On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:55:28 -0400, Goomba >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>I'm an old fashioned girl. I just make cookies with a bowl and large
>mixing spoon with a little elbow grease behind it. I never seemed to
>need a mixer? Is this something you might be able to try doing?

I could not make the DH's favorite cookies without my KA stand mixer.
The trick to making them is to beat the hell out of 'em (recipe says 5
mins., I prefer to double that - makes for beautiful, lacey cookies
that taste just like pecan pie):

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Harris Ranch Pecan Drops

cookies

2 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 pounds coarsely chopped
pecan pieces
1/2 cup egg whites; 3 - 4 large eggs

1. Heat the oven to 350°F degrees. In the bowl of an electric mixer,
combine the brown sugar, salt, vanilla and pecan pieces. Beat on low
speed to incorporate the ingredients, then drizzle in the egg whites.
Increase the speed to medium-low and beat for 4 to 5 minutes, scraping
down the sides of the bowl as needed.

2. Drop the dough in rounded tablespoons onto a greased baking sheet.
Press each ball of dough with the back of a spoon to form a cookie 3
1/2 inches in diameter and about one-eighth-inch thick.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned. Remove
from oven and immediately remove the cookies from the baking sheet to
a cooling rack. The cookies will be soft but will firm up as they
cool.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Julia Altshuler > wrote:
> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
> >
> > I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
> > too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. Granted,
> > perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is
> > what is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was
> > hoping that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
>
>
> I mix cookies by hand with a metal spoon and have never had a problem.
> The only reasons I'd be tempted to use a standup mixer or other
> electronic help would be:
>
>
> if I were making an especially large batch as though making them
> commercially
>
> if I had arthritis or other medical condition which made using my arm
> in that way difficult.
>

My thoughts exactly. It's literally been a couple of decades since I made a
batch of cookies but I never used a mixer to do it. Even with arthritis
(mildly annoying, not severe which I'm sure would make a difference) I don't
recall cookie dough taking that long to stir together.

Jill

On Wed 06 Aug 2008 05:05:48a, jmcquown told us...

> Julia Altshuler > wrote:
>> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
>> >
>> > I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
>> > too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. Granted,
>> > perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is what
>> > is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was hoping
>> > that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
>>
>>
>> I mix cookies by hand with a metal spoon and have never had a problem.
>> The only reasons I'd be tempted to use a standup mixer or other
>> electronic help would be:
>>
>>
>> if I were making an especially large batch as though making them
>> commercially
>>
>> if I had arthritis or other medical condition which made using my arm
>> in that way difficult.
>>
>
> My thoughts exactly. It's literally been a couple of decades since I
> made a batch of cookies but I never used a mixer to do it. Even with
> arthritis (mildly annoying, not severe which I'm sure would make a
> difference) I don't recall cookie dough taking that long to stir
> together.
>
> Jill
>
>

Lazy me would not want to "beat butter and sugar together until light and
fluffy" by hand, which many cookie recipes call for as a first step. Then,
beating eggs into that mixture. After that, most things are stirred in.

Easier with a hand mixer; easier still with a stand mixer, which frees you
up for working with other ingredients whilst it's running on its own.

Having said that, I know that making cookie dough does *require* a mixer.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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jmcquown wrote:
> My thoughts exactly. It's literally been a couple of decades since I
> made a batch of cookies but I never used a mixer to do it. Even with
> arthritis (mildly annoying, not severe which I'm sure would make a
> difference) I don't recall cookie dough taking that long to stir together.
>
> Jill

And the recipes usually tell you to mix by hand, esp. at the end.

--
Jean B.

On Aug 5, 3:34�pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
> Sheldon > wrote:
> > On Aug 4, 11:27?pm, Kathleen > wrote:
> >> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
> >>> Mark Thorson > writes:
>
> >>>> You're doomed as long as you use the wrong tool
> >>>> for the purpose. ?Cookie dough is way too thick
> >>>> for mixing with a handheld electric mixer.
>
> >>> I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
> >>> too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. ?Granted,
> >>> perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is
> >>> what is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was
> >>> hoping that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
>
> >> I really don't have room for a stand-up mixer in my kitchen. ?But, in
> >> point of fact, I don't have room for my hand mixture, either. ?It's
> >> kept downstairs, pretty much right where I'd keep a stand-up mixer.
> >> ?So, when this latest one finally dies I'll replace it with a
> >> stand-up unit.
>
> > Then you really need both... for the vast majority of mixing a hand
> > mixer surffices just fine, and is far easier to clean and store. �I
> > don't even have a stand mixer anymore... for the teensy quantity of
> > dough a 5-6 quart KA can handle I'd rather by hand. �The *only*
> > reasonS anyone needs a KA sized stand mixer at home is if they are
> > handicapped or a kitchen snob.
>
> Or they do a hell of a lot more dough than you do and arent stupid enough to do that by hand.

Providing it's not a very stiff dough at best a KA stand mixer can
handle dough for two 2 lb loaves. How much dough do you think can be
kneaded in a 5-6 quart bowl... if you can't knead dough for two loaves
you must have some really dainty hands... you gotta build up your
wrists... you must have a very small peepee. Here, knead THIS!

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

On Aug 6, 9:59*am, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Aug 5, 3:34 pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Sheldon > wrote:
> > > On Aug 4, 11:27?pm, Kathleen > wrote:
> > >> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
> > >>> Mark Thorson > writes:
>
> > >>>> You're doomed as long as you use the wrong tool
> > >>>> for the purpose. ?Cookie dough is way too thick
> > >>>> for mixing with a handheld electric mixer.
>
> > >>> I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
> > >>> too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. ?Granted,
> > >>> perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is
> > >>> what is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was
> > >>> hoping that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
>
> > >> I really don't have room for a stand-up mixer in my kitchen. ?But, in
> > >> point of fact, I don't have room for my hand mixture, either. ?It's
> > >> kept downstairs, pretty much right where I'd keep a stand-up mixer.
> > >> ?So, when this latest one finally dies I'll replace it with a
> > >> stand-up unit.
>
> > > Then you really need both... for the vast majority of mixing a hand
> > > mixer surffices just fine, and is far easier to clean and store. I
> > > don't even have a stand mixer anymore... for the teensy quantity of
> > > dough a 5-6 quart KA can handle I'd rather by hand. The *only*
> > > reasonS anyone needs a KA sized stand mixer at home is if they are
> > > handicapped or a kitchen snob.
>
> > Or they do a hell of a lot more dough than you do and arent stupid enough to do that by hand.
>
> Providing it's not a very stiff dough at best a KA stand mixer can
> handle dough for two 2 lb loaves. *How much dough do you think can be
> kneaded in a 5-6 quart bowl... if you can't knead dough for two loaves
> you must have some really dainty hands... you gotta build up your
> wrists...
> Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I suppose it's useless to remind you that some people have arthritis
which limits their wrist action, or they might have other joint or
muscle problems.

N.

On Aug 5, 1:20*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>
>
> > You need a mixer with dough hooks for making cookies,
> > Or get a kitchen aid.
>
> > --
> > Old Scoundrel
>
> > (AKA Dimitri)- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Oh, poppycock and balderdash. *You don't need dough hooks to make
> cookie dough. *Where did that idea come from? *You use the KA paddle
> beater for cookie dough. *Dough hooks are for kneading bread dough.
>
> N.
>
> What do you use when you don't want to get out the KA?
>
> --
> Old Scoundrel
>
> (AKA Dimitri)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

My KA is always out - covered in a KA black cover to match the side of
the fridge, which is where it sits in the corner of the
countertop. ;-)

I used to have it on a pull-out shelf right below the top of the
counter, but I like it where it is now better. It's pretty heavy to
lift up and put back on a regular basis. Plus, I hardly have anything
on my countertops, so it doesn't add any clutter, really. Well,
except now, I have a 4-gallon crock sitting on the counter because I'm
making sweet pickles....

(Send me an e-mail, Dim ....)

N.

Nancy2 wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> >"Rod Speed" wrote:
> > > Sheldon wrote:
> > > > Kathleen wrote:
> > > >> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
> > > >>> Mark Thorson writes:
>
> > > >>>> You're doomed as long as you use the wrong tool
> > > >>>> for the purpose. ?Cookie dough is way too thick
> > > >>>> for mixing with a handheld electric mixer.
>
> > > >>> I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
> > > >>> too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. ?Granted,
> > > >>> perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is
> > > >>> what is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was
> > > >>> hoping that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
>
> > > >> I really don't have room for a stand-up mixer in my kitchen. ?But, in
> > > >> point of fact, I don't have room for my hand mixture, either. ?It's
> > > >> kept downstairs, pretty much right where I'd keep a stand-up mixer..
> > > >> ?So, when this latest one finally dies I'll replace it with a
> > > >> stand-up unit.
>
>
>
> > > > Then you really need both... for the vast majority of mixing
> > > > a hand mixer surffices just fine, and is far easier to clean
> > > > and store. I don't even have a stand mixer anymore... for the > > > > teensy quantity of dough a 5-6 quart KA can handle I'd rather
> > > > by hand. The *only* reasonS anyone needs a KA sized stand
> > > > mixer at home is if they are _handicapped_ or a kitchen snob.
~~~~~~~~~~


> > > Or they do a hell of a lot more dough than you do and arent stupid enough to do that by hand.
>
> > Providing it's not a very stiff dough at best a KA stand mixer can
> > handle dough for two 2 lb loaves. �How much dough do you think can be
> > kneaded in a 5-6 quart bowl... if you can't knead dough for two loaves
> > you must have some really dainty hands... you gotta build up your
> > wrists... you must have a very small peepee. Here, knead THIS!
> >
> > Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .-


> I suppose it's useless to remind you that some people have arthritis
> which limits their wrist action, or they might have other joint or
> muscle problems.

I suppose it's useless to remind you to learn how to use a dictionary
so you can look up the word "handicapped"... and while you're at it
look up "irritating ****".

Sheldon > wrote:
> On Aug 5, 3:34?pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
>> Sheldon > wrote:
>>> On Aug 4, 11:27?pm, Kathleen > wrote:
>>>> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
>>>>> Mark Thorson > writes:
>>
>>>>>> You're doomed as long as you use the wrong tool
>>>>>> for the purpose. ?Cookie dough is way too thick
>>>>>> for mixing with a handheld electric mixer.
>>
>>>>> I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
>>>>> too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. ?Granted,
>>>>> perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is
>>>>> what is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was
>>>>> hoping that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
>>
>>>> I really don't have room for a stand-up mixer in my kitchen. ?But,
>>>> in point of fact, I don't have room for my hand mixture, either.
>>>> ?It's kept downstairs, pretty much right where I'd keep a stand-up
>>>> mixer. ?So, when this latest one finally dies I'll replace it with
>>>> a stand-up unit.
>>
>>> Then you really need both... for the vast majority of mixing a hand
>>> mixer surffices just fine, and is far easier to clean and store. ?I
>>> don't even have a stand mixer anymore... for the teensy quantity of
>>> dough a 5-6 quart KA can handle I'd rather by hand. ?The *only*
>>> reasonS anyone needs a KA sized stand mixer at home is if they are
>>> handicapped or a kitchen snob.
>>
>> Or they do a hell of a lot more dough than you do and arent stupid
>> enough to do that by hand.

> Providing it's not a very stiff dough at best a KA stand mixer can
> handle dough for two 2 lb loaves. How much dough do you think can be
> kneaded in a 5-6 quart bowl... if you can't knead dough for two loaves
> you must have some really dainty hands... you gotta build up your
> wrists... you must have a very small peepee. Here, knead THIS!

I wasnt talking about how much dough you do at once, child.

"Rod Speed" > wrote in message
...
> Sheldon > wrote:
>> On Aug 5, 3:34?pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
>>> Sheldon > wrote:
>>>> On Aug 4, 11:27?pm, Kathleen > wrote:
>>>>> Jonathan Kamens wrote:
>>>>>> Mark Thorson > writes:
>>>
>>>>>>> You're doomed as long as you use the wrong tool
>>>>>>> for the purpose. ?Cookie dough is way too thick
>>>>>>> for mixing with a handheld electric mixer.
>>>
>>>>>> I suppose I should have been clear that when the dough gets
>>>>>> too thick for the hand mixer, we switch to a spoon. ?Granted,
>>>>>> perhaps we are not switching soon enough, and perhaps that is
>>>>>> what is causing our mixers to die a premature death, but I was
>>>>>> hoping that perhaps there is a better answer than that...
>>>
>>>>> I really don't have room for a stand-up mixer in my kitchen. ?But,
>>>>> in point of fact, I don't have room for my hand mixture, either.
>>>>> ?It's kept downstairs, pretty much right where I'd keep a stand-up
>>>>> mixer. ?So, when this latest one finally dies I'll replace it with
>>>>> a stand-up unit.
>>>
>>>> Then you really need both... for the vast majority of mixing a hand
>>>> mixer surffices just fine, and is far easier to clean and store. ?I
>>>> don't even have a stand mixer anymore... for the teensy quantity of
>>>> dough a 5-6 quart KA can handle I'd rather by hand. ?The *only*
>>>> reasonS anyone needs a KA sized stand mixer at home is if they are
>>>> handicapped or a kitchen snob.
>>>
>>> Or they do a hell of a lot more dough than you do and arent stupid
>>> enough to do that by hand.
>
>> Providing it's not a very stiff dough at best a KA stand mixer can
>> handle dough for two 2 lb loaves. How much dough do you think can be
>> kneaded in a 5-6 quart bowl... if you can't knead dough for two loaves
>> you must have some really dainty hands... you gotta build up your
>> wrists... you must have a very small peepee. Here, knead THIS!
>
> I wasnt talking about how much dough you do at once, child.


lol

Kind of wearing out the "child" thing, aren't we hoss? Shake it up a little,
there are other terms that you can use to try to look condescending. From
way down there. Son.

"Rod Peed" wrote:
>>
> I wasnt talking about how much dough you do at once, child.


Figures someone with a two inch fuse like yours would be wanting to do
a child, you sicko douchebag.

Some gutless ****wit child desperately cowering behind
Sheldon > wrote just what you'd
expect from a desperately cowering gutless ****wit child.

Rod peed:
> Some gutless ****wit child desperately cowering behind
> Sheldon > wrote just what you'd
> expect from a desperately cowering gutless ****wit child.

Wow, gutless ****wit... I'm shivering.

Do you know you stink like an old unwashed repeatedly ****ed ****...
just like your smegma mouthed momma! <G>

Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .