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Reddit mentions of KitchenAid KNS256CDH Spiral Coated Dough Hook - Fits Bowl-Lift models KV25G and KP26M1X
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We found 3 Reddit mentions of KitchenAid KNS256CDH Spiral Coated Dough Hook - Fits Bowl-Lift models KV25G and KP26M1X. Here are the top ones.
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Designed, engineered, and tested by KitchenAidThe unique spiral design of this dough hook replicates hand-kneading with a powerful force that kneads 25% more yeast bread dough than our previous modelsFor use with the following models ONLY: KV25G0X, KV25G8X, KV25H0X, KP26M1X, KP26M8X, KL26M8X, and KB26G1XPackage dimensions: 1.0inches L x 1.0inches W x 1.0inches H
Specs:
| Color | White |
| Height | 6.6 Inches |
| Length | 3.3 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Weight | 0.4 Pounds |
| Width | 1.5 Inches |
This is the newer style metal housing I'm talking about. The gear train is indeed all metal, but if you have the black plastic gear cover it can crack under the strain of pizza dough.
If your mixer is as old as mine, it has the flat dough hook. This is the newer spiral hook that doesn't let the dough climb up to the bottom of the mixer body: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H3YTWK It puts more strain on the mixer than the flat hook so it's not supposed to be used unless you upgrade the gear housing.
I used mine for many years before there was a problem, and you never may, but I just wanted you to know these things are available.
It's pretty fun, because (1) there are endless new toys to acquire (if you're into that!), and (2) it's actually fairly budget-friendly after you get the initial hardware out of the way (ex. KitchenAid mixer etc.)...I mean, a 50-pound sack of flour is like twenty bucks, and you can make a zillion loaves of breads & cookies out of that! I do get a few premium ingredients for specific recipes here & there, but mostly I just use run-of-the-mill ingredients & get really great results!
It's also really fun amping up both the quality of your results & the experiencing of your cooking & baking time. For example, I cook these amazing five-hour carnitas in the oven, which is one of the things that got me into using leaf lard (which then turned into other incredible things, like lard-based oatmeal cookies). But then the off-the-shelf tortillas were disappointing with those stellar carnitas, so I picked up a cast-iron tortilla press (for smashing, not baking!). I then combined that with a lard-based tortilla recipe and oooooh yeah that's an awesome combination of textures, flavors, warmth, and happiness, hahaha! So going down rabbits holes is quite fun with baking!
I do a lot with my 8-cavity mini-loaf pan, which surprisingly freeze well! Banana bread & pumpkin bread with sweet cream cheese spread, cornbread, chocolate chocolate-chip bread, the list is endless! I also bake excellent homemade Twinkies in various flavors on a regular basis. I was never an overly-huge Twinkie fan, but one of my favorite bakeries makes them in a million flavors with a million different fillings & coatings (chocolate-dipped, white-chocolate dipped & dark-chocolate striped, peanut-butter filled chocolate twinkies, raspberry cake coated with coconut, etc.). So endless variations are also quite fun with baking!
If you want to build up your skills on the more technical side, Bigger Bolder Baking is a fantastic website to check out. If you want a few top-notch (I'm talking like "WOW!") recipes to try out right off the bat:
You'll discover a lot of little tricks over time. For example, which those chocolate-chip cookies above, whipping the cream & sugar & butter & eggs into something that literally resembled whipped cream is a really great trick to know about...most people just stir those together until combined, but they will actually change color, texture, and consistency when whipped long enough! Side note, if you have a KitchenAid, I highly recommend getting a SideSwipe blade (available on Amazon, be sure to get the right blade for your mixer!).
On that topic, I also recommend getting a coated dough hook & an 11-wire whisk. Wait until you try homemade marshmallows! (super easy with that whisk attachment!) When it gets cold out, I cut those bad boys into 2" chunks, skewer them, heat up some water for the delicious Stephen's hot cocoa powder mix, and then torch the marshmallows. That combination came out so good that I started hosting annual hot chocolate parties, lol!
You can get as creative as you want to with baking, too...like with cakes, you can airbrush them, do drip cakes, mirror glaze cakes, you can torch the tops of cupcakes, make cake pops, the list is endless! Depending on what stage you're at in life, especially in my case as a working adult with a family, I don't get a lot of opportunity for creative outlets due to a lack of free time (and energy, tbh lol), but my family has to eat, and baking is a fun way to amp up your enjoyment in life by making cool stuff you can eat & having fun doing it!
Plus pretty much everything is actually really easy, no matter how complicated it looks...you're just following someone else's step-by-step directions, that they have painstakingly figured out for you through probably dozens of iterations to get it perfect (as Stella did when perfecting her lacy brown-butter cookies!), and that mostly boils down to (1) mix stuff in a bowl, (2) bake it, (3) don't burn it, (4) let it cool down & "set". That little four-step process yields amazing no-knead bread, pan pizzas, twinkies, cookies, brownies, you name it!
If you're using the C-hook that sometimes comes with the Kitchenaid, it's hopeless for small amounts of dough. It doesn't work the dough at all, you just end up with a sticky mess.
Invest in a spiral hook. You won't have any problems with this, it's the same design as the ones I use at work (Bakehouse) in our 7litre and 30litre mixers.