Q: I just got my first KitchenAid stand mixer, and even though it is still pushing 90 degrees where I am most days, I am dying to bust it out of the box and bake something!
Any recommendations for tasty, fun, stand-mixer-essential recipes?
Sent by Robin
Editor: Robin, congrats on your new mixer! We say skip the baking and the hot oven, and use your brand new mixer to make some whipped cream! You can fold it into the dessert pictured above (Coffee Fluff), or make a fruit fool with some ripe strawberries or raspberries. You could also just spoon it over some grilled peaches.
Readers, how would you break in a new KitchenAid mixer, in the heat of summer?
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Although perhaps not the most ideal recipe for the summer, I broke in my new stand mixer with this recipe for lilikoi malasadas: http://the-cooking-of-joy.blogspot.com/2010/04/lilikoi-malasadas-or-portuguese-donuts.html
The recipe's from Hawaii, so I figure since they can make it in the heat, so can we. =)
My wife did some no-bake oatmeal and peanut-butter cookies she found in a Paula Dean recipe book about 4 weeks ago. They were great. I'll have to log in when I get home and leave the recipe.
yu-um to that coffee fluff recipe
I'd probably do cookies as the kitchen aid makes mixing the dough SO much easier.
Get the ice cream attachment!
Home made marshmallows! You only use the stove top, and you could totally make some awesome smores with them. It's definitely a must have a stand mixer recipe.
I second the marshmallows! Only way to make 'em is with a stand mixer (or at least I wouldn't want to do it with a hand-held... holding one of those for 15 minutes would be tough).
Why don't you get a head start and make a bunch of cookie doughs to stash in the freezer. Then the minute the temperature drops you're ready to bake! I can't count the number of times I've felt like I missed a slim window of baking time and wished I had more stuff ready to go in the freezer.
I second Slow Lorus's idea with one modification: eat the cookie dough. It's delicious frozen in cookie sized lumps and it's super easy to freeze them on a cookie sheet and then bake as many or as few as you like (if any are left. Mine always get eaten).
heat wave aside... I got my first kitchenaid about two years ago and the first things I made were actually my regular, favorite baking recipes. it was wonderful to see how much faster and easier it was to make everything and it helped validate acquiring the machine in the first place.
Try these Cookie Dough Filled Cupcakes topped with homemade cookies and cream frosting. There are 3 parts to this recipe--chocolate chip cookie dough, vanilla cupcakes, and buttercream--and each of them would be a breeze with a stand mixer.
Homemade buttercream frosting, in general, is much MUCH easier with a stand mixer, and tastes so much better than store-bought.
Thomas Keller's recipe for brioche bread requires a stand mixer. And - its extremely addicting and delicious! (My husband says its the best bread he's ever had). Definitely a good way to break in the new mixer (and worth it, even on a hot day)!
I just got a brand new mixer as well! To be honest, it has been so hot lately that I ended up spending another $60 and buying the ice cream maker attachment. Such a great purchase! I've been making ice cream and sorbets all week!
I also just got my first stand mixer a few months ago. I broke it in with standard chocolate chip cookies, but the thing I think that it's revolutionized the most is pizza dough. It is a BREEZE in the stand mixer, and you can make it ahead and leave it in the fridge or freezer (in fact, Alton Brown's pizza dough recipe calls for a slow rise of 12 - 24 hours in the fridge, I believe). So you could make ahead and then either grill it to avoid oven heat or bake it on a night when it's less hot.
French Silk Pie. Pioneer Woman has a great recipe. Basically just whip the heck outta some egg whites and incorporate some chocolate. I made it for Valentines Day, sooo good.
Just a warning...I burnt out the motor on my first KitchenAid because I got it home and promptly made brioche (the recipe from Baking w/Julia).
It got replaced under the warranty but I was then told that it's better to actually break in the motor gradually with a period of less intensive mixing and work up to things like brioche. Interestingly my husband was told something similar at the dealership about his new car when he bought it.
i made banana ice cream the other day (and i didn't even use the ice cream attachment)! just mash 3 ripe bananas like what you would do as if you're making banana bread, mix in some icing sugar and whip whipping cream using the stand mixer. fold the 2 mixtures into each other and freeze until solid. it seriously tasted like an icy cold banana cream pie filling when i was done
Now there is a website with recipes for KitchenAid Mixers
CHECK IT OUT
www.gotmixer.com