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I think it depends on if you are making white bread or whole wheat. I make my own bread as well. I grind my own flour now too. Takes all of five minutes.

From the research I've done it seems the Kitchenaid mixers are designed to handle "normal" batches of white bread dough. They aren't designed for multiple loaf size batches, or for whole wheat dough on a frequent basis. It sounds like they will burn up after a while.

As a result, I've just purchased the Bosch Universal Plus mixer from Pleasant Hill Grain. Since I fell a couple of weeks ago and broke some ribs I haven't gotten to use it yet. I had to dust my bread machine off so we could have bread in the mean time. I'm hoping to try out my new toy very soon.

The Bosch Universal Plus is designed to handle a huge amount of dough, including 100% whole wheat. It can also be used to make cookies, cakes, whip cream, etc. Several breadbakers who have written cookbooks swear by this machine. I figured I could make large batches of dough, freeze some loaves, and have dough handy for rolls and pizza as well.

I'm suspecting my Kitchenaid mixer will be collecting some dust if this machine does what everyone claims.

Sandy