Kitchenaid Stand Mixer

A Kitchenaid Stand Mixer is basically a mixer that has a base or a stand. It comes with a bowl attached to the base so that you don’t have to hold the bowl while the mixing is going on unlike a hand mixer. You can easily remove this bowl if you want to remove the dough in it. The kithchenaid stand mixer is a counter top appliance that can be strategically placed on your counter top so anytime you want to do any mixing; all you have to do is switch it on. Its easy access on the counter top makes it a must-have for any equipped kitchen.

	KitchenAid FGA Food Grinder Attachment for Stand Mixers List Price: $64.99 Sale Price: $33.99 Average Rating:
	This tool increases the fun factor of your KitchenAid stand mixer several times over. Toss cubes of meat into the food tray, stomp 'em down, and watch the results wriggle out the front. Grind your own beef or chicken for patties or tacos...

	KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers List Price: $169.99 Sale Price: $100.50 Average Rating:
	If you have a passion for perfectly prepared pasta, try making your own delectable lasagna noodles, fettuccine, or linguine fini with this pasta roller set that fits all KitchenAid stand mixers. The three attachments include a pasta roller, a fettuccine cutter, and a linguine fini cutter...

	KitchenAid K45SS Classic 250-Watt 4-1/2-Quart Stand Mixer, White List Price: $269.99 Sale Price: $162.29 Average Rating:
	KitchenAid's stand mixer is a substantial piece of equipment: 250 watts of mixing power make child's play of creaming butter, kneading dough, and whipping cream. The kid in you will appreciate how quick and easy it is to mix up a batch of cookie dough; the 4-1/2-quart bowl can hold up to 8 cups of flour, which translates into as many as 192 sweet treats...

	KitchenAid Stand Mixer Cover, Onyx Black List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $12.80 Average Rating:
	This cloth cover was designed to protect KitchenAid tilt-head and bowl-lift stand mixers from getting bumped and scratched when not in use. Made of heavyweight 100-percent cotton, the cover is quilted for extra padding and has piping around its edges...

	KitchenAid FT Food Tray Attachment for Stand Mixers List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $12.99 Average Rating:
	This handy tool increases the amount of food you can have poised to stomp into the food grinder or fruit and vegetable strainer, so you spend less time reloading. It fits snugly in place and cleans up easily--either hand wash or toss it onto the top rack of the dishwasher...

	KitchenAid KSM150PSWH Artisan Series 5-Quart Mixer, White List Price: $349.99 Sale Price: $255.00 Average Rating:
	KitchenAid's Artisan stand mixer is a substantial piece of equipment: 325 watts of mixing power make child's play of creaming butter, kneading dough, and whipping cream. The kid in you will appreciate how quick and easy it is to mix up a batch of cookie dough...

	KitchenAid RVSA Slicer/Shredder Attachment for Stand Mixers List Price: $64.99 Sale Price: $41.35 Average Rating:
	This attachment performs the cutting and shredding duties your food processor might: select the proper cone, slip it into the plastic housing, and attach all to your stand mixer's hub with a metal shaft...

	KitchenAid KP26M1XPM Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer, Pearl Metallic List Price: $499.99 Sale Price: $349.88 Average Rating:
	The Professional 600 TM has a powerful motor that is crafted for commercial-style performance, the direct drive, all-steel gear transmission delivers unyielding power for professional results. The mixer can effectively mix up to 14 cups of all-purpose flour per recipe and produce up to 8 pounds of mashed potatoes...

	SideSwipe for KitchenAid 5-Qt Bowl-Lift Stand Mixers List Price: $27.95 Sale Price: $27.95 Average Rating:
	SideSwipe revolutionizes mixing and virtually eliminates the need to stop your mixer and scrape the bowl to get all your ingredients mixed in. The original spatula mixer blade delivers better results because of its unique alternating silicone fins...

You can add attachment to most kitchenaid stand mixers for other purposes besides mixing flour and butter. It is a powerful machine that you can use to mix dough for bread or any stiff dough. If you are the type who does a lot of cooking and baking, then the kitchenaid stand mixer is the ideal mixer for you given its versatility. You can easily mix cake mixtures in a matter of minutes and thus, prepare many cakes at the same time, if you have enough ovens to put them. There are even speed dials that you can set on this mixer so that you can just switch it on and let it do the work while you prepare the other ingredients. Since it has an attached bowl, you can actually add the other ingredients as the dough is mixing. Talk about saving time!

Some kitchenaid stand mixers come with timers so that you can set the timer and it will switch off accordingly and your dough will never be over mixed at all.

If you invest in more versatile kitchenaid stand mixer that allows you to change the spin heads, you can even make your spaghetti noodles or ravioli skin. Just check the websites for recipes to make these ingredients yourself. In no time at all, you will be almost like a professional cook.

There are many things you can do with a kitchenaid stand mixer and not just use it for baking purposes only. Some people actually add a grind mill as an attachment to make their own flour at home. You can easily make your own corn flour and make the best home made corn bread ever. There are some who buy additional bowls so that there don’t have to clean out the one they are using in order to mix another ingredient. They can just switch the bowls as they go and save all the cleaning till the end.

Cleaning is also easy as you can just remove the bowls and the spin heads and just pop them in the dish washer. You may want to wash them out with hot water first though to remove the leftover dough.

So you see, there are many advantages to owning a kitchenaid stand mixer and if you don’t own one yet, make sure you put it down in your wish list for Christmas this year!