I was just reading Jim Berman's recipe for cinn rolls, which calls for 9 cups of bread flour. My mixer is an old KA-5. Is this recipe too large for the mixer?
john
btw, a couple of my books have a weight measurement in parentheses- measuring dry stuff. will recipes on this site make distinctions when nec.?
The KA is not really meant to process bread dough. The motor just doesn't have the power. I make cinnamon buns once per week and burnt the motor out of one of my KAs. I know of quite a few others who had to have their KA repaired after making bread dough.
I guess whether you need a 20 qt mixer depends on how much dough you will be making. The recipe I use uses 10 cups of flour and I use a 7 qt delonghi mixer - the motor is almost twice as powerful as my KA. I havn't had any problems with it.
Thanks for the input. Here is "a" plan for my business concerning baked goods- make enough breads for paninis, dough for baked goods like cinn rolls, strombolis and a few more things. I know that I'll need a stronger mixer. WHich one? I priced three used 20 qt Hobarts for $1000-1100 this week. Might break out our home bread machine and do small batch stuff while I learn.
Things are picking up thankfully. My sales are up 23% for Mar/Apr compared to '09. I'm feeling much better about taking this plunge into cooking/baking with that news.
Mike- i assume you mean hand knead? I'm reading The Bread Bakers Apprentice right now.
Thanks,
John
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