15 Things to Make With That Stand Mixer You Randomly Bought on Black Friday

So you bought a stand mixer on Black Friday. Or maybe you’ve had one collecting dust for years. With a multitude of uses, it’s hard to to know where to begin with using a stand mixer. No one necessarily needs a stand mixer, but once you realize how much of the leg (or arm) work it can take off your plate, you’ll realize it’s one of the most underrated overrated kitchen gadgets around. And after you get acclimated with the standard mixing attachments, you can have some real fun with the optional add-ons like a pasta maker or food grinder. From baked goods to savory dishes, here are 15 things you should make right now with your stand mixer.

Bagels

Sally’s Baking Addiction

Never be forced to pick just one bagel to eat in the morning. Make your own in a stand mixer and go ham on all the toppings you want.

Challah

The Kitchen Paper

If you have a stand mixer, you’re bound to make bread eventually. Go with a classic loaf of challah, and you’ll be set to make French toast, too.

Sicilian Pizza

J. Kenji López-Alt/Serious Eats

You might not be a pizzaiolo, but you can pretend to be with a stand mixer.

Glazed Doughnuts

Romulo Yanes/Epicurious

You can make a classic glazed doughnut, but something about combining two classic breakfast items sounds much more delectable.

Sourdough Bread

Weekend at the Cottage

Everyone else has been making sourdough bread lately, so why shouldn’t you?

Japanese Cheesecake

Chelsea Kyle/Epicurious

An hour and 15 minutes, three ingredients and one delicious cheesecake. Thank you, stand mixer.

Beer Bratwurst

Chelsea Kyle/Epicurious

Get a meat grinder attachment, and you can start your own butcher shop. Who has the meats? You do.

Meringue

Sweet + Savory

I once tried making meringue by hand, and I was sore for the next two days. Let the stand mixer do the heavy lifting, and you can make anything from lemon meringue pies to soufflés.

Chocolate Mousse

Garnish & Glaze

Mousse is deceptively simple to make. Even more so when you have a stand mixer.

Red Oil Wontons

China Sichuan Food

You can make any kind of dough with a stand mixer. But instead of going the sweet route, make some wonton wrappers and cook up a bowl of spicy wontons.

Pasta

The Little Kitchen

Another good reason to buy a stand mixer: you can nix dried pasta for life.

Butter

Sharon Biggs Waller/Tori Avey

As the author of this recipe writes, “making butter requires nothing more than agitation.” And a stand mixer can do a lot of agitating without agitating you.

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Monkey Bread

Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

Pull-apart bread, monkey bread — whatever you want to call it, you’re going to love this for dessert.

Rosemary Focaccia

Gimme Some Oven

While this recipe is for rosemary focaccia, once you get a grip on it, you can make any variety of this Italian flat bread.

Rainbow Cookies

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Quit buying rainbow cookies by the pound, and start buying flour by the ton — you have a lot of baking to do.

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