A Hamilton Beach Mixer for Holiday Baking

The Hamilton Beach® Eclectrics® Mixer is the perfect addition for all your holiday baking. Baking is such a wonderful part of the fall and winter holidays. Whether you are making cookies, fresh bread or pie crusts, baking with a stand up mixer makes life so much more simpler!

One of my favorite holiday recipes is a favorite from my grandmother. Refrigerator Rolls were a standard each Thanksgiving in my grandmother's home. They are a simple bread to make and possible to do correctly even if you have never made bread before. You can use the whole batch or store them in the refrigerator for up to two weeks, using only what you need.

To add these to your holiday meal, follow these directions:

4 cups milk
1/2 c shortening melted
1/2 c sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 pkg yeast, dissolved in 1/4 c lukewarm water
flour (1 4 pound bag)

Scald milk, melt shortening. Mix together with sugar and let cool (very important). After it cools, make yeast mix. Add to cooled mixture. Gradually add 3-4 pounds of flour to form batter. Mix thoroughly with a mixer after each addition of flour. Put into greased bowl and let rise double. Punch down. Store in large covered bowl in refrigerator. Pull off desired amount. Form into rolls and let rise double (about 1 hour) on a greased pan. Bake for approximately 10 min. at 350.

The best part about using the Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer for this recipe is the 400 watts of power. That means that this blender can stand up to tough jobs like bread dough- powerful enough for 4 1 pound loaves of bread. Using the mixer after each addition of flour helps to ensure the flour is distributed evening and that you do not use too much flour. Using a hand held mixer is very labor intensive and using the mixer will overheat before you finish. Using your hands to mix is a messy option. A stand up mixer is the perfect option since you can easily raise and lower the beater bars and adjust the speed as needed for flour (never start too high!).

The great part about the Hamilton Beach® Mixer is the great colors that are available- apple, pineapple, sugar, ultra marine, sterling, and licorice.