On Aug 6, 9:59*am, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Aug 5, 3:34 pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
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> > Sheldon > wrote:
> > > On Aug 4, 11:27?pm, Kathleen > wrote:
> > >> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
> > >>> Mark Thorson > writes:
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> > >>>> You're doomed as long as you use the wrong tool
> > >>>> for the purpose. ?Cookie dough is way too thick
> > >>>> for mixing with a handheld electric mixer.
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> > >>> I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
> > >>> too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. ?Granted,
> > >>> perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is
> > >>> what is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was
> > >>> hoping that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
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> > >> I really don't have room for a stand-up mixer in my kitchen. ?But, in
> > >> point of fact, I don't have room for my hand mixture, either. ?It's
> > >> kept downstairs, pretty much right where I'd keep a stand-up mixer.
> > >> ?So, when this latest one finally dies I'll replace it with a
> > >> stand-up unit.
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> > > Then you really need both... for the vast majority of mixing a hand
> > > mixer surffices just fine, and is far easier to clean and store. I
> > > don't even have a stand mixer anymore... for the teensy quantity of
> > > dough a 5-6 quart KA can handle I'd rather by hand. The *only*
> > > reasonS anyone needs a KA sized stand mixer at home is if they are
> > > handicapped or a kitchen snob.
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> > Or they do a hell of a lot more dough than you do and arent stupid enough to do that by hand.
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> Providing it's not a very stiff dough at best a KA stand mixer can
> handle dough for two 2 lb loaves. *How much dough do you think can be
> kneaded in a 5-6 quart bowl... if you can't knead dough for two loaves
> you must have some really dainty hands... you gotta build up your
> wrists...
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I suppose it's useless to remind you that some people have arthritis
which limits their wrist action, or they might have other joint or
muscle problems.

N.