BREADS
Special Instructions for Making Kneaded Breads
When making kneaded breads, your mixer will require more care than when making ordinary mixtures, such as cake batter and cookie dough. The elasticity of the bread dough and the shape of the dough hooks may cause your mixer to do some unusual things.
The bowl may tend to rock back and forth. We suggest that you guide the bowl with one hand to help control the rocking action. AVOID GETTING YOUR HANDS TOO NEAR THE DOUGH HOOKS!
The kneading action may cause the mixer to slide on a slippery work surface. Be sure the work surface and rubber feet on the bottom
of the mixer are clean and dry.
CAUTION: Do not use the mixer too near the edge of a table or counter top, where it could fall off.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MIXER UNATTENDED WHEN USING THE DOUGH HOOKS.
Bread Making Instructions for Dough Hooks
Ingredients should be added to the mixing bowl as they are specified in the recipe.
Combine a small portion of the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Mix on Speed 6. Continue adding dry ingredients until the mixture becomes sticky, then turn to Speed 1. Gradually add remaining dry ingredients.
If there is high humidity in the air,
it may be necessary to add additional flour to the recipe. The high humidity could also extend the amount of time necessary for baking.
Guide the mixing bowl with your hands. Use caution to keep hands out of the way of the dough hooks.
Do not attempt to scrape the bowl while the mixer is operating. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary. Use a rubber or plastic spatula only.
DO NOT attempt to feed dough into the dough hooks with your hands, a spatula, or any other utensil while the mixer is plugged into an outlet or in operation.
If times are specified in the recipe, use them! BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERMIX. Overmixing can cause a mixture to become tough. We suggest that
your total mixing time should be 6 – 8 minutes.
Should an object, such as a spatula, fall into the bowl while the mixer is operating, turn the mixer off immediately. Then remove the object.
Remove dough hooks and place in sink for easy clean-up.
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