Baking – or well, cooking in general – doesn’t have to be stressful. It’s a fun process, especially if you have the right tools at hand. If just the thought of beating eggs and mixing all ingredients by hand, or using an electric mixer that still needs to be babysat, makes you not want to get started, a stand mixer can be a good investment.

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Three attachments, 10 speed options to choose from

This mixer comes with a 4.5 Quart stainless steel bowl. It’s pretty spacious, and lets you mix up to 8 dozen cookies in a single batch. The mixer itself is really easy to use. You can choose from 10 speeds, depending on the recipe. This makes it great for just about anything; you can give everything a gentle mix at slower speeds, or crank things up when working with heavier batters.

You’re also getting three attachments with the machine. These include a coated flat beater, a coated dough hook, and a 6-wire whip. KitchenAid has plenty of other options that are sold separately, so you can always add more if you want to experiment with something new. However, even the ones included should work fine with a lot of recipes, such as cookies, pizza dough, bread dough, cakes, pasta dough, and a lot more. 59-Point Planetary Mixing Action means 59 touchpoints in each rotation mix everything perfectly evenly, regardless of what you’re working with.