Easy Weeknight Dinner Roll Recipe Quick Using Kitchenaid Mixer (2024)

FAQs

What is the first thing I should make with my KitchenAid mixer? ›

1. WHIP POTATOES, CREAM, BUTTER & EGGS. The hardest part of making whipped cream, fluffy potatoes or delicious eggs is keeping your mixture airy and frothy. By putting your stand mixer on the highest speed setting and using the KitchenAid^® whip accessory, more air enters your mixture to increase the volume.

Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing. Protein gives bread structure in the form of gluten—the more you mix and move the dough, the more gluten you get.

1. HOW LONG SHOULD I KNEAD BREAD DOUGH IN A KITCHENAID® MIXER? Mix bread dough for no more than 2 minutes and then, depending on the recipe, knead for 2–4 minutes. Make sure you avoid over-kneading by adapting the hand-kneading time required in your favourite recipes.

Be careful not over-mix or over-whip! With the powerful motor of a stand mixer, your whipped cream can turn to butter in seconds and overmixing your cake batter will make it dense and flat from too many gluten strands. NOTE: Do not scrape the bowl while the Stand Mixer is operating.

If you plan to work with dense mixtures, any bowl-lift is the best KitchenAid^® mixer for kneading dough that's tough like multi-grain bread. Choose a stand mixer based on how much and what kind you want to make, and don't forget your bread bowl with a lid for proofing and rising.

Cast iron can be used on the stove top or directly in the oven. If you don't have a large 11 inch cast iron pan, you can use a glass baking dish sprayed with nonstick spray. A 9×13 size would work well. It's best to have the rolls all touching each other when you arrange them in the pan, and I'll tell you why…

Butter basting: Rolls can be brushed with butter before, during, or after baking. While it doesn't brown the surface as much as egg wash will, it does promote browning and adds a lot of flavor.

Avoid adding too much extra flour to the dough.

These ingredients slow down gluten development and can make the dough a little sticky. Your instinct might be to add extra flour; however, any extra flour will create a denser, tougher roll instead of the light, fluffy, soft dinner roll we want.

But not all homemade bread recipes call for bread flour. When it's an ultra-tender, fluffy bread dough we're after—as in our recipes for no-knead focaccia, challah, and cinnamon rolls—we reach for all-purpose (AP) flour. AP flour can provide adequate structure to delicate bread doughs while keeping them soft and plush.

If the area is too warm, bread will rise too fast and begin cooking before the yeast has finished acting. This will impart a "yeasty" taste to the dough that will be transferred to the finished baked loaf. Using old ingredients (rancid nuts, "old" shortening) will cause yeast breads to taste old or have an "off" taste.

How long do you mix dough in a KitchenAid mixer? ›

Depending on the dough, this can take anywhere from 2 to 15 minutes of kneading. Avoid over-kneading, which can make the dough tough. Over-kneaded dough feels tight and difficult to work with. The type of flour, amount of water, and any added ingredients can all impact kneading time.

For best results, you should only use speed 2. Using a lower speed won't provide enough momentum to knead the dough properly, and a higher speed may quickly overwork the dough.

Making Bread in KitchenAid Stand Mixer

The mixer's planetary action gives it a much faster mixing and kneading action than by hand or with mixers made by other manufacturers. Because of this, the kneading time can be significantly reduced in most bread recipes.

The mixer's powerful motor enables it to tackle heavy mixing tasks, such as preparing cake batter and cookie dough, with ease. Additionally, it can be used for shredding cooked meat, grinding ingredients, and even making pasta from scratch. The KitchenAid Stand Mixer is a reliable companion for any cooking enthusiast.

STEP 1: PLACE YOUR STAND MIXER ON A FLAT SURFACE

Place your stand mixer on a flat, hard surface such as a countertop. This will ensure stability and help your ingredients blend more consistently.

The beater accessories that come with a KitchenAid^® stand mixer are the flat beater, dough hook and wire whisk/whip. Some mixers come with a flex edge beater, a double flex edge beater or a pastry beater as well. Look for a stand mixer with premium accessories for upgrades like the flex-edge beater or pastry beater.