pretty happy with these. white bread + 1 flax egg and - less than 1/4 cup water. the ones that are properly coated were dipped in egg wash and then soo gently rolled in the topping.
Unfortunately I think my kitchenaid is dying. It’s only like 3 years old but within 3 minutes it started grinding and made a plastic-y smell. I even added more water, I thought I was gonna ruin the dough! Hate kneading by hand but got it done… enough.
Didn’t occur to me that I should top them until after they’d already risen. I was SO careful but you can see how the ones I tried to dip got a bit deflated. they turned out ok tho :)
and here’s a sloppy joe i made later!
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god help me, i ate them. i ate them all.
well i gave half away. but i did eat 6 of them and now im baking more. having some fun with my shapes; i think if i roll it out super thin i can fold it in half and get a sort of pre-folded hotdog bun. obviously didnt even get a normal bun here though. i know if i wanted to do it the normal way id just slice a log but idk
this right here is why i use the cast iron for everything. the crust so crusty!
left side is crusted with everything mix, right is a bottom with cinnamon sugar. sprety good
bonus pic of a brownie from yesterday
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Don’t Kitchenaid mixers have really good warranties? It’s probably worth contacting them
i really should try, i seem to recall checking the paperwork and seeing it was JUST outside the window (surprise surprise), but who knows, maybe if i can work up the energy to pester them enough.
Sometimes if it’s just outside companies will be flexible, especially if you ask nicely, but you definitely don’t want to wait at that point
KitchenAid mixers are awful for mixing dough - they die so quickly due to the plastic gears. I would like to see someone come up with metal replacement parts to make them last longer for dough mixing, but I just got rid of my mixer and now do everything by hand (or by time).
the plastic gears must be new, they have a reputation for longevity. my mom’s is as old as i am. im sure they got bought out or something
yes, but that was like decades ago; an older generation might think they were reliable, but they’ve been garbage for a long time now.
The next best option I know of is to buy a small commercial Hobart mixer with a dough hook - but they cost like $1000 or something insane and are much larger still than a KitchenAid or typical consumer mixer, so I don’t consider it realistic for most people.
according to this article some of the higher end models still have metal gears: https://www.mixerology.com/plastic-mythology/
