Mixer for small quantities of bread
Hi everyone,
I'm completely new here so I'm not sure how often this topic has been discussed, but I couldn't find any relevant threads...
I'm looking to buy a stand mixer mainly for making relatively small quantities of bread. I can't imagine ever needing to use more than 1.5 kg (about 3.3 lbs) of flour, but I would like to be able to use whole wheat as well as white flour in these amounts. This would probably be once-twice a week at most, not at all daily.
Other than that, I plan on occasionally making meringues - also not large quantities, 4 egg whites tops, and cookies. I haven't really done much cookie baking other than basic chocolate chip, but I wouldn't want my choice of mixer to influence the future possibilities. Again, I'm talking small quantities.
Where I live, the basic kitchenaid and kenwood k-mix models are all the rage, but it didn't take long to figure out that they probably won't cut it for the breads. Both makes have higher-end products here - the kitchenaid has the k5ss and kenwood the kmm770, but i haven't seen anything beyond those. Also the DLX is available, but it seems to me like quite an overkill for my needs (never will i need the ability to knead 4.5kg's of flour in 1 go). It is possible that there are other options but I've found it difficult to locate products without knowing their specific make/model numbers, and I don't know any others...
So basically I find myself teetering between the k5ss and the kmm770 (leaning more towards the kenwood), but I haven't been able to find decent reviews that address the quantities I intend to use. Does anyone know whether the kmm770 / kitchenaid k5ss can handle these quantities well? Or maybe they are too much and I should get something smaller?
I'm not sold on these models, so if anyone has any particular recommendations/warnings about them or other ones I should consider (like I said there may be other options that I haven't found), I would be very happy to hear any advice, as I'm quite the beginner and am determined that my cash be well spent...
Thanks :)