I noticed a customer photo of this beater broken. Is this beater strong enough to mix a double batch of stiff sugar cookie dough?
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It is strong enough, but I feel it will rip after a few times of making your cookies:(I will not purchase another one of this product! Will stick with my other attachment that has a side scraper!
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I made 14 different kinds of cookies at Christmas time and I used this product to mix everything it works great.
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I generally do not use this paddle for anything stiffer than the standard "Creaming Method." It works well for that, but I can't speak about a tough dough. Just make sure the paddle, like any KitchenAid accessory, has been properly adjusted for bowl height (See your KitchenAid manual for procedure or the online manual you can print out.)
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I would hesitate and hubby agrees. It would be wonderful if Kitchenaide would design a metal one for still doughs like that.
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Mine isn't broken and I've made dozens and dozens of double batches of cookie dough. I love this thing!
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I always make double batches of my cookies and so far I haven't had any problems. I've made dozens of double batches without a hitch with this beater.
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This is the best beater. I love to bake and make multiple batches of cookies at a time. All types of cookies from sugar to chocolate chips and many others with different chips, nuts, etc. I was happy when I found this beater and now cannot live without it.
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Oh yeah! I've probably made two dozen double batches of cookie dough - oatmeal raisin, and chocolate chip with tons of chips. Never had a problem with the beater, so I'd mix with confidence.
1816221
I don't make doughnuts, but I'm quite sure this would do it. It's got a bread mixer as well as regular beaters so I don't see why it wouldn't. After all if it can make bread it should certainly handle doughnuts.
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I believe that this is the better option. I love my KitchenAid mixer, but sometimes it even strains when mixing extra thick cookie dough. I have used this grinder many times and the motor is more than powerful enough, and is very durable. When you consider the cost of the KitchenAid attachment, this really isn't that much more.
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Yes! I used my hand mixer with no problem. I made a specialty cake, very thick and rich so the batter was almost like bread dough. Both the bowl and the mixer had a workout. Feel free to go for it the bowl will handle it~
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Yes, this handles cookie dough well. The Dough hook is the best attachment to use for cookie dough with this particular mixer.
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It should be sturdy enough as we use the same for a dishwasher. Just be sure that the vibrations do not allow the mixer to move from the surface. Good question.
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Not especially. In fact, when you first turn it on, while already in the bowl with the ingredients, it seemed to give a sudden burst, instead of starting up slowly as I was led to believe it would. But, at it's Slow speed, it did NOT have very much power at all, which led me to crank up the speed in order to get anything mixed (usually cookie dough or cake batters).I was quite surprised and disappointed with this mixer in general. I thought a super-duper "powerful" Cuisinart hand mixer would be great, but I guess I was wrong, and have since purchased another Kitchenaid hand mixer, which is what I had, and was happy with, for lots and lots of years before I switched. Not especially. In fact, when you first turn it on, while already in the bowl with the ingredients, it seemed to give a sudden burst, instead of starting up slowly as I was led to believe it would. But, at it's Slow speed, it did NOT have very much power at all, which led me to crank up the speed in order to get anything mixed (usually cookie dough or cake batters).I was quite surprised and disappointed with this mixer in general. I thought a super-duper "powerful" Cuisinart hand mixer would be great, but I guess I was wrong, and have since purchased another Kitchenaid hand... » Read More Not especially. In fact, when you first turn it on, while already in the bowl with the ingredients, it seemed to give a sudden burst, instead of starting up slowly as I was led to believe it would. But, at it's Slow speed, it did NOT have very much power at all, which led me to crank up the speed in order to get anything mixed (usually cookie dough or cake batters).I was quite surprised and disappointed with this mixer in general. I thought a super-duper "powerful" Cuisinart hand mixer would be great, but I guess I was wrong, and have since purchased another Kitchenaid hand mixer, which is what I had, and was happy with, for lots and lots of years before I switched. « Show Less
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I usually use mine to mix cookie dough or batter for pastries. I mixed a cinnamon roll type dough with it, and there were no problems. I like mine very much - and pleased with the overall quality. I'm not a professional baker, so I didn't think a $300 stand mixer was worth my time...which is why this appealed to me. I don't like the pouring shield though - it got in the way, so I just removed it.
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I make banana bread all the time which is heavier than cake batter and it does not throw batter out of the bowl even without the spatter shield. Start out on the lowest speed till the dry and wet are combined and you shouldn't have a problem. I love this beater!!! It is way better than the Kitchen Aid beater which only has rubber on one side. Keep the whip and dough hook and toss the beater that came with your mixer in the back of the drawer, once you have this one you'll never reach for it again.
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Whoa...may be the mixer head connecter insertion. Have you made "adjustments" for the height with the tool? Might be some of the problem, too. Mine seems to be somewhat loose at insertion with any of the beater attachments, which made me leery at the beginning; but it whips up double cookie batches with no problem. I make Divinity with it and whips it up great without any over-heat. I never tried it for bread dough, as I like to knead bread myself. I would call the 800 customer service number and talk to them about it, but first try your adjustment tool. Sorry you having problems with it...maybe I need to whip up a batch of French Bread to see how mine does...big snow storm here and roads are un-drivable in Champaign County in IL...so might just get it out and make some bread! :o) Let me know if the adjusting tool helped.
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I have not had any trouble with this mixer in any kind of dough. I find the thin blades makes it easier to use in thicker dough.Have made lots of cookies with this blender, does anything I have used it for, simple love it.
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it comes with two of the dough hooks, so I imagine it is fully capable of doing that. I don't know that I would try to do anything heavy duty with it, but since it does come with hooks, it is capable of mixing doughs. Hope that helps!
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I am not a KitchenAid Rep, you would have to contact KitchenAid regarding your warranty. I can assure you, the New Metro Design Beater Blade is by far the best for mixing dough, frosting etc. I would recommend this product to anyone.
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I ordered it because I wanted to mix my bread dough but honestly i would not recommend it for that. It's good for regular cake dough but when the dough is heavy like for the bread one, the dough instead of mixing is sticking...
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I don't think it is strong enough to do stuff like beat eggs or whisk cookies. It is great for mixing my coffee with cream though.
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I doubt it would work very well with cookie or biscuit dough. The shape of the utensil is optimized for digging frozen deserts out of a container. It is shaped like a small garden spade and it does the job it was designed to do very well. You would be much better off with one of the stainless steel hemispherical food scoops with the bale that sweeps across when you squeeze the handle if you want to work with cookie or biscuit dough.
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Not sure about cookie dough, but I use this for cake batter and it was fine. The lowest setting is extraordinarily powerful, so I mix the dry and wet mixes together with a spatula a bit before I use this product, because the dry mix might go flying up if your mixing bowl isn't big enough.