Bosch Mixer for bread making

[Shericbuck]

Does anyone own a Bosch Mixer and make their own bread dough? I would love to make my own bread. Any thoughts and tips?? Thanks

[Shericbuck]

2nd question I own a Vitamix. I have used it for everything but making bread/pizza dough. Has anyone made dough with their Vitamix? Maybe I don't need a Bosch Mixer for making bread dough.

[nkhansen1]

Nothing compares to a Bosch for bread making. I have been grinding my own flour and making all our bread since 2005, and I can't live without my Bosch! There's no way you could make dough in the Vitamix. I have one of those too. Bread dough, no matter what grain you use, is much too heavy for the Vitamix to handle. The 10-15 minutes of heavy kneading required to properly develop the gluten would burn your Vitamix up. I also have a professional grade Kitchenaid that cannot take the job of bread dough. I make six loaves at a time in my Bosch which turns out to be about 15 pounds of dough. It kneads it like it weighs nothing! But that's what it's made to do. If you are serious about making your own bread, Bosch is the only way to go. It's a fabulous regular stand mixer as well.

[Shericbuck]

I appreciate the input. I am going to purchase the Universal Bosch. Looking forward to making my own bread.

I love kitchen gadgets.....You may already have one of these if not take a look on line. Electric Pressure cooker. LOVE MINE!!! Use it 1-2 times a week. We eat nothing out of a can. I love black beans and the electric pressure cooks has them ready in 1hr 20mins (no soaking).

Thanks again.
Sherry

[nkhansen1]

Thanks for the tip, Sherry! We are vegan, and beans are a staple around here. It's crazy that I don't have a pressure cooker! I'm living in the dark ages, still soaking my beans. I need to look into getting one of those!
One more nice thing about the Bosch...my mom has had the same one for about 20 years. They last forever.
If you're interested, I can send you my whole wheat bread recipe. It's so good that my children's school teachers buy bread from me every week.

[wgilchrist]

How does the price compare when making your own bread? We are a family of 5 and spend A LOT I money on bread every week. I have been toying with the idea of making my own. I'd bet the taste outweighs the cost.

[nkhansen1]

Originally Posted by wgilchrist

How does the price compare when making your own bread? We are a family of 5 and spend A LOT I money on bread every week. I have been toying with the idea of making my own. I'd bet the taste outweighs the cost.

I buy my wheat for my flour in 50 pound super pails, and each pail costs about $65. I can get around 40 loaves of bread out of that, so that turns out to be about $1.62/loaf. And you can't even compare the taste! My kids won't eat store-bought bread...the little snobs!

Edited to add: I can make 6 loaves of bread in about 2 hours, start to finish, with my Bosch mixer doing the kneading for me.

[Epcot Chick]

Originally Posted by nkhansen1

Nothing compares to a Bosch for bread making. I have been grinding my own flour and making all our bread since 2005, and I can't live without my Bosch! There's no way you could make dough in the Vitamix. I have one of those too. Bread dough, no matter what grain you use, is much too heavy for the Vitamix to handle. The 10-15 minutes of heavy kneading required to properly develop the gluten would burn your Vitamix up. I also have a professional grade Kitchenaid that cannot take the job of bread dough. I make six loaves at a time in my Bosch which turns out to be about 15 pounds of dough. It kneads it like it weighs nothing! But that's what it's made to do. If you are serious about making your own bread, Bosch is the only way to go. It's a fabulous regular stand mixer as well.

This sounds great. I had been looking at KA stand mixers, but this sounds like exactly what I need for bread baking. Is this the Universal Plus you are talking about? I've just been googling it and it gets great ratings across the board.

[nkhansen1]

Here's my bread recipe! It is NOT gluten free, so no hate mail to me about the gluten. Whole wheat bread needs a little bit extra gluten to help it rise properly and have a tender crumb. Otherwise you end up with a brick. The dough conditioner is a little bit of special whey powder that also helps with rising and crumb. I made bread for years without either one of them, but my bread was NEVER so amazing as when I started using them. Feel free to leave them out, but you will not get the same result. This recipe also halves well and can be made in a large Kitchenaid with dough hook.


Best Ever Whole Wheat Bread
Recipe from the famous Shar’s Kitchen
Yield: 6 loaves in 8.5 x 4.5 pans

You will need roughly 10-15 cups of whole wheat flour (or roughly one ton *wink*). Grinding 10-11 cups of wheat will give you enough flour for this recipe.


In Bosch mixer, combine in this order:

2 Tb sea salt
2/3 cup canola oil
2/3 cup honey
3 Tb dough enhancer (find on Amazon or EverythingKitchens.com)
1/3 cup vital wheat gluten (find on Amazon or EverythingKitchens.com)
6 cups steaming hot water from tap
3 Tb SAF instant yeast

On speed 1, mix for a minute or two, then start adding flour one cup at a time. Keep adding flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixer, and you can see the bottom of the mixing bowl.

Once you get this consistency, set a timer for 10 minutes and let the dough knead on speed 1.

After 10 minutes, turn the dough out onto a greased countertop (don’t use flour), and separate into six equal portions. Just eyeball it, and palm each one like a basketball to check for equal size.

Form each portion into a loaf and slam it against the counter several times to remove any air pockets. This is super fun! Reform loaf, tuck ends under and place in non-stick 8.5 x 4.5 bread pans.

Cover with light towel and let rise until two inches above the pans, about 30-60 minutes depending on the temperature in your kitchen. Just watch them closely. Preheat your oven right now while they rise to 350.

Bake all six loaves in one oven for 30 minutes until golden brown on top. You might have to switch out the loaves on the top rack for the loaves on the bottom rack for the last 10 minutes of baking to get a golden crust on all the loaves.

[mini-natty]

I don't have a Bosch Mixer (I am not a very good baker ), I just wanted to say YAY FOR BREAD!! I never knew people still ate the stuff..........it seems pretty foreign these days. I do however go to my local Farmer's Market and pick up freshly baked whole wheat loafs........TO DIE FOR. You can't compare the store bought stuff to freshly baked bread. Funny story, I bought white bread the other day (gasp, it's ok) from the grocery store by accident (I was in a hurry, my toddler was getting impatient). My husband "forcefully" ate it, but then reminded me to "never do that again". Bread can be a powerful thing