in the oven. I think that gives a nicer look. On very hot days, I would be tempted to use the bread machine for one of those large electric roasting pans outside so that the kitchen doesn't heat up.

As a sidenote, I have had various hand issues like arthritis and have found that, as painful as it might be, using them for work like needing bread doesn't necessarily cause increase in pain or damage, but seems to actually strength in my hands. This is not medical advice and I don't know what sort of situation you have with your hands, but I think one has to be careful of letting the muscles get too weak. In other words if you were just to rest your hands constantly or have them splinted it may be doing harm in that it could cause your muscles to get weaker. Or, or in other words, if one were just to rest their hands constantly or have them splinted it may be doing harm in that it could cause your muscles to get weaker. Thai Chi like simple movement exercises can give a gentle sort of toning. At least that's what I have found. It does not need to be anything formal with breathing over music or meditation; just the gentle mechanics of that "exercising" motion was helpful to me for getting some strength and tone.

Sorry this got long.

I use the KitchenAid for multiple loaves and the bread machine for singles. My memory of Mixmasters is that they aren't very powerful but perhaps just good enough for a single loaf. It is worth trying to see if it works. Otherwise, like others, I suggest a Garage Sale or second hand store.

My KitchenAid Artisan (tilt head) will knead three loaves of soft, rich dough but a single batch of harder, tighter pizza dough makes it jiggle, and I have to watch that the bolt that holds the head on doesn't vibrate loose. Some people go to the larger, bowl lift models for more serious bread baking, but the ones who make more than a few loaves per week tend to like Bosch or Magic Mix. There may also be a Breville one.

The dough hook on your Mixmaster might do it. Why not try on a single loaf recipe of a dough you know is pretty soft? If that works, you could up the challenge on the next one.

Petalique's point about being able to find a new or good as new bread machine for very little money is a good one. For sure you can use it as you said, to mix and knead your loaf. It is one loaf at a time.

Depending on your issues, you might also find a long rise, using stretch and fold, or even no knead, will serve your purposes without new equipment. While stretching/kneading does aid in gluten development, it'll also develop if you just let it sit long enough.

I make the no knead bread sometimes, and sometimes I make traditional kneaded loaves. My carpal tunnel causes enough pain that I cannot comfortably knead bread, so I let the bread machine do the work for me. I have a Zojirushi, it's my second one and it's the appliance in my kitchen that was promptly replaced without hesitation when the first one finally quit after thousands of loaves.

The KitchenAid will also knead bread, and I know LindaC uses the food processor, although mine doesn't hold a big enough amount of flour to be particularly efficient.

Just because a machine has a dough hook doesn't make it strong enough for dough, though. I burned up a brand new Sunbeam Mixmaster making bread and the second one making divinity, the poor things just weren't up to the task.

I've found that I can use pretty much any recipe I want with the bread machine, they all work as long as I put liquid in first, then dry ingredients and push that "dough" button. I think a sturdy stand mixer would probably be the same.

King Arthur flour did a comparison of the stand mixer, the bread machine, and bread kneaded by hand and found that the bread machine did the best job, even better than kneading by hand, but that they all worked pretty well.

So your stand mixer may very well work, if it's strong enough to stand the strain, but be careful and don't over-tax its capabilities.

Annie

A cuisinart or similarly powered food processor makes bread dough in about 2 minutes.
Check Martha Stewart for food processor bread.....

After reading this, I did a youtube search for mixmasters making bread in them. Didn't find much, but I did find a person reviewing one. I didn't watch the video though but I did read some of the comments and came upon someone that sang the praises of a Sunbeam Mixmaster and said that people just really don't know how to use them correctly. He explained how to make bread in the mixmaster. He said to make only a one loaf size, anything more was too much. He went on the say that you first use the regular beaters and use half the flour until that is mixed, then you switch to the bread kneading hook and begin adding the rest of the flour. It is important that you don't try too much dough in it. He said most people don't care for the mixmaster because they want a mixer to do it all for you but with the mixmaster, you have to do some work and help it along...if you know what I mean. He went on to say that years ago, most people only had the mixmaster type mixer to use and it worked just fine for many many years so they must be OK...right?

LOL! My mother had a Mixmaster when I was little. It did work out okay because doughs were finished by hand. :) The Hobart was a revelation!

I also use a no knead recipe and it’s very good

Louise you got that beauty from no kneed....that's great.

Thanks! I did however, mix it in my stand mixer just to the dough stage

Into my Mixmaster I put a very simple bread recipe for one loaf- flour, water, yeast, salt. It worked well, and I was surprised the bread is so good. To make more loaves at once though, feel I still need a bread maker.

I make wonderful breads without machinery or kneading. I mix dough for four loaves at one time. Check out Artisanbreadinfive.com. But I understand the desire for kitchen toys, too.

I also use the Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes book, but some of my favorite breads just require kneading.

Grandma's Farmhouse White, Sol's Honey Loaf, The Princess' favorite Friesian Bread from Bernard Clayton, those all require kneading and I'm not willing to give them up. My morning toast is often that "no knead" artisan stuff, but holidays require Grandma's bread. I like french toast made with Maple Oatmeal bread and sometimes I just have to make cinnamon rolls. So, I use a combination of traditional recipes and the "no knead" ones.

Annie

annie1992 - are all your breads that require kneading in different bread books? How does one find your recipes please? What does the kneading do to the flavor that pleases you? Thank you.

Well, Grandma's Farmhouse White and Sol's Honey Rolls are here on the forum, having been posted several times. I think the maple oatmeal is also here, because Sherry/Sheshebop loved it for toast. The Friesian Bread is from Bernard Clayton's book, but it's also online called "sugar bread", I found it on a blog while looking for something else, but I'd be glad to post any of them if you wish. I like to make the cinnamon rolls from Grandma's bread recipe, because that's how she always made them. They aren't really sweet and I seldom frost them because we ate them for breakfast with butter on them, like bread.

The kneading doesn't really affect the flavor, but the recipes require kneading to develop the gluten so the bread will rise. Those recipes will not work with a "no knead" technique. They will, however, work just fine in the mixer or bread machine. "No Knead" recipes and those traditional recipes that require kneading are not interchangeable as to technique. I haven't found a traditional recipe yet, though, that I can't make in the bread machine or with the mixer.

Annie