# I don't need a Kitchenaid stand mixer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970 "2008-11-29T20:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/141 "2008-12-09T13:11:31Z")
Not that any of us would care, but just how would one make eggnog meltaways? If we were interested that is. ETA: Which of course we aren’t ---
**Author:** ![emmyali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@emmyali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmyali)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/142 "2008-12-09T14:27:53Z")
I will NOT be using my KA stand mixer today (a snow day for both me and my children) to make dozens of oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, chocolate pudding, frosted cut-out, sugar, chocolate crinkles, and several flavors of kolachky cookies…and my mother-in-law’s delicious shortbread. yummmmmmmy. Hope there’s room in the freezer for all the cookies we won’t be making! and NO my mixer does NOT have more miles on it than my car and my mattress combined!!! LOL (I am positive it does) I ordered flames for it. But I would never dream of actually putting them on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/143 "2008-12-09T16:02:41Z")
The spritz and other xmas cookies I made using the new wing blade I didn’t buy came out light and airy. This is one good tool. Or so I’ve been told. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/144 "2008-12-09T17:24:16Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Not that any of us would care, but just how would one make eggnog meltaways? If we were interested that is. > > ETA: Which of course we aren’t Since nobody whomsoever cares: Egg Nog Cream Meltaways 2 sticks butter, softened ¾ c. sifted powdered sugar 1 t. vanilla extract 1 T. bourbon 1 t. rum extract 2 ¼ c. sifted cake flour ¼ t. salt 1 ¼ t. grated nutmeg 1 ½ c. powdered sugar ½ t. rum extract 1 T. bourbon sprinkle nutmeg cream, as needed 1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400. Line 2 cookies sheets with parchment. 2. Cream butter and sugar with paddle attachment til light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Add vanilla, bourbon, and rum and blend well. Stir flour, salt, and nutmeg in another bowl. 3. Gradually blend the dry into the butter, stirring until just incorporated. Add drop or 2 of yellow food color. 4. Drop dough by heaping t.’s 2 inches apart or roll into 1 inch balls. Bake 7 – 8 minutes til cookies are set but not brown. Cool 5 minutes on sheet. Remove to wire rack and cool completely 5. Mix 1 ½ c. powdered sugar, rum extract and bourbon in medium bowl. Add nutmeg and blend well. Add cream or eggnog until frosting is smooth and spreadable; spread on cookies and sprinkle with decors for an extra festive touch. 6. Allow frosting to set; store in tins with layers separated by wax paper. Makes about 2 ½ dozen. There’s no way I made these last year only to hoard them viciously, subsequently gaining 5 lbs. Nope, no way at all. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/145 "2008-12-11T14:52:13Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > Pretty! > > Put it away, you don’t really need it. > > You especially don’t need to soften a brick of cream cheese and beat it with a stick of softened butter until smooth. That’d be useless. > > Especially if you got crazy and threw an egg and a teaspoon of vanilla in there and creamed it all up willy-nilly. > > You certainly wouldn’t want to add a box of devil’s food cake mix in, which would be the death of most mixers anyway, it’d be total silliness. > > Rolling them into donut-hole sized balls, sprinkling p.sugar over them and baking at 350 for 10 minutes, using a baking sheet you can slide right off the pan to let them cool completely, nah, you don’t want to do that at all. > > Really. Just say no. Bump to see how many cookies this makes, do they flatten or stay balls, and how long can they be stored and still be fresh? I have a cookie swap on Wednesday and Sunday next week; can I whip them all up at once and have them still be fresh on Sunday? ---
**Author:** ![Wiggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@Wiggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wiggie)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/146 "2008-12-11T16:16:20Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > Since nobody whomsoever cares: Won’t see a batch of this is my Empire Green Artisan. Won’t be making the butter myself in my Kelly Green Artisan, either. Nope. I mean, the only reason I have the damned thing is because I thought it would match the green tile in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/147 "2008-12-11T20:02:11Z")
Not that you’re going to make them or anything, but they would flatten out moderately as they cook. Unbaked dough is good in the fridge up to two days, and they’d keep a couple weeks in something tupperwarish. The amount varies with the size you make, I use a generous tablespoon sized cookie scoop and get about 40 per batch. Especially don’t make this recipe with lemon cake mix, since the cream cheese richness and the lemony tartness wouldn’t be fabulous at all. Any cake mix works, allow me to save you the trial and error phase and stick with devil’s food/chocolate/fudge, lemon and classic yellow (great for tinting!) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/148 "2008-12-11T20:05:24Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > Not that you’re going to make them or anything, but they would flatten out moderately as they cook. Unbaked dough is good in the fridge up to two days, and they’d keep a couple weeks in something tupperwarish. > > Especially don’t make this recipe with lemon cake mix, since the cream cheese richness and the lemony tartness wouldn’t be fabulous at all. Any cake mix works, allow me to save you the trial and error phase and stick with devil’s food/chocolate/fudge, lemon and classic yellow (great for tinting!) Thanks so much for all the info, which I will file and never use 🙂 I’m glad to have something new to not take to the swaps. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/149 "2008-12-11T20:11:44Z")
I’m glad I don’t need a Kitchenaid to try things like this. That way lies madness. Finding a cool easy recipe like that, if I did have a KA, might lead to such craziness as trying about a dozen different flavors and getting my colleagues so addicted I wound up taking orders and making a profit on all my experimenting. Whew, so glad I avoided that pitfall! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/150 "2008-12-20T17:25:34Z")
Since all of us don’t need a stand mixer there is no reason for me to come in here and mention that Williams Sonoma is having a 20% off sale between now and 12/24, and you also get a $50 gift card from KA if you buy a mixer before the end of the year. That brings the cost of a 6 qt big dog down from $399 to about $270 after the gift card. Not that I am going to buy one in onyx black. Nope, not me, no sir. No interest whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/151 "2008-12-20T19:54:20Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Since all of us don’t need a stand mixer there is no reason for me to come in here and mention that Williams Sonoma is having a 20% off sale between now and 12/24, and you also get a $50 gift card from KA if you buy a mixer before the end of the year. > That brings the cost of a 6 qt big dog down from $399 to about $270 after the gift card. > > Not that I am going to buy one in onyx black. Nope, not me, no sir. No interest whatsoever. This might be an attractive offer in, say, 2050, when mine finally breaks down for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/152 "2008-12-21T04:28:09Z")
Not that I have any interest, but 620 watts does a much better job with pasta then 450 watts does. My daughter also has no interest in my Artisan, which is one more reason why I won’t be getting the big dog. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/153 "2008-12-21T16:52:30Z")
Okay, here’s the lastest thing I didn’t make in a KA standmixer: bourbon eggnog cupcakes filled with eggnog pastry cream and topped with caramel cream cheese frosting ::drool:: It needs to come with a gym attachment is what it needs to come with. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/154 "2008-12-21T22:46:58Z")
I didn’t need my KA to make my Eggnog bread, Cranberry-Orange-Nut bread, and whipped shortbreads. No sir. Or my Schwetty balls. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/155 "2008-12-22T00:53:17Z")
On a similar note, I really didn’t need nor want an iPhone 3G, yet here it is right in front of me, looking shiny. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/156 "2008-12-22T02:59:41Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > Okay, here’s the lastest thing I didn’t make in a KA standmixer: bourbon eggnog cupcakes filled with eggnog pastry cream and topped with caramel cream cheese frosting ::drool:: > > It needs to come with a gym attachment is what it needs to come with. I think you’d better post instructions on how to make those, so we can be sure we’re not accidentally assembling such a concoction when we’re supposed to be mopping the floor or doing the dishes or something reasonable. Remember, kiddies, the key to safety is KNOWLEDGE. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/157 "2008-12-22T06:53:04Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I think you’d better post instructions on how to make those, so we can be sure we’re not accidentally assembling such a concoction when we’re supposed to be mopping the floor or doing the dishes or something reasonable. > > Remember, kiddies, the key to safety is KNOWLEDGE. Well, okay, kiddies, but be forewarned: this recipe is not for 1. recovering alcoholics 2. beginners or 3. dieters Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way: [Eggnog Cupcakes](http://chockylit.blogspot.com/2005/12/eggnog-cupcake-with-bourbon-caramel.html) This is a link to the blog where I found the recipe. I doubled the pastry cream part of the recipe, which was a good idea. I found the amount of frosting was perfect - I used 1 8 oz. pkg of cream cheese (she doesn’t specify package size) - and this frosting is to die for. I will definitely make it to frost other cakes. But not in my KA stand mixer. It would be of no use for this at all ;). These were a huge hit - very grownup cupcake, not too sweet, but creamy and decadent. ::runs off to bolt down another one:: ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/158 "2008-12-23T09:06:12Z")
Tonight I accidentally made sausage when I got a Kitchenaid Food Grinder Attachment for Christmas. It was just sausage patties. With pepper and sage and thyme and cayenne and salt. I don’t have a problem. I can quit any time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/159 "2008-12-23T12:44:35Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Since all of us don’t need a stand mixer there is no reason for me to come in here and mention that Williams Sonoma is having a 20% off sale between now and 12/24, and you also get a $50 gift card from KA if you buy a mixer before the end of the year. > That brings the cost of a 6 qt big dog down from $399 to about $270 after the gift card. > > Not that I am going to buy one in onyx black. Nope, not me, no sir. No interest whatsoever. For the record, I did not go to Williams-Sonoma and I did not buy a Kitchen Aid mixer. If you peeked into my garage, you would not see a large box in W-S gift wrap. No sir, not at my house. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970/160 "2008-12-23T21:46:48Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > Tonight I accidentally made sausage when I got a Kitchenaid Food Grinder Attachment for Christmas. Goddammit. _–hunts for receipt–_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer/474970.md?page=9)