Following are links to PDF versions of the user’s manual for the Bosch Universal Food Mixer III. This is a UM 3 Model Series mixer.
… made from scratch …
Equipment
Small-Batch Dough in Bottom-Mount Bosch Universal Bowl
Big bowl, small batch!
Continuing my small-batch dough series, I’ve thrown together a challah loaf in my bottom-mount stainless bowl on my Bosch Universal mixer. This dough has 338 grams of flour and is about 60% hydration.
I’ll let you decide how the bottom-mount bowl handles a small batch, but will say the dough turned out smooth, elastic and gorgeous.
Note: always keep your lid on your bowl. I removed it for the video, but notice that it would be very easy for the dough to be slung out onto the floor without it!
Small Dough Batches in the Assistent Mixer
Can the Assistent mixer handle small dough batches? You decide with this video!
People always ask if the huge 8 quart Assistent mixer can handle small dough batches. I took some quick video of my DLX Assistent kneading a pizza dough with only 294 grams of flour (about 2 cups). This is about a 55% hydration dough.
The beginning of the video shows a very inconsistent dough ball, but during kneading, it will smooth out nicely and become nice and elastic, as it should.
Bosch Universal Mixer Small Batch Dough Divider
Does the Bosch Universal handle small batches of dough? Do you have to have the dough divider?
People always ask how the Bosch Universal mixer handles small batches of dough and whether the dough divider (also called the small-batch attachment) is necessary.
My opinion is that the mixer and small batches get along just fine and that the divider is unneeded. You can make up your own mind by watching my Universal knead a batch of challah dough that uses only 338 grams of flour:
Big Batch Sugar Cookies in the Bosch Universal
Let’s make some sugar cookies!
12 C flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1.5 tablespoon baking powder
4 C butter
4 C sugar
4 eggs
4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon either lemon, orange or almond extracts
1 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350° degrees F. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and other extracts.
Sift, then mix dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. Mix well.
Chill for 1 to 2 hours. Roll to 1/4″ thickness and cut into desired shapes. Bake 8 to 10 min.
Cool.
Can be decorated with colored sugars before baking or iced with royal icing afterwards. Use your imagination decorating these.
To freeze: divide dough into approximately 4 rounds and wrap tightly in waxed paper then over wrap in moisture/vapor proof. You can freeze the rounds on a tray then vacuum seal the frozen rounds
Submitted by Miss Vi & the Duckies
Procedure using the Bosch Universal
4 cups butter
(use the pulse feature to start mixing)
Sugar mixed with butter:
Butter and sugar after 3 minutes of creaming:
Getting ready to change to the dough hook to mix in the flour:
Adding 12 cups flour using splash ring:
Finished dough:
