On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:38:14 +0000, Vox Humana wrote:

> "Socks" > wrote in message
> news
>> i've had a bread machine for years, and think i know what a good dough
>> consistency looks like there. and i've made bread by hand a dozen or
>> so times, and have got that a little bit figured out. but i'm only
>> starting to use a kitchen aid mixer and don't have a hang for what good
>> consistency looks like as it kneads in that machine.

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> Kitchen Aid shipped their mixers with a small cookbook.. That book has
> recipes and good instructions for making bread. In short, the dough
> should form a ball that cleans the sides of the bowl. The standard
> instruction are to put the liquid, yeast, and any fat in the bowl along
> with about 3/4 of the total flour. Turn the machine on at speed one to
> mix and then increase to speed 2 or 4 to kneed. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a
> time until the dough forms a ball that cleans the sides of the bowl. I
> would try the basic white bread recipe in the KA cookbook to start with.

thanks, i'll try to get it *just* cleaning the sides of the bowl.

i have that booklet somewhere ... i'll probably find it just after i have
this figured out ;-)