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Its a quick hack that KitchenAid even publishes on its website.
KitchenAid’s Pro Line Series provides professional mixing for the home kitchen.
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It includes a wire whip, flat beater, dough hook, flex-edge beater and pouring shield.
Whats the problem?
Your KitchenAid is out of kilter and needs to be back on track.
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KitchenAid explains that the mixer bowl-to-beater ratio needs adjusting to allow the right clearance between the two.
If your beater is too high, ingredients will remain unmixed on the bottom of the bowl.
However, once corrected and recalibrated, your batters and dough will mix perfectly.
1.Place a dime in the base of the bowl.
If the dime stays put the beater is too high.
The beater is too low if it doesnt move around the bowl smoothly.
How to adjust a tilt-head stand mixer
1.Tilt the head of the stand mixer back.
How to adjust a bowl-lift stand mixer
1.Lower the bowl to the down position.
(Image credit: Tom’s Guide / Camilla Sharman)
(Image credit: Tom’s Guide / Camilla Sharman)