Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Food Processor learning

I'm starting to discover that a large percentage of baking books don't include instructions for making their recipes with a food processor. A lot only cover a stand mixer and/or by hand. Of course some highly referenced bread baking books do document a master recipe/technique that relies on a food processor exclusively (see the Best Bread Ever). I've decided to try a wheat bread recipe developed by Cuisinart. Recipe designed from scratch for the food processor.

One things that's very cool about the processor is that the kneading time is almost always 45 or 60 seconds. Superfast. What I've also found is that new high end Cuisinarts now have a dough kneading setting. Apparently with a dense dough, standard models can stall and you have to give the motor a rest. The dough setting moves at a slightly slower rate to avoid stalling.

Who knows, maybe I'll decide I can't live without a stand mixer. Maybe I'll become a food processor devotee. Anything could happen! Of course, that would require me to bake some actual bread. :) Soon, soon.

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