"jay" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:47:30 GMT, jay wrote:
>
>> I have a small Kitchenaid mixer (250 watts) and have used it for
>> preparing
>> many one and two loaf bread/flour dough batches. The recipe I would like
>> to try calls for 5 lbs of flour and it seem that cutting it in half would
>> be the easiest way to handle the amount of dough with my small mixer.
>>
>> Will a mixer this small even handle 2.5 lbs of flour for bread? I am
>> guessing that is about 10 cups of flour which will fit into the bowl.
>> Thanks for your input.
>
> Thanks for all the help! There is some great information here and I
> should
> have gotten the book..Kitchenaid Mixers For Dummies. <g>

Do it by hand. It'll turn out better.