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After 2 years of trading up mixers & saving, I finally have the DLX! I have never heard anyone mention using the dough hook when making double, triple or quad batches of bread but the manual says to use it if using more than 5 cups of water. Any suggestions and/or helpful hints will be cherished! Thanks! Dawn Walsh Knoxville, TN |
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KSherrill Moderator 
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I have been told that the dough hook is generally not necessary with regular whole-wheat bread. I believe you can make 8-10 loaves' worth w/o using the hook. I was told the hook is mainly for very heavy, heavy dough, such as you might find in certain Amish recipes. |
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Delta7 Member
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Is it normal for the mixer to dance violently across the counter when mixing large batches on high speed? It doesn't do this as much if I use the dough hook |
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KSherrill Moderator
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Yes, the DLX will "dance" a bit if you have a lot of dough on high speed. You could try turning it down to a lower speed for kneading larger amounts. How many loaves are you making at once? |
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I'm doing a triple recipe, I think. It's around 11-12 c. flour. It ends up being about 7 lbs of dough. Has anyone ever done the max for the machine (15 lbs.)? |
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KSherrill Moderator
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There's certainly nothing wrong with using the dough hook. And if you're getting good results, don't change! That is a pretty large amount of dough for the roller. |
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