KitchenAid 5KSM7580 - Using Your Stand Mixer; Speed Control Guide

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Using your Stand Mixer
All speeds have the Soft Start feature that
automatically starts the Stand Mixer at a
lower speed to help avoid ingredient splash-
out and “our puff” at start-up, then quickly
increases to the selected speed for optimal
performance.
Speed Used for Accessories Description
1 Stirring For slow stirring, combining, mashing,
starting all mixing procedures. Use to
add our and dry ingredients to batter,
and add liquids to dry ingredients. Do
not use Speed 1 to mix or knead
yeast doughs.
2 Slow Mixing, For slow mixing, mashing, faster stirring.
Kneading Use to mix and knead yeast doughs,
heavy batters, and candies; start mashing
potatoes or other vegetables; cut
shortening into our; mix thin or splashy
batters.
4 Mixing, For mixing semi-heavy batters, such
Beating as cookies. Use to combine sugar and
shortening and to add sugar to egg
whites for meringues. Medium speed
for cake mixes.
6 Beating, For medium-fast beating (creaming) or
Creaming whipping. Use to nish mixing cake,
doughnut, and other batters. High speed
for cake mixes.
8-10 Fast Beating, For whipping cream, egg whites, and
Whipping, boiled frostings. For whipping small
Fast Whipping amounts of cream, egg whites or for
nal whipping of mashed potatoes.
NOTE: Use Speed 2 to mix or
knead yeast doughs. Use of any
other speed creates high potential
for Stand Mixer failure. The
PowerKnead Spiral Dough Hook
efciently kneads most yeast
dough within 4 minutes.
6.9 L Bowl
Flour
Bread
Cookies / Biscuits
Mashed Potatoes
2 to 2.2 kg
8 breads of 450 g
160 pieces
3.6 kg
Capacity Chart
Speed Control Guide - 10 Speed Stand Mixers
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