As I had mentioned in my earlier article, baking is my favorite hobby.  Since I enjoy baking, I wanted to let you know that the Kitchen Aid K5SS Mixer was my 1^st stand mixer that I had purchased soon after I had gotten married 22 years ago.   This was a white 10 speed stand mixer with a 5-Quart Stainless Steel Bowl.  It came with the Flat Beater, Dough Hook, & Stainless Steel Whip.  Also included was the Pouring Shield which is very useful since I always mix up a triple batch of cookies.   My husband takes cookies with him to work for morning & afternoon breaks so a single batch wouldn’t last very long.

The Kitchen Aid Stand Mixers have an Attachment Hub Socket for attachments such as a Food Grinder, Pasta Maker, Rotor Slicer/Shredder and other attachments.   My Kitchen Aid K5SS Mixer came with the Food Grinder.  The Food Grinder has come in handy.  I use it to grind up meat for ground meat and chili; fresh peaches to make peach preserves.

I used this stand mixer all the time to mix up cookies, bread dough, dough for cinnamon rolls, cakes, meringue for pies and anything else that the mixer could be used for.   Since I had used this mixer so much, I ended up replacing this mixer with the Kitchen Aid Mixer Professional HD Model that I presently use.