Did I overload my KA Pro 5+?
I wanted to make three loaves of bread, 2 750g and a 1Kg. I made a poolish with half the flour called for. The following morning, I mixed the poolish along with the remaining ingredients in the mixer bowl and used the spiral hook on speed 1, then I started cleaning up. I was surprised that everything looked well incorporated after only a couple of minutes, I left it still at speed 1 for a couple more minutes. Everything is looking good so I upped the speed to 2 for a couple of minutes then to 3 until the dough started releasing from the sides. It's at that moment that I saw there were a lot of dry flour on the bottom. Mind you, I added the water, salt, yeast and poolish first before the flour to prevent this exact scenario. How did the dry flour get to the bottom? Would it have helped if I added the flour gradually? Or is 2.5Kg dough (69% hydration) too much for this mixer? I have a KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus mixer by the way.