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Larry Horseplay
Oct 24, 2002

I have a Cuisinart 7-cup processor and whenever I do any dough-type stuff I'm worried I'm going to burn the motor out; it makes a lower-than-normal sound and seems to struggle a bit.

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Larry Horseplay
Oct 24, 2002

therattle posted:

Should be ok. The other issue is that the motor gets hot and heats the dough too much. I'd use cold water, knowing it was going to get warmed.

Thanks for the tip! Still on the fence about whether or not to get a stand mixer (we have such limited counter/storage space as it is in this place) and this helps.

Larry Horseplay
Oct 24, 2002

Just made this pretzel recipe for New Year's:

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/hot-buttered-soft-pretzels-recipe

Really, really easy and really, really good. The food processor worked really well to knead the dough.

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Larry Horseplay
Oct 24, 2002

NosmoKing posted:

I swear we had a pretzel thread a while back where the use of a sodium hydroxide dip was deemed essential to get the color and finish expected of a soft pretzel.

Still, the pics in the link look nice.

I just made another batch of those King Arthur recipe pretzels last week. I found that baking the baking soda for a bit on a baking sheet in the oven, then dissolving it in water and using it as a pre-bake bath improved the color/finish quite a bit, although you'll want to wear gloves -- the bath was strong enough to irritate my hands, at least.

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