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The Baker’s Pack

The Bosch Mixer can easily handle large batches of heavy bread dough, and mixing delicate cake batter is a breeze.  The addition of the baker’s pack will only amplify the quality of the mixer and make baking a joy. Now you can watch the mixing of your batter without having to stop the machine to scrape the bowl. 

The Baker’s Pack is arguably one of the most popular accessories for the Bosch Mixer with cookie and cake paddles designed to add just the right amount of air to delicate cake and cookie batters, and a bowl scraper that keeps those batters mixing in the bowl, not stuck to the side of the bowl. 

The Bakers Pack Includes:

  • Bowl Scraper
  • Cookie Paddles 
  • Cake Paddles and 
  • Metal Whip Drive 
  • 1-year warranty
  • Fits Bosch Universal and Universal Plus Mixers

The Bowl Scraper accessory is a perfect match for our Cookie Paddles! It scrapes the bowl while mixing, so there’s no need to stop and use a spatula. Paddles are dishwasher safe; Hand wash metal driver (metal may tarnish in the dishwasher)

Bowl Scraper

This accessory does the work while your mixer is running. It snaps onto the top of your metal or plastic whip drive along with the cookie paddle, whip, or batter whisk attachment. It scrapes both the inner post and sides of the bowl while the bowl turns. Great for bakers who are tired of having to turn off their mixer to scrape the bowl, this accessory does the work for you. Simply snap it on over the accessory currently in use and it will continuously scrape the bowl while the mixer runs. All other attachments sold separately.

The bowl scraper snaps directly onto the whip drive.  Be sure to carefully loosen the tabs on the underside of the bowl scraper to loosen it from the whip drive.  

 

The bowl scraper includes two sets of scraping blades.  One blade fits into the larger hole and the other blade fits into the smaller hole. 

Cookie Paddles

Designed for light to medium batters and cookie doughs. Use with the metal whip drive.

Be sure to use softened room temperature butter in your batters. For stiff cookie doughs or when adding multiple heavy ingredients such as fruit, nuts, and candy, switch to the dough hook after creaming the butter. For very large batches of cookies (15+ dozen), switch to the dough hook before adding flour. 

Cake Paddles

Designed with fewer tines than wire whips to thoroughly mix pourable batters or light mixtures without incorporating too much air. Ideal for cakes, quick bread, muffins, and pancakes, which can become tough and chewy if over mixed. Fits Bosch Universal & Universal Plus Mixer. Use with your Cakes, Muffins, Frosting, & Pourable Batters.  Use with the metal whip drive.

Underside of the metal whip driver

This metal whip drive attaches to the Bosch Universal Plus Mixer as well as the old Bosch Universal Mixers. This can be used with Cookie Paddles, Batter Whisks, and Wire Whips.

Using the proper paddles and bowl scraper will take your baking skills to the next level.

Banana Bread Loaf and Slice

My Husband’s Ex-wife’s Banana Bread Recipe

There are two types of people in this world, those that share their recipes and those that keep them secret. My grandmother was famous for her fried chicken mix.  People would ask her for the recipe and she would never give it out. I’ve seen women from her neighborhood knock on her door and my grandma would go into the pantry and come out with a little bag of seasonings for them.   Turns out she was using shake and bake!  

Luckily for all of us, my husband’s ex-wife is a recipe sharer. She is also a recipe gatherer.  If she discovers a recipe that she deems better than one of her own she will simply ask for a copy and up her game.  She has yet to find a better banana bread recipe than this one. 

It used to be that a recipe would make its way around the community or through a family.  Recipes were passed down through the generations or from a friend or neighbor. Suddenly everyone would be raving about frog-eye salad or 7-layer dip and these new dishes would start to show up at every potluck. Now we have the internet and literally millions of recipes from every corner of the planet. Trying them out and finding the perfect one is just a google search away.  

My sweet step-daughter was kind enough to make her mom’s banana bread recipe for me.  So here you have it straight from the source, the best banana bread I’ve ever had.  I’m willing to issue a challenge with my husband’s ex’s banana bread recipe.  Do you think you have what it takes to top this?

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup canola oil
  • 1-1/2 cup sugar
  • 1-1/2 cup banana mashed (3-4 bananas)
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups of flour
  • tsp soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 pkg white chocolate chips
Pre-heat oven to 350º. Cream together oil and sugar.  Add mashed banana, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla.  Mix until incorporated.  Add baking soda and salt and 1 cup of flour.  Mix until incorporated and add remaining flour.  Once mixed well gently fold in the white chocolate chips. Grease and line two loaf pans with parchment paper. Pour batter evenly into pans and bake for 35-45 minutes. 
Banana Bread Slices

I know it seems way too easy, but trust me it’s perfect.  Of course, adding an entire bag of white chocolate chips to anything will make it good. But this banana bread is truly amazing.  Try it out and if you really feel like yours is better, let us know, but only if you’re a sharer.  We would love to try it out and proclaim it a champion. For now, my husband’s ex-wife’s banana bread reigns supreme, and if you like her banana bread just wait until I share her roll recipe!

woman taking a selfie

Meet Emily Kimball, my beautiful step-daughter, who graciously mixed and baked this amazing banana bread for me. And thanks to Tanya Kimball for being a sharer! 

My Husband's Ex-wife's Banana Bread Recipe (It's somehow that good)
Bosch Universal Plus Mixer with Veggie Noodles in the bowl next to a plate of veggie noodles made out of zucchini

The Universal Spiralizer Guide

Do you love zoodles?  A healthy alternative to pasta, spiral vegetables (zoodles) are all the rage. You can find them in restaurants and in grocery store isles. Now, instead of paying a fortune for pre-cut zoodles, you can create them at home for much less. Plus, it’s just fun to zoodle a noodle!

The Universal Spiralizer sits in place atop the bowl of either The Bosch Universal Plus Mixer or the NutriMill Artiste. It’s simple to assemble and easy to operate, meaning the whole family can enjoy their spiralized veggies!

 

Included in the package:

  • Universal Spiralizer
  • 3 Blades (thick spiral, thin spiral, straight-edge blade)
  • Pusher
  • 1 Year Warranty

The Spiralizer sits on top of the center column and locks into place on the bowl. It fits both the stainless steel bowl and the plastic bowl. Put your veggie into the chute, turn the mixer on and press down with the pusher.

Universal Spiralizer Tutorial

Spiralizing Recipes

Some Ideas for Spiralizing

  • Apple
  • Beets
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cucumbers
  • Onions
  • Pears
  • Potatoes
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Turnips
  • Yellow Squash
  • Zucchini

Get your Universal Spiralizer now and be sure to let us know what your favorite spiral vegetable is!

Ashlee Marie Photo

Ashlee Marie

If there were Bosch Star Hall of Fame then Ashlee Marie would be the number one inductee, the Rolling Stone of Bosch.  I should say Bob Dylan cause my boss is a Bob Dylan groupie and I like to shmooze whenever I can.  So Ashlee Marie is the Bob Dylan of Bosch, a true queen of her craft.  In her own words, she likes to “make some awesome,  and teach you how”.

Ashlee Marie Photo

Ashlee is a true recipe creator and an incredible teacher.  I have actually made one of Ashlee’s recipes “gasp”,  and a few weeks ago I had the privilege to sponsor and attend Ashlee Marie’s Vidretreat.  It was a truly amazing experience. I learned so much from a great teacher, her professionalism and drive are unparalleled. 

Ashlee didn’t grow up loving to cook in fact she really didn’t care much about food until she had the opportunity to live in Japan.  Ashlee’s husband landed a job with a Japanese company and her young family was moved to Japan for a year of training.   Ashlee embraced the Japanese culture and discovered a love of…. all things food.  She loved not only the Japanese cuisine but also dishes from other cultures that she found in the area.  It was truly an eye-opening life-changing experience. 

One problem the young mother faced was missing some favorite dishes from home.  So her husband bought her a tiny oven, like really tiny, and Ashlee began to bake.  Six cookies at a time.  She didn’t have recipes so she started from scratch, with an end goal in mind, writing recipes of her own.  She was good at it, in fact, when she moved back to the states she discovered that her recipes were better than the recipes she was trying to duplicate.  

Just a few wonderful recipe's, click on the image to get to the recipe.

Ashlee decided to take a Wilton cake decorating class and discovered a new love and talent. She started a blog to share her cake making and decorating. It’s all down-hill from there, or in Ashlee’s case up and out!  Her blog took off, and she’s created and baked her way into star-dom.  She’s even had multiple appearances on the Food Network, one of them was the Halloween Competition.   How cool is that?  

Ashlee has been making cakes and blogging for years, and her content just gets better.  She is a bit of a perfectionist, just a bit, and will continue to hone her craft for years to come.  I first noticed Ashlee Marie Video’s on facebook.  I got sucked into one of her cake decorating videos.  Check them out, you’ll be sucked in too!  

Ashlee's Bosch Review Series

Ashlee’s review of the Bosch Mixer, in this post we are introduced to “Vera”.

We’ve been featuring the blender this month on social media, it’s only fitting to find out what Ashlee thinks of it.

Ashlee shows us how the flour sifter works while making her own cake flour. 

It’s easy to see why Ashee has been so successful but here at Bosch Mixers, we love her for another reason, because she loves us back.  Ashlee was raised in a Bosch household, her mother had a Bosch, her extended family used Bosch’s, and now Ashlee and her sister have a Bosch, and that is that.  Why mess with a good thing?   She got her first Bosch from KSL online because,  “You don’t inherit a Bosch, but sometimes someone will die and their Bosch will be sold on KSL”.   Ashlee loves her Bosch Mixers so much she’s named them, the older model is “Betty” and the newer model is “Vera”.  I have it on good authority that Ashlee has one of the snazzy Black models with the stainless steel bowl, I wonder what her name will be?

Ashlee has created many recipes and videos using her Bosch Mixer.  She also did an amazing review series on the Bosch and the added attachments.  If you’re interested in the mixer, food processor, blender….etc. then check out this wonderful series by clicking on the links above.

Ashlee is now a single mother with 5 amazing children that she adores.  With three special needs kids, you can add an amazing mother to her list of accomplishments. Her oldest recently graduated high school, is attending college and helping Ashlee with her video editing.  Good job Mama, one down four to go. 

I think you can understand why Ashlee is the queen, if you are new to cooking, or baking, or cake decorating, then start with Ashlee Marie.  You won’t regret it.  And let us know what you name your mixer!

Bosch Universal Plus White Mixer with Blender Attachment on kitchen counter next to strawberries making a smoothie

How To Use The Blender Attachment

Why have multiple kitchen appliances when one can do it all?  Having one machine do multiple jobs saves money, space, and time. The Bosch Universal Plus Kitchen machine is more than just a mixer. It’s a blender, too!

The Universal Plus Complete Blender is one of the blenders that work with the Bosch Mixer. Since it utilizes the Bosch motor, it is strong enough for any task, from crushing ice to making smoothies. It’s easy to use and the removable blades make it easy to clean, as well. 

The Universal Plus Complete Blender Includes

  • Lid and funnel
  • 6 Cup Capacity Jar
  • Removable Stainless Steel Blades
  • 1 Year Warranty
 

Helpful Hint:  The lid (without the funnel) works as a wrench to release the blades from the jar.  Line up the notches on the underside of the lid with the tabs at the bottom of the blade, twist counter-clockwise to loosen, clockwise to tighten.

Blender Tabs and Notches

How to use the Universal Plus Complete Blender

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Store saftey cover on motor drive bosch universal mixer plus to attach your blender how to graphic
Align the arrow at the bottom of the blender jar handle with the dot on the top of the tower drive. Blender how to graphic

1. First remove the safety cover from the top of the Bosch Mixer tower.  The safety cover is a plastic cap the covers the high-speed drive located in the tower. 

2. You can snap the safety cover onto the bowl drive for convenient storage.  

Note:  The safety cover must be in place on the tower for the mixer to turn on. 

3. Align the arrow at the bottom of the blender jar handle with the dot on the top of the tower drive.

Turn the blender jar counter-clockwise to lock it into place. You will be turning the handle to the outside of the mixer base. Add ingredients at this point. Blender how to graphics
Place the lid on the jar with the safety latch facing forward. Blender how to graphic
Turn the lid counter-clockwise until the safety latch locks into place over the handle. How to graphic

4. Turn the blender jar counter-clockwise to lock it into place.  You will be turning the handle to the outside of the mixer base. 

Add ingredients at this point.

5. Place the lid on the jar with the safety latch facing forward.

6. Turn the lid counter-clockwise until the safety latch locks into place over the handle.  

You’re ready to blend!

Blender Recipes

Smoothies

A quick delicious blender salsa made with pantry ingredients.

Making Salsa GIF

Cilantro – a handful

Fresh Tomatoes – if you have any

Garlic Salt –  1/2 tsp

Salt – to taste

Onion Powder – 1 tsp

Minced Garlic – 1 tsp

Jalepeno – 1-2 TB

Lime Juice – 1/2 tsp fresh squeezed

Rotel Tomatoes – 10 oz can

Diced Tomatoes – 14 oz can

Put all ingredients in the blender jar and blend. The recipe will fill a quart jar. 

Blender Pancakes

The L’Equip Vacuum Blender

There is also a new L’Equip Vacuum Blender that fits all Bosch Universal Machines, even the older models. The pump removes oxygen from the jar and the food creating a smoother consistency. The vacuum also protects the food from rapid oxidation for a healthier nutrient-rich blend. 

  • BPA Free
  • 5 Cup Capacity
  • Includes Hand Vacuum Pump for reduced oxidation
  • Removable blades for easy cleaning

As you can see a blender is a perfect accompaniment to the Bosch Mixer. Why not take advantage of that amazing motor?  Why not have one kitchen appliance that does multiple things?  Why not save space in the cupboard or pantry?  Click on the link below to purchase one on the blenders:

https://www.boschmixers.com/product-category/universal-plus-bosch-mixer-attachments/universal-blender-universal-plus-bosch-mixer-attachments/

White Bosch Universal Plus Mixer next to rolls

12 Bread Making Tips for the Bosch Mixer

Baking bread can be a very rewarding experience and the Bosch Universal Plus Mixer makes it that much easier. The dough hook has been engineered to knead dough perfectly, stretching it gently and folding it over and over. While the Bosch can handle the kneading, there are still some great tips to make your bread come out perfectly every time. 

Basic Bread Steps for your Bosch Mixer

  1. Add ingredients to the bowl in this order: liquids first, next 1/2 the recommended flour, and other dry ingredients, (yeast on top).  Pulse “M” switch a few times.  Mix on speed 2 until thoroughly combined.  Optional: let the dough rest 15-30 minutes, until bubbly. (This will enhance the flavor and texture).
  2. Add flour until dough pulls from the sides and bottom of the bowl and forms a ball slightly over to one side.
  3. Knead dough 5-8 minutes, until smooth and elastic, so a small piece can be gently stretched to form a translucent “window,” without tearing.
  4. Remove dough from the bowl and place it on a  lightly floured surface (for white dough) or a lightly oiled surface (for whole wheat dough).  Divide into portions of about 1-1/2 to 2 pounds, depending on pan size.  Shape as desired and place in greased pans.
  5. Cover and let rise until doubled, 20-60 minutes, depending on size and shape of dough and room temperature.  The white dough must rise once, be punched down, and then made into loaves to rise again.
  6. Bake until golden brown. Filled loaf breads such as jalapeño cheese or cinnamon swirl typically take up to 5 minutes longer to bake than standard loaves.
Use Instant-rise Yeast or Machine Yeast
Place Oil in the measuring cup first, then Honey.
If Dough tears, it requires more kneading

Use instant yeast or bread machine yeast.  This may be added with dry ingredients and does not need to be dissolved in water.  Store yeast in an airtight container and refrigerate or freeze to maintain freshness.

When a recipe calls for oil and honey, put oil in the measuring cup first and then honey.  This allows the honey to slide out more easily. 

When the dough is kneaded properly, you should be able to slowly stretch a small piece into a thin windowpane, thin enough to see light through.  if it tears, you may need to knead longer. 

Use a timer to ensure you don't over-knead the dough
If an Indentation quickly goes back out, let dough rise for additional time
Bread is finished cooking when its internal temperature has reached 190F-200F

Start counting kneading time as soon as you have added the last of the flour.

It is always best to stop kneading early, rather than to over-knead.  Typical kneading time for white bread is 5-6 minutes using Speed 1.  For whole wheat bread knead 6-8 minutes, using Speed 2. 

To test if the dough has risen to double in size, press finger lightly and quickly into dough.  If indentation springs back, let rise additional time.  if indentation remains or comes back slowly, the dough has risen enough.

Using a meat thermometer is extremely helpful in determining when bread is done.  Bread is done when the internal temperature is 190ºF-200ºF. 

If bread cracks on the sides, the dough has not risen long enough or too much dough has been put in the pan.

Good luck with your bread making, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any great tips or questions!

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Classic White Bread (2 Loaves) Recipe

Your Go-To, Can-Do, Works Every Time Bread Recipe

“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight…”

― M.F.K. Fisher, The Art of Eating

Everyone needs a few great recipe’s in their back pocket.  Cookies that your kids love, or a salad the neighbors hope you bring to the potluck.  Pasta sauce that takes all day to cook, or chicken noodle soup that fills the house with the smell of love. Cooking and baking take practice, and with practice come expertise. When you’ve perfected the recipe is when the magic happens. 

My mother’s go-to recipe was home-made bread.  She loved making bread and we all reaped the rewards. We (my brother and I) would get off the school bus late in the afternoon and walk into a home filled with the aroma of freshly baked bread.  I loved to slice off the end piece, toast it, then slather it with butter.  Mom would get frustrated because, “obviously” fresh bread is best served warm from the oven, buttered with homemade raspberry jam. You just don’t toast bread straight from the oven, for heaven’s sake it’s already warm!

 

Mom started out making her bread by hand, kneading it on the big wooden board that pulled out of a slot in the cupboard. At some point when I was a teen she got a BOSCH mixer and things got serious. I don’t know if she really liked making bread or if she just really loved her Bosch.  Probably a little bit of both, but we could count on homemade bread or rolls once or twice a week.

 

Sometimes the leftover dough was fried up into “scones” and served with honey.  I learned later in life that what I thought was a scone was actually fry-bread.  No matter, our “Idaho scones” were delicious.  Occasionally we would get really spoiled with doughnuts, rolling the dough, cutting the circles, and popping out the holes.  My brother would stand at the fryer watching the doughnuts intently making sure to flip them at exactly the right moment, then sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar while they were still hot.

 

Bread and jam, scones, doughnuts, and don’t even get me started on the rolls.  Such diversity and yumminess from one simple recipe.  There are a lot of nuances to making bread, it takes a little practice, but the rewards are worth it. Once you’ve mastered the skill the options are endless. Try some bread sticks, or cheese bread, add rosemary or garlic.

The Classic Bread Recipe from Bosch is a great place to start.  Take it, try it, then make it your own.  Cheese bread, cinnamon rolls, or bread sticks, the Bosch mixer will do the work and your family will reap the benefits. 

TIP:  Kneading is a slow and steady process. Always knead your dough on speeds 1-2, never higher.  Kneading at a higher speed tears the bread instead of stretching it. 

Basic bread tips for making bread in a Bosch Mixer

  1. Add ingredients to the bowl in this order: liquids first next 1/2 the recommended flour, and other dry ingredients, (yeast on top).  Pulse “M” switch a few times.  Mix on speed 2 until thoroughly combined. Optional” let dough rest 15-30 minutes, until bubbly.  (This will enhance the flavor and texture).
  2. Add flour until dough pulls away from the sides and bottom of bowl and form a ball slightly over to one side.
  3. Knead dough 5-8 minutes, until smooth and elastic, so a small piece can be gently stretched to form a translucent “window”, without tearing.
  4. Place in a bowl, cover and let rise until doubled, 20-60 minutes, depending on size and shape of dough and room temperature.  White dough must rise once, be punched down, and then made into loaves to rise again.
  5. Remove dough from the bowl and place it on a lightly floured surface (for white dough), or a lightly oiled surface (for whole wheat dough). Divide into portions of about 1 1/2 to 2 pounds, depending on pan size. Shape as desired and place in greased pans.
  6. Bake until golden brown. Filled loaf breads such as jalapeño cheese or cinnamon swirl typically take up to 5 minutes longer to bake than standard loaves. 

Here are a few recipe upgrades utilizing the classic bread recipe.  Click on the picture for the recipe.

Orange Rolls

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Bread Sticks

Pizza Rolls

In case you’re curious, my mom is 86 now and nearly blind.  We recently helped her move and I found her BOSCH tucked away in the cupboard. I asked if I should donate it or put it in the yard sale?  Her response, “Well, I’m keeping it of course”.

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