Awww, that is so sweet of you to say, thank you so much for this wonderful feedback! Enjoy your Ank - I'm so excited for you! Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions! :)
Thank you for doing this 👍 it's taken me about 15/20 batches of dough to finally see what the Ankarsrum can do ! I think your point No. 1 was spot on... It's nothing like a stand mixer....and I was getting frustrated. To be honest, I was going to sell it. But now I'm producing my best bread ever. The machine asks much more of the user...like you said...move the roller, watch and check dough consistency, etc. I read, on a dealer's web site, that the manufacturers added a dough hook when they introduced the machine to the American market. My dough hook remains untested, so I can't comment on its effectiveness either way....but since the machine was originally designed for the roller....I'll go with that. Thanks again for the video, I think it will help a lot of people (like me) persevere with their Ankarsrum.....and make better bread :) Best wishes from the UK 👍
Thank you so very much for your kind words and comment! I’m so thrilled you didn’t give up, and now you’re making incredible bread with your Ank! Yay! Best wishes to you too! 💗
This is a great help. I've had mine for 4 days & it is a bit intimidating. I'm not at all crazy about the cookbook since the mixer section has re it's that I don't consider practical. Thanks for recipes & advice.
Always love when you post!! An earlier video of yours helped me to decide to by an Ankarsrum. We love it! We've always used the roller, but after watching this I moved it a little further away from the side and I liked what it did as far as kneeding! We decided to make challah with it for the first time last night... the dough seemed really wet. Encouraged by your video, we went with our instincts and added extra flour because it seemed too wet. (The bowl was coated with a thin layer of dough - I started to overthink it wondering if it was the recipe and supposed to be that way - or maybe because we use freshly ground flour...) we just added more until the sides and bottom came clean and it turned out perfect! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the 3 Tips. I've had The Ankarsrum for a year now and haven't used it. I have finally mastered the sourdough started and ready to make bread. I have subscribed to your channel & looking forward to learning and baking with you! BTY-I love hens and little girls. I have 2 granddaughters myself 💗💗
Awww, thank you so much! I’m so happy to hear this. Please reach out if you have any questions, I’m happy to help! The Ank is intimidating at first but such a wonderful machine. I’m sure you will love it once you get started. And maybe baking will be something you can enjoy with your granddaughters! Thanks so much! ☺️💗
I had one many years ago and could not figure it out and so I sold it and I did get what I paid for it. It was before RU-vid so there wasn’t anyway to get help. I was working full time and just didn’t have the time. I then bought a Viking mixer and I do love it.
I’m glad your Viking is working out! Too bad about your Ank. I can definitely understand why it was more challenging to figure out before RU-vid. Thanks for sharing! Happy baking! ☺️
You’re just SO darling! Seriously!! I can’t wait to use my brand NEW Mixer for the first time! And I’ve never made bread in my life! You definitely make me want to🩷 Blessings to you and your family! TY for the encouragement ❤Andrea
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I appreciate your encouragement! Best of luck as you start your bread making journey! I’d love to hear updates along the way. Reach out with any questions! 💗
This so helpful! Thank you. I’ve been using FMF for 5 months now and my ank for 3. I just now realized I haven’t been using enough flour and measures don’t always cut it. I would love to see a video on your bread business. People I have shared my bread with are encouraging me to sell it but I live in the city and work. Not sure if I can pull it off. Thanks for your content! Love it!!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m so glad you are enjoying my content and finding it helpful! It sounds like we began similarly, sharing bread with friends and family who love it. You can always start small and take personal orders to see how it goes and if it works with your schedule. I’ll think about doing a video for my business! Thanks again!! ☺️
Wow! Definitely give it a shot and don’t be afraid to make mistakes! That’s how we learn. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, I’ll be happy to help! ☺️
Thanks so much, I recently received my Ankarsrum and definitely love it! There is a learning curve and your video helped so much! Love seeing your daughter and sweet hen!
I’ve ordered mine and waiting on it to be delivered. I so hope I can learn it and love it. Watching all the videos I can find to learn about it so I can enjoy and not be frustrated 🙃
Congratulations and how exciting! I’m confident you will love it! Be patient at first, but as long as you realize there’s a slight learning curve, you’ll get the hang of it quickly. It’s when folks assume it’s going to be like other mixers that it causes the most frustration. Feel free to reach out with any questions once it arrives! ☺️
Hey, thank you so much for your videos! I just received my Ankarsrum yesterday and made a half batch of Toast Bread right along with you today. You are a fabulous resource for sure. I have a goal of making bread with sprouted heirloom grains but not drying and then milling, but using the meat grinding attachment to grind the just sprouted grains and go straight to baking. I've experimented with making my own botanical yeast sourdough starter from apples and raisins.. All of my experimenting has been done without a mixer so I'm thrilled to have the "assistant" . Have you made heirloom wheat bread from sprouted grain in this manner? I am so crossing my fingers that you have. Yes, your cute daughter and her feathered friend are a wonderful addition, just beautiful!! Priscilla
Thank you so much! 🤗 I’m so excited for your new Ank! Your botanical starter sounds fantastic!! Sadly I haven’t played around with sprouted grains *yet*! It is on my list and with one bread in particular to make, in mind. Let me know how your baking goes!! Enjoy your beautiful new assistant! ☺️
I made the Ank recipe for baguettes using the hook. I’m a new user. I will try it again with the roller. Are liquid always added first? What type of yeast do you use? Do you proof it first? I also just got a mill (going in deep here! I have made bread by hand for over 30 years with conventional flour but wanted to learn something new). I know the difference between wheat varieties and my question (another one…sorry) is do you let the home milled flour rest at a certain point to absorb liquid? At what point? Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. They’re very helpful, encouraging and informative without being too long. I had a chicken named Attila the Hen once so any RU-vid channels named after your feathery friend sounds good to me!
@@farmbread thank you for answering all my rather extensive questions, that was helpful! My baguettes turned out pretty well. I used a perforated baguette pan and the shape wasn’t as rounded as I would have liked (I need some practice with shaping) but they tasted great!
I'm very interested in the info you are sharing, but I'm having a hard time hearing you. The background music is a bit loud and repetitive and annoying. Forgive my complaining. I just found your channel and subscribed.
Thanks so much for your feedback and support!! I’ve had some folks recommend music and others suggest against it. I decided to remove it for my last video and think that’s probably the way to go given your comment as well. I appreciate your input! ☺️
Thank you for this video it helped a lot but I did have a little problem hearing everything as the background music was a little distracting. Maybe you can lower that a bit? Once again, thank you
Thanks for this video! Really helpful. Just a small remark. In my opinion the background music is pretty distracting. I would prefer if it were absent or if the volume were turned down a bunch :)
Thanks so much, I’m so glad it’s helpful! I appreciate your feedback on the music- you’re not the only one to mention it. Moving forward I’ll skip the music! Thanks again! ☺️
What a nice video. Thank you for sharing your tips and for making it all so interesting. I don't have one of these mixers. Living alone, and living with heart disease, I have to watch my carbs intake, so a small loaf of bread once a week is all I can have, and that can be done with my dough whisk. But, if I could, I would definitely buy one of these. Have a great weekend! New subscriber here.
Thank you so much for subscribing and sharing your kind feedback! I completely understand, glad to hear you’re enjoying bread making by hand. When I make single loaves I typically go by hand as well, especially for my sourdoughs. Have a wonderful weekend too, thank you again for your feedback! ☺️
@@farmbread You're very welcome, and thank you for your nice response. When you said your older mixer totally fell apart when you were using it, what exactly happened? Did parts break off when it was running? My sister now has my 35 year Hobart-spec KA mixer and it is still going strong, but I wouldn't get a new one, not considering the many bad reviews that I've seen. May I ask which state you're in? I'm north of the border. Have a great evening!
Thanks so much! We’re in CT dreaming of warmer days, though today was beautiful! It seems like so many products aren’t made as well as they used to be, sadly. My first mixer broke during the kneading process of a large batch. The dough hook disconnected and broken little metal parts fell onto my dough! 😬 It was fairly inexpensive and non name brand so I got what I paid for 🤷♀️. Lesson learned! 🤪 Have a great evening! ☺️
Thank you for your video! Very helpful. I just got my Ankarsum and am in that learning curve. My dough keeps sticking around the roller so I have to stop to take it off. How do I stop that from happening??
Thank you so much! If the dough is working its way up to the top of the roller, the roller is most likely too close to the edge of the bowl. Adjust the arm slightly towards the center of the bowl and secure it. Then turn the Ank back on to test it out. If the dough is still climbing up, position the arm a little further into the center. That should do the trick! ☺️
Hi! I have been looking at all sorts of Ank videos and one common these I keep seeing from RU-vidrs (not you) is that the dough just sits stationary while the bowl spins around it. How are you preventing that from happening?
Great question! That’s where the dough roller and dough knife come in. You can manually adjust either as the bowl is spinning to move the dough. It sounds more like the roller and arm need to be repositioned though so the dough starts kneading and not just circling around. Let me know if that helps! I can do a video illustrating this if that would be helpful? Thanks so much! ☺️
Nice video and beautiful loaves--your little one and her friend are beautiful, too! 🥰 Didn't it occur to you to watch any of the AnkarsrumUSA/Bread Beckers videos? You could've saved yourself a lot of aggravation--they've been using the mixer for a good 20 years and know it inside out. Lynn Junk is the Canadian distributor and her video is also extremely instructive. Incidentally, mine is an Ankarsrum family--there are probably a dozen among us and a few of my friends. Its engineering is brilliant and as to the cost--buy once, cry once.
Ha love that! Thanks so much for sharing! I did watch those at Breadbeckers and have since found some great Ankarsrum co tutorials that are also very helpful. ☺️
@@farmbread thank YOU for your video. You did a really nice job. Isn't it a wonderful piece of equipment? Mine's purple! I've never before made a video but I'm thinking of doing one to demonstrate some of the "cooked" meringue buttercream frostings. I haven't made them but I KNOW that they can be done in the bowl with the roller/scraper.
Hi! You’re very welcome! Is there a bread in particular you’re thinking of? I typically make sure I’m using an incredibly soft room temperature butter if I’m integrating it with the flours and other liquids aren’t present. It kind of depends what result you’re trying to achieve. Hope this helps to answer your question. Thanks so much!! ☺️
I bought mine from breadbeckers.com a while back and had a positive experience. I know Amazon is more efficient for the masses, so I posted a link in my description to the same model I have off Amazon which is especially helpful for those with prime. Those who have used the link I shared have not had any problems with their orders to my knowledge. They have a good and easy return policy as well. Hope that’s helpful! Let me know if you have any other questions! ☺️
Thank you. I have a big problem with the mixer. I can't whip with him. Since I bought it. Every whipping cream and every marunge just breaks. It's so frustrating 😢
Hmmm, I’m so sorry to hear this! Are you using the plastic bowl with the correct beaters? I’ve not had any issues with whipped cream or meringue. Could you be beating for too long? Or too slow?
Hi! Yes absolutely- the Ankarsrum comes with two mixing bowls and multiple beaters to mix doughs, batters and whips. It’s extremely versatile, well beyond what I’ve mentioned if you purchase additional attachments like a blender, meat grinder and pasta attachments. I mainly use mine for bread making, cookies and cakes. ☺️
how does it work with small batches? i only have one kid and no food business, but make a lot of things that are single or even half batches, of bread in particular. i know the mixer has a smaller bowl option, but it doesn't accommodate the dough accessories, does it?
Hi! The second bowl that comes with the Ank is for batters, whips and beaters, so not really for bread making. The regular bowl can handle small batches with proper positioning of the roller during the mixing and kneading process. For myself, I really needed a strong mixer to support large batches. I think if you are only using it for small quantities you can probably find a more economical option. Unless you’d be using it for other baking and cooking needs, it’s very versatile. But if only for small batches of bread making, I’m not sure it would be worth the cost. Hope that’s helpful for you!
I don't love it I hate it! Had mine for over 2 years, and it just doesn't knead bread dough! This is the biggest waste of money ever. Alright I will agree that it is very well built, is very quiet running and can handle a large quantity of dough BUT....compare it to a spiral mixer it cannot compete. I wish I had never bought it! It's a fact my cheap (£75) Chinese made 1500watt food mixer does a far better job and in a quarter of the time!
Bummer, I’m sorry you’ve had this experience but don’t give up! It just takes time getting to understand how it works. If you have any specific questions I’m happy to try and help!
Thanks for your immediate reply! I watched the video and took note of what you said. I was going to make two pain de mie loaves in Pullman pans yesterday so out came the Ank and after getting rid of the dust I decided to follow your advice and......I am so glad I did! In went the milk, salt and sugar for mixing. Next I started adding the bread flour, a large full at a time allowing it to incorporate before adding more. Before kneading I switched off the machine for 45 minutes this allowing the flour to fully absorb the liquid. Then onto knead and it was coming together fantastically, a little bit too dry so two splashes of water, a few minutes later and it was a marvellous non sticky beautiful dough! Far better than the week before's dough. Then I was into experimenting so I put the dough into my instant pot and programmed 'dough proofing' - 30 minutes at 30 degrees Celsius. Then repeated this after knocking back and balling up. Into the time for the final rise and bake. The result was astounding! SO THIS IS THANKS TO YOU! and a definite thumbs down to those you tube channels that give all the wrong advice including Ankarsrum themselves who just seem to confuse the issue!
@@underbaked8689 first off, thank you for your service!!! Secondly, thanks so much for sharing this!! I’m so happy you gave it another shot and had a positive experience! It sounds like maybe even a little fun experimenting! So glad to hear it worked well for you this time and created a beautiful result! I don’t have an instant pot but it sounds like you’re onto something great with your technique! Congratulations and best wishes- hope this means your Ank will be sticking around! ☺️
I made the error of buying this piece of junk. It is utterly useless to make dough requiring a high gluten development like pizza dough or baguette. Prably ok for sandwich bread. If you are serious about bread, go for a spiral hook design like the Famag Grilletta multispeed.
