The Complete KitchenAid Stand Mixer Cookbook Flexibound – September 1, 2012

As a new owner of an Artisan Kitchen aid stand mixer, I wanted more info on how to use my new "toy". I was in search of a book that would help me utilize this tool to its full potential. I was disappointed with the wire- bound pamphlet that comes with this mixer. I mean really, if you're spending upwards of $300, you'd think they would put more than a "flyer" in with the thing. I had a bowl and attachments, but no idea when to use each attachment, and if there were special recipes that called for them. I also wanted a book that would tell me which speed to use for recipes.Well, search no longer! This is the book that will do that for you. I loved the following things about this book:1. Great recipes, for all palates. There are even vegetarian recipes. Sorry, doesn't appear to be anything for Vegan or gluten-free in there though.2. Most recipes have icons to let you know which attachments are required to make them- its like kitchen aid for dummies and its foolproof.3.The beginning of the book shows all available attachments (made at the time the book was published), and explains what each is best used for.4. Gives you menu ideas- for example you might try making the pancakes and it gives you additional recipes for fresh juice drink, breakfast sausage, and a quiche to accompany it. Yes, I'm not naive enough to realize that this is marketing 101 to pique your interest and possibly purchase the other attachments, but I still liked the idea.5. Some recipes will tell you the speed setting and for how long (mostly the baking/dessert recipes)6. The index goes a step further and breaks down each attachment, then has all the recipes that are used by that attachment. Brilliant idea, for those that want to just focus on the attachments that came with the stand mixer. As a cookbook aficionado, there's nothing worse than getting attached to a recipe, then finding you don't have the unique ingredients or a special tool to make it all happen. If that's you, then focus on the recipes that work with the attachments you have. It might also get you to try something you might not normally have ventured out to try to make.7. Some recipes have additional tips in preparing it. For example, it might be better to prepare a full recipe and freeze the other half for another recipe, or how long something can be refrigerated or frozen once it's made. All things I feels the avid cook would like and need to know.The only reason it didn't give it 5-stars is because I wanted speeds for every recipe. Silly, but it didn't exceed my expectations.If you're gifting someone a mixer this Holiday season, or you know someone who is receiving one, get them this book. They'll love you for it!

This book goes way beyond cookie and bread dough! There are recipes the user can utilize to concoct an entire meal. I would never have thought to use my mixer to make meat dishes - and can't wait to try the Sesame Pork With Thai Cucumber Salad recipe!The mixer tells you how to use your Kitchenaid Stand Mixer to its fullest potential. The first chapters explain how to use the dough hook and other attachments available for your mixer. We bought the shredder and strainer, because we do large amounts of home-canning. This book made it possible for me to get far more use from my mixer than doughs and food processing (which more than justified the mixer expense for us in itself) and we anticipate many more hours and years of fun and culinary exploration with it thanks to this cookbook.

Besides the Instructions and Recipes book that comes with the unit, I have purchased this book on sale: The Complete KitchenAid Stand Mixer Cookbook (2012) (100+ recipes with photos and attachment icons at the top of each recipe; mixer speeds are also mentioned in the steps).Both books are good additions to new KitchenAid stand mixer buyers and tell us how to use our mixers to prepare food. After using both books, buyers will feel comfortable enough to veer out and be able to convert their own favorite recipes to those being used with their KA stand mixers.The Martha Bakes series on PBS, with videos accessible online, are also a very good source of watching KA stand mixers at work. I would recommend that all users watch these videos before they start using the recipe book(s).

I will admit that I have not made anything in this book yet--I don't have a lot of time to cook right now--but there are a number of recipes that look interesting. I would have preferred a book with more basic recipes that allow you to get the hang of using the mixer (and attachments) without getting fancy. Basic recipes for yellow/white/chocolate cake, icing, cheesecake, noodles...that would have been appreciated (especially since KitchenAid did not think to put a few basic recipes in with the mixer). I have ended up going on the KitchenAid blog to get the kind of recipes I am looking for, usually by googling KitchenAid and whatever I am looking to make, with better results. Could have saved myself a few bucks if I had thought of that first!Edit-I have since picked up a copy of the KitchenAid Best-Loved Recipes at a used book store and although the recipes are not specific to the stand mixer, there are plenty of basic recipes that use the stand mixer and which I think will be more helpful. I would recommend this book for someone looking for a "starter" KitchenAid cookbook.

If you have had your Kitchenaid Mixer for awhile and want to purchase a lot more accessories/attachments then this book is for you. If you are like me and just want some good recipes utilizing your Mixer than this is not the book for you. Only about half of the recipes don't require you to purchase another attachment. And perhaps most disappointingly, even though it's called the Kitchenaid Stand Mixer Cookbook, it doesn't give any precise speed settings for the Mixer in any of the directions.

This book is 100% about selling attachments for sausage, ice cream, pasta, etc. Desert ravioli??? Almost nothing about different cakes, frostings, cookies. If it didn’t require an extra attachment, it didn’t make it into the book.Seller was great. Prompt shipment.

Was looking for a book on getting the most out of the mixing including when to use which speeds. Poor selection of recipes that go thru all the attachments.

The book is OK for UK users of the Kitchenaid stand mixer. You will need conversion charts for a lot of the recipes as they are aimed at the US market. There is a small conversion chart at the back of the book but not all the information is there.

No basic recipes as would have liked.

Gr8 product.

good

normal good product to go with my smaller food mixer