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You can send it to me I also have wanted one pretty long I love to bake. You can mix all doughs even bread dough in it you will love using it..

mashed potatoes, breads, cakes, icing all made easier by mine.

Find your favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Then double it. So easy with the KitchenAid. I roll it up into tubes, and keep it in the freezer. I have warm cookies ready when ever someone drops by.

Actually, I got an idea. The first thing you should do is send it to me. Yeah, that works.

Actually, looks like you gotta send it to Gran first. Damn. So close.

That's great - you are so lucky. You are going to love using it.
How did you win it?? Is the contest still going on?

Congrats on the new family member! This time next year, you should be saying, "How did I cook without this thing?"

Start making bread. Buns. Pizza dough. With the kneading taken care of, it's a lot easier and more fun. Tip: Most bread recipes will make 2 loaves of bread. Many people don't consume bread fast enough to get to that second loaf while it's still fresh. Cut the recipes in half and make one loaf at a time.

Tip #2. If you're making a heavy dough, the mixer can start walking on the counter. That's fine until it walks off the counter. After mine tried suiciding twice (dents in the floor, but the mixer is fine -- what does that tell ya?) I shortened the cord by looping it and tying it so that if it walks towards the edge of the counter, it will unplug itself before it takes a dive.

All sort of batters for cakes, cookies etc.

Before summer, buy an ice cream maker attachement, and store the freezer bowl in the freezer. Mmmmm...home made ice cream.

If you find that you use the mixer for several different things each day (or if you let the bread dough rise in that bowl instead of transferring), it's handy to have an extra bowl.

Make whipped cream. Then forget that you're supposed to stop it and watch it turn into homemade butter. Oops. Yum.

You didn't tell us what color it is -- or do you even know?

@butterscotch...Real Simple magazine, online. They have incredible contests all the time ($5K to Williams-Sonoma, $3K to the Container Store, etc) and I hereby certify that the contests are real. Your luck is probably better with the contests that require a content submission, like an essay or recipe.

@dbcurrie...I GOT TO PICK THE COLOR! It was glorious. Harder than naming a child, I would imagine. I went with "Silver Metallic" since it's classic, and I will most likely move another million times in my life, so to not clash with a future kitchen color. Then again, kitchens can be repainted. Anyway. LOVE the ice cream suggestion, I hadn't even thought of that!!

@Kerosena...These are the pasta pieces, and this is the ravioli.

I've been using mine for cookies of various sorts, as well as pasta dough. Pie crust, I think, is best done in the food processor, though, as the blades really cut the butter through a lot better. The kitchenaid is indispensable: i wouldn't *dare* make cookies on the order that I do now without it.

And I use the meat grinder attachment to make my own wonton filling. I also ground a watermelon which, once you drain off all of the juice, makes an appetizer that's really similar in color and texture to tuna tartare, oddly enough.

Marshmallows!! Made lemon/lime ones this week, yummy! I got the grinder attachment years ago and never used it. I am going to dig it out and try sausage.

Congrats on the awesome win! For me, I would not make pasta without it. I don't have the extruders, which is OK 'cause I'm not so much for macaroni, but the spaghetti and lasagna pasta that comes out of the KA is otherworldly compared to box or "fresh" at the grocery store.

I refuse to make anything requiring meringue without the ktichen aid mixer! Pavlova, Angelfood cake, meringue shells, lemon meringue pie, etc.

Mine is 35 years old and is used several times a week. I used to bake bread weekly, but when the kids left home, that dropped off. I may make some today though because of this thread! Heavy cookie dough, whipped cream, 7 minute frosting...this is the best appliance I have ever owned, although I am very fond of my processor.

Cool! I use mine for all kinds of cookie doughs and batters, and occasionally use the ice cream maker attachment. I recommend getting a Beater Blade, which is an after-market purchase--it does a better job of scraping the bowl and incorporating ingredients.

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Send it to me. Sign the card Santa. This would make a firm believer out of me! :)

I cannot emphasize strongly enough that you should purchase the ice cream attachment (from Amazon or wherever is cheapest) or have someone gift it to you for Christmas. Go to davidlebovitz.com and use any of his incredibly yummy ice cream recipes. Alternatively, I recommend the ice cream cookbooks "A Passion for Ice Cream" by Emily Luchetti or "The Perfect Scoop" by David Lebovitz. Also, some of Gale Gand's fabu ice cream recipes are still on Food Network (try the Mascarpone with Crystallized Ginger -- amazing with molten chocolate cakes). I use mine to have homemade ice cream on hand all year round.

congrats. Now can I borrow you for a trip to Vegas?