Knox Graham wrote in message >...
>Hello, All !
>I received a Kitchenaid Artisan mixer for my birthday..Oh Boy! Time to make
>some bread!
>
>I tried their white bread recipe in the book which comes with the mixer.
>Tried it twice, in fact. Both times the loaves were small, heavy, and not
>fully cooked in the middle.
>
>The major deviation from my old way of making bread is that they tell you
to
>roll the dough flat then roll it up to form the loaf. Before, I would
simply
>punch it down a bit then form the loaves.
>

this is how i always make loaves. i never have any problems. however, i make
my bread by hand, not with a mixer, and im not sure if that makes a
difference.


>I'd sure appreciate some help with this and a recommendation of a good
>cookbook with recipes using the Kitchenaid,
>
>Thanks a bunch!
>
>Knox G.
>
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