Kneaded a Brauny Helper for Bread

[foraloysius]

Great thread, great pictures! Thank you for sharing your baking activities!

I have a Braun KM32 too, although it doesn't look as good as yours. It's a wonderful machine for bread dough. My experience with mixing cake batter in it is less satisfying. The centre doesn't get mixed very well IMHO.

Bon Appetit!

 

[retropia]

Everything looks delicious ... and having the right appliance for the job does make life easier.

 

[mattl]

Always good to see a baking post from the master!  I've been thinking about some cinnamon rolls for a while, might try some using the egg white tip, plus the Karo syrup.  Care to share how much of each?

 

I use my basic sweet dough for both cinnamon rolls and nut or poppy seed rolls.  only problem is it makes too much and I don't want the calories.  I think I'll make a batch of nut rolls and send 3/4 of the calories  off to a friend in Vermont.

 

[gansky1]

Kneading some dough confidence here...

I know what we're making when you're out here this summer!!

It all looks delish!

 

[launderess]

Got One Of Those Braun Mixers A Month Or So Ago

But have yet to try it. Mine did not come with the dough hook, but have a vintage Bosch mixer that one does bread doughs in so there isn't much of a rush.

 

[frigilux]

Boy, you sure don't fool around when it comes to baking. I like to think I'm pretty efficient in the kitchen, but it would have taken me forever to get all of that done. The cinnamon rolls look good enough to pluck right off the screen. Stupendous, as always, Kelly!

 

[tolivac]

Wow!! The cinnamin rolls look so good-Seems like the Braun mixer is another "roto tiller in a bowel"looks like it does a nice job.And do I spot a Sunbeam food processor-my Mom has one of those.Very powerful machine!!Remember preparing some dough in my Moms and it tripped the breaker!Yours and hers are the only ones I have seen.A brute of a food processor-if you can get it into its bowel-it will try to process it!Kelly--You sure make some really nice,tempting treats-too bad my computer doesn't have smell-o vision and taste-o-vision!Makes me want to lick or bite a plug out of the screen-those things look so good!!

 

[countryguy]

Kelly,

 

What do you do with all the baking that you do?  Surely you don't eat it all! 

 

Gary

 

[hunter]

Now I have to ask...

...is that Braun mixer a rebadged Kenwood?

Or is it just a similar, good design?

 

[kevin313]

Kelly,

I can't look at any of your posts on an empty stomach because my mouth literally waters at the site of your baked goodies. Those cinnamon rolls look scrumptious! I love how you make it look so effortless - but I know it's because you know what you're doing ;-)

I could really go for a big piece of that chocolate angel food cake right now! I've only made a standard angel food cake (and thanks for the ideas on how to use all those leftover egg yolks) but I'm going to try to make a chocolate version. I'll bet the chocolate angel food cake would be great with a fresh raspberry sauce.

Thanks for sharing your kitchen creations!

 

[foraloysius]

@hunter

The Braun is a whole different design than the Kenwood. The Braun doesn't have the planetary action, instead of that it turns the bowl besides the mixing action. And the head comes loose instead of tilting.

Here's a picture that shows the head loose from the machine. You see a slicer and a blender too.

The design of the Braun small appliances was famous in those days. The designers that made Braun famous for it's design products were Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Dieter Rams.

 

[mixfinder]

Thank You All

It may look like an accomplishment but cooking is the single thing I enjoy most in all the world so its nothing but fun for me.  I have collected tools, pans and appliances through the years that do a great job.  I have the kitchen organized in zones so to bake, everything I need is all with an arms reach. Having three ovens really speeds things up.  The Braun is a gift from Pete and I have enjoyed it and used it well.  Bread is the best, the slicing attachment is the bomb and the blender is great.  The whisk for the large bowl is a tad undersized and is slower to mix batter.  There is a ballon whip to use in the small 3 cup bowl that whips quite speedily.

Glaze: 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon white corn syrup, 1 tablespoon oil, vanilla and enough milk ( 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons) to make a pourable glaze.

 

 

[foraloysius]

The balloon whisk in the small bowl does indeed much better. That whisk is rather rare though, it was designed much later than the machine. A lot of people are after that whisk. People sometimes pay $25.- or more for the whisk only.

 

[mixfinder]

Balloons for Everyone

I didn't realize there was a ballon whisk or a small bowl until we had a German exchange student whose mother had the same machine.  In the 80's those parts were still available.  Rocket forward 25 years and Pete gifted this one to me since the original machine went with the divorce.  I first heard of Braun mixers in the 1967 Consumer Report magazine testing of mixers and found one in the 70's at a yard sale.  I don't know much about them and assumed the small bowl and whip were part of the original equipment.  Prior to Kitchenaid making the newer wider bowl mixers I much preferred the Kenwood Chef for a super powered mixer over the original 5 quart Kitchenaid.  The Kenwood, Delonghi, Farberware, Hamilton Beach Cuisinart, Viking etc are excellent mixers but it is difficult to find parts and service in the US.  Kitchenaid mixers, parts and service are ubiquitos here but the cost of those services borders on highway robbery.  That said Kitchenaid has a superb warrantee that is an over the counter 2 year replacement.  The motors for the Epecurian, Pro 5 and Pro 6 were made in Sweden and although they are quite loud it is a very good motor.  Newest models have motors made in Mexico and China and I haven't used one to make an opinion although they are advertised to be more quiet.  The tilt head models are still assembled in Greenville, Ohio and use designs that are nearly the same as the original.

 

[mixfinder]

Innovation

The most dramatic change in 2 beater mixers came when Sunbeam rolled out Bowl-Fit beaters in 1950.  To this day nothing works as well for me as Sunbeam and Bowl-Fit beaters for making fine and tender cakes.

 

Bowl-fit on the left in a model 10 and original beaters in the model 9 on the right.  Both mixers have run the same length of time at the same speed without any manual assist.

 

[frigilux]

Kelly, that marble-topped island is a bakers dream. You have great counter space, too. The Frigidaire range is gorgeous. Truly the kitchen of someone who loves to cook. Though we've never met, I think of you often when I'm in the kitchen. As with you, my favorite time is kitchen time. I love to work early in the morning and watch the sun rise over my back yard/garden. It's almost a spiritual thing with me.

 

[lotsosudz]

Sunbeam processors

I used to have a sunbeam processor, and stupidly sold it at a garage sale. I think I still have the book for it. If any one wants it, let me know. I had inherited a cuisanart, and thought it would be better, but I think I liked my Sunbeam better as it seemed a lot quieter, and was just as strong.

 

[aldspinboy]

My Goodness kelly your Incrediable !
Louis that picture is is art.

Darren k

 

[mixfinder]

Whipping Up a Weekend

Eugene, I would be so happy to spend time cooking with you.  I feel honored to be part of the cooking contingent at AWorg because you are all so good.  I would be more than happy to host a week long cooking school with play time and junking interspersed.  If any one is remotely interested let me know and we'll get a time scheduled.

 

[norgeway]

KELLY!

Oh mercy!! I do wish I could come to your cooking school!It really helps to know why something works, and you sure know!