"Kenneth" > wrote in message =
...

> [ ... ]

> ... if it is forming a ball on the hook, I would suggest that it is =
too dry.=20

That is contrary to my understanding. The dough hook does its best job
by dragging a ball around the bowl. Slack doughs may be better served =
by
a beater.

> Bake up a loaf and see what the results are rather than being =
concerned=20
> about the look of the dough in the mixing bowl.

That's a pot luck approach. The quality of the dough in the mixing =
bowl,
and one's ability to assess it, are paramount.

I doubt, anyway, if a K/A is among Kenneth's mixers.

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DickA