I was the baker while growing up in our family of 9 & all my Mom had was a hand mixer.  I used it to make cakes, cookies, bars and anything else you would you a mixer for.  At times it was a struggle to mix the dough.  After I got married & knowing that my husband came from a home that his Mom always baked, he had his fresh baked goodies to take with him to work every day for his morning & afternoon snacks.   I knew it would not be a problem since I love to bake.

I knew since I would be baking a lot that a hand mixer wasn’t going to make it very long no matter how expensive it was.  That’s when I decided to check out the KitchenAid Stand Mixers. It has been an investment well worth it.   In fact, this is my 2^nd one that I’m using presently.  I invested in the Professional HD Model, KG25HOXMC, with a 6 QT Bowl since I always make a triple batch of cookies at a time every time I bake cookies.  Some of my recipes will fill the bowl three-fourths full.  This mixer has NO PROBLEM in mixing it all together.  It’s a charm to make bread because the mixer does all the work & doesn’t even grunt.  I remember growing up that Mom had to knead the bread by hand which was a lot of work & time.

I do own a hand mixer but it is only used for mashing potatoes, mixing pudding and other things that don’t require much effort.