"jay" > wrote in message
. ..
>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.
>
>
Cross posting to more than one newsgroup at a time is generally accepted to
be a
no no. It clutters up each of the cross posted NGs with replies not relevant
to
each newsgroup receiving the cross posted message.

Kent

"Kent" > wrote in message
news
>
> "jay" > wrote in message
> . ..
>>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.
>>
>>
> Cross posting to more than one newsgroup at a time is generally accepted
> to be a
> no no. It clutters up each of the cross posted NGs with replies not
> relevant to
> each newsgroup receiving the cross posted message.
>
> Kent

That's not always true, Kent. In this case, the message DOES belong in both
newsgroups. If the original message is addressed to both groups, you will
see the same responses here that are in the other one, so there will end up
being LESS repetitious responses.

Kent wrote:
> "jay" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >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.
> >
> >
> Cross posting to more than one newsgroup at a time is generally accepted to
> be a no no.

So then why are you cross posting to both
rec.food.cooking,rec.food.baking. duh

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
> Kent wrote:
>> "jay" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>> >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.
>> >
>> >
>> Cross posting to more than one newsgroup at a time is generally accepted
>> to
>> be a no no.
>
> So then why are you cross posting to both
> rec.food.cooking,rec.food.baking. duh
>

{drum crash}
Is this an audience, or an oil painting?
-Henny Youngman

Kent wrote:
> "jay" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> 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.
>>
>>
> Cross posting to more than one newsgroup at a time is generally
> accepted to be a no no. It clutters up each of the cross posted NGs
> with replies not relevant to each newsgroup receiving the cross
> posted message.
>
> Kent
>
>


Who died and made you the Moderator? This particular x-post was quite
reasonable IMHO.

Bob