"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> yetanotherBob said...
>
>> I wouldn't go more than 8 cups with a 250 watt motor, less for
>> wheat/whole wheat and rye bread doughs. The most I've done in our old
>> K45 is 6 cups of mixed white and wheat, and I felt bad for the mixer,
> it
>> was straining so much. (It's an old friend that's served us well, so I
>> hate to stress it too much.)
>
>
> From the bread making tips section of the manual:
>
> NEVER use moe than 6 cups whole wheat flower or 8 cups all purpose flour
> when making dough in a 4.5 qt. mixer.
>
> NEVER use moe than 6 cups whole wheat flower or 10 cups all purpose flour
> when making dough in a 5 qt. mixer.
>
> NEVER exceed Speed 2 when using the dough hook.
>
> ALWAYS use the dough hook to mix and knead yeast doughs.
>
>
> Andy

In addition to the above tips, be sure that you know exactly how much you
are putting in the mixer. If you scoop the cup into the bag you could be
getting a 6-7 ounce cup of flour. Generally speaking, your cup of flour
should weigh between 4-4.5 ounces. You can see that if your flour weighs
considerably more, the alloted water for the recipe will not be enough and
the dough will be very dry. Kneading dry dough is very hard on the machine.
Janet