Mixing tools and accessories
Everything that whips, blends and mixes lives here. The stand mixer handles dough and big batches, the smaller tools take the quick jobs, and the bowls hold it all, with lids so nothing needs plastic wrap.
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Mixers
Stand mixer
Earns its counter space if you bake or make dough regularly. It handles the big batches and the heavy doughs so your arms do not have to.
Hand mixer
For the jobs that do not justify hauling the big machine onto the counter. Beating eggs, whipping cream, one batch of batter, then back in the drawer.
Whisks
For the jobs that do not need a machine at all. Beating a couple of eggs, smoothing the lumps out of a sauce, folding air into a batter by hand.
Blending and frothing
Immersion blender
Blends in the pot, so hot soup never has to travel to a blender and back. It is also the quickest way to emulsify a dressing.
Electric milk frother
Rechargeable, so there is no cord across the counter. Froths milk for coffee and whisks small amounts of anything that would clump.
Rechargeable handheld frother
Handheld with adjustable speed, for coffee and cocoa and any quick whisk done straight in the cup.
Blender
For smoothies, sauces and anything that needs to be silky smooth. It crushes frozen fruit and whole nuts that a stick blender can’t handle, then rinses clean in a minute.
Mixing bowl sets
Three to choose between rather than one right answer: all stainless steel, all glass, or stainless steel with glass lids. Every one has a lid, so the same bowl that mixes the dough can cover it while it rests or go into the fridge with leftovers, and none of them are plastic.
Stackable glass mixing bowls with acacia wood lids, set of 5
All glass, with wood lids.
Zenairi stainless steel mixing bowls with glass lids, 3-piece plastic-free set
Stainless steel with glass lids.
What they make
Dough, batter, soup blended right in the pot, and the morning coffee.