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Is it possible to whisk egg whites too much?
Just a though that I had today while whipping egg whites in the tabletop mixer. Can you whisk them 'till they separate, curdle, develop off flavour, strange aroma or texture ?
Suppose they could ...
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Kitchenaid mixer dropping metal shavings
My fiance and I have been using our KitchenAid 600 series pro mixer almost daily for close to 7 months now with no issue.
Today I wanted to surprise my fiance with homemade whole wheat pasta, and ...
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Can any KitchenAid stand mixer attachments be used to make peanut butter?
Can I use any of the various attachments for my Kitchenaid stand mixer to make peanut butter? I was thinking one of the different grinding attachments might work, insofar as the machine at my local ...
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What will happen to my cake if I don't cream the butter enough?
I am preparing for a cake decorating party for some 8-year-olds and was testing a simple butter cake recipe.
I made a small-ish batch of batter (just over a stick of butter, just under 1/2 lb of ...
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How can I prevent dough from wrapping around a dough hook?
I have a 5.5qt KitchenAid stand mixer with the burnished spiral ("pigtail") dough hook. This is not the C-hook. When I make a small amount (for example, using 250g of flour or approximately 2 cups) of ...
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In my new mixer, my bread dough gets wrapped around the kneading hook. What should I do?
I just got a new stand mixer - a nice, heavy 500W mixer with a 5-liter bowl.
Until now, I'd been making bread by hand and kneading it on the countertop.
So the first thing I tried was using the mixer ...
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What to look for in a Stand Mixer?
I want to buy a stand mixer, a good one. Mainly for mixing dough, but also for mincing meat. I've seen that the KitchenAid has a mincing attachment. So, I've made a list of what to look for, and would ...
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How do I remove my KitchenAid attachment?
My KitchenAid attachment appears to be stuck. I attempt to push up to remove the dough hook and it does not budge one bit. I am thinking I'm either doing something completely wrong or there's some way ...
