Sunbeam mixmaster pizza dough

(Scott Wood) said:

I now have a Sunbeam Mixmaster that my parents gave me. I
want to make pizza dough and found a recipe that I want to
try. I don't have the manual for this so I don't know if
they tell you how to use it or not.

My problem is that the recipe calls for using a paddle and
then the dough hooks. I don't have a paddle. Is this
something that can be added or should I just use the
beaters?

Anyone one have any favorite recipes for this as well?

Thanks Scott Wood

Sounds like a recipe intended for a KitchenAid, rather than
a MixMaster. The paddle on a KithchenAid provides the
function the MixMaster's beaters
do. The paddle would be used just to bring together the dry
and wet ingredients; the MixMaster beaters would
probably cause the mixer to labor rather quickly
because the dough will get thick and heavy pretty
quickly. Since the real work is the kneading, I'd mix
the ingredients throroughly with a wooden spoon (in the
MixMaster bowl); when thoroughly mixed, use the
MixMaster and hooks to knead.

Larry

Quoted message said:

(Scott Wood)

I now have a Sunbeam Mixmaster that my parents gave me. I
want to make pizza dough and found a recipe that I want to
try. I don't have the manual for this so I don't know if
they tell you how to use it or not.

My problem is that the recipe calls for using a paddle
and then the dough hooks. I don't have a paddle. Is
this something that can be added or should I just use
the beaters?

Anyone one have any favorite recipes for this as well?

Yeah, use your hands. Those old Mixmasters don't have nearly
enough power to knead doughs. Unless they're handicapped no
one needs any home sized mixer for preparing yeast dough.

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Thanks for the reply. Tried your method and it worked fine.
Not sure about the mixer though. It seemed to really be
working the plastic parts. Still did the job.

Scott Wood

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Quoted message said:

(Scott Wood) said:

I now have a Sunbeam Mixmaster that my parents gave me.
I want to make pizza dough and found a recipe that I
want to try. I don't have the manual for this so I don't
know if they tell you how to use it or not.

My problem is that the recipe calls for using a paddle
and then the dough hooks. I don't have a paddle. Is this
something that can be added or should I just use the
beaters?

Anyone one have any favorite recipes for this as well?

Thanks Scott Wood

Sounds like a recipe intended for a KitchenAid, rather
than a MixMaster. The paddle on a KithchenAid provides the
function the MixMaster's beaters
do. The paddle would be used just to bring together the
dry and wet ingredients; the MixMaster beaters would
probably cause the mixer to labor rather quickly
because the dough will get thick and heavy pretty
quickly. Since the real work is the kneading, I'd mix
the ingredients throroughly with a wooden spoon (in
the MixMaster bowl); when thoroughly mixed, use the
MixMaster and hooks to knead.

Larry

(Scott Wood) said:

Thanks for the reply. Tried your method and it worked
fine. Not sure about the mixer though. It seemed to really
be working the plastic parts. Still did the job.

Scott Wood

Yes, my first stand mixer was an late 50s Sunbeam I picked
up at a garage sale; I found it labored a bit when making
some doughs. I would never use it with a recipe that called
for more than 3 cups of flour (many Kitchenaide recipes are
for two loaves and use 5 or 6 cups). I does seem to work
better on looser (wetter) doughs. It didn't take me long to
decide to chase down a used Kitchenaid to use instead; now I
have now worries, it's heavy-duty enough to handle
everything I throw at it.

But, I still use my Breadman bread machine a lot to make
dough too; which I use depends on the recipe, time and mood.

Happy breadbaking