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Mixmaster
Electronic benchtop mixer
with torque control
Instruction/Recipe Booklet
MX001
Please read these instructions carefully
and retain for future reference.
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Contents Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions 1 Features of your Mixmaster 2 Using your Mixmaster 4 Rotation of Mixing Bowls 6 Mixing Guide 7 Oven Temperature Guide 8 Care and Cleaning 9 Let’s Talk Ingredients 10 Cookery Tips for Best Results 12 Helpful Hints for a Successful Dough 13 Helpful Hints for Better Cake Making 15 Recipes Baking 17 Icing, Fillings, Frosting & Creams 22 Brunch, Lunch and Afternoon Tea 23 Pre-Dinner Nibbles 26 After-Dinner 28 Kids Treats 31 Special Occasions 35
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Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR • Do not remove the mixing bowl from the SUNBEAM MIXMASTER. base of the Mixmaster whilst mixer is in use. • Never eject beaters or dough hooks when the appliance is in operation. • Should you be using a spatula during mixing, ensure that the spatula is kept well • Ensure fingers are kept well away from away from moving beaters and dough hooks. moving beaters and dough hooks. • Never tilt back the head of the Mixmaster whilst the appliance
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Features of your Sunbeam Mixmaster Attachment eject button The eject button effortlessly releases the beaters or dough hooks for easy cleaning. 3-way beating action Sunbeam’s famous 3-way beating action rotates the bowl, and individual beaters in opposite directions for thorough mixing and better aeration. Off-centre head and beaters The head of the Mixmaster and beaters are positioned off-centre to the bowl to make it easier to add ingredients during mixing. Tilt back head The head of the Mixma
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Special ‘V - groove’ beaters Specially designed for optimum mixing and aeration. Dough hooks Heavy duty steel dough hooks take the hard work out of kneading dough and other heavy mixtures. 12 speed control dial 12 speed electronic torque control motor maintains the selected speed regardless of the mixing load. Non-slip rubber feet Keep the mixer secure on the bench top during use. 3
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Using your Sunbeam Mixmaster Before using your Mixmaster – Beaters for creaming butter and sugar, mixing cake mixes and whisking cream Before assembling your Sunbeam Mixmaster, and egg whites. be sure the power cord is unplugged from the power outlet and the speed control dial is in – Dough hooks for kneading dough and the OFF position. other heavy mixtures. 1. Press the ‘head locking’ button, located 3. Insert selected attachment; under the head of the Mixmaster. While Beaters – Take the two be
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Using your Sunbeam Mixmaster (continued) Note: Be sure both beaters or dough Figure 6 hooks click firmly in place, you may need Press locking to twist the attachments slightly to button down engage them in position prior to pushing and tilt mixer them into place. head forward 4. Depending on the amount of ingredients required for mixing, select bowl size by placing the turntable into either of the two holes on the base of the Mixmaster stand, see Figure 5. Figure 5 Figure 7 Small bowl selec
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Using your Sunbeam Mixmaster (continued) 3. When mixing is complete, turn the speed Figure 8 control dial to the OFF position and Eject unplug the cord from the power outlet. Button 4. Hold down the ‘head locking’ button and ease the Mixmaster head back until the mixer head is locked into the tilt back position (See Figures 1 and 2 on page 4). 5. To remove the particular attachments (either beaters or dough hooks), place fingers loosely around the attachments and hold down the ‘eject button’ see
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Mixing Guide Please keep in mind that the various mixing Please refer to it regularly as you develop tasks and related speeds, listed in the table your understanding of how different below, may vary slightly from recipe to ingredients interact when mixing. recipe. SPEED SETTING RANGE MIXING TASK LOW FOLDING & BLENDING 1 Scones/Pastry 2 Biscuit dough 3 Tea Cakes MEDIUM LIGHT MIXING 4 Sauces & Puddings 5 Custard/Icing 6 Packet Mixes HIGH CREAMING & BEATING 7 Butter & Sugar 8 Cream Cheese 9 Heav
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Oven Temperature Guide For your information, the following temperature settings are included as a guide. These settings may need to be adjusted to suit the individual range. Thermostat Settings Description of Oven Temperatures Electric Gas °F °C °F °C Cool 200 110 200 100 Very Slow 250 120 250 120 Slow 300 150 300 150 Moderately Slow 350 170 325 160 Moderate 400 200 350 180 Moderately Hot 425 220 375 190 Hot 450 230 400 200 Very Hot 475 250 450 230 Note: If using fan forced ovens be sure to turn
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Care and Cleaning Before cleaning your Sunbeam Mixmaster, Note: The Sunbeam Mixmaster and the ensure the power is turned off at the power turntable have been factory oiled and no outlet, then remove the plug. additional home oiling is necessary. Wipe over the outside area of the Mixmaster Storage and turntable with a dampened cloth and Keep your Sunbeam Mixmaster in a polish with a soft dry cloth. convenient position on your kitchen bench Wipe any excess food particles from the ready for use at
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Lets Talk Ingredients Listed below is a guide regarding some of the Yeast ingredients used in the recipes in this book. A raising agent used in doughs. Yeast is a microscopic living organism that grows Shortenings rapidly in suitable warm, moist conditions. The word, shortening, is a term used to The yeast plant feeds on sugar and expels describe any one of the solid fats (animal, carbon dioxide which expands the gluten vegetable or a mixture) which is suitable for framework. When foaming yeast
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Lets Talk Ingredients (continued) Measuring Ingredients Raising Agents Careful and correct measurement of all Care is essential for best results. Check for ingredients is essential for recipe success. and crush any lumps, particularly in Australian Standard Metric cup and spoon bicarbonate of soda, before measuring. measures are used in all recipes in the book. Cheese and Breadcrumbs All cup and spoon measurements should be Pack grated cheese and soft breadcrumbs level. into the cup pressing lig
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Cookery Tips for Best Results 1. Before starting, read the recipe 8. Do not overbeat. Be careful that you only completely. mix/blend mixtures until the recommended time specified in your 2. Refrigerated ingredients, ie butter and recipe. Fold in dry ingredients only until eggs should be at room temperature just combined. Always use the low speed. before mixing begins. Set these At any stage of mixing, over beating can ingredients out ahead of time. cause toughness, close texture, lack of 3. Befo
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Helpful Hints for a Successful Dough Step 1: Preparing the yeast Safety Tip: Do not use the mixer near the edge of a bench or table top where it may For the dry yeast to be activated it needs to fall off. ferment. To do this place warm milk, sugar and the tepid water into a bowl, add dry 3. Depending on what recipe you are making, yeast and mix. Stand in a warm place until generally you will need to add manual mixture starts foaming ie bubbles. This kneading to your dough. Place dough onto proce
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Helpful Hints for a Successful Dough (continued) Step 3: The finishing touches Doughy Tips. Q. My dough hasn’t worked, what went To add interest to breads wrong? • Sprinkle loaves or buns with sesame, A. If you over knead or under knead your poppy, or caraway seeds before baking. dough the end result will be tough or • Top loaves with shredded cheese during spoiled. We suggest to throw the dough the last few minutes of baking. out and start again. • Drizzle sweet tea rings or buns with an Q. I f
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Helpful Hints for Better Cake Making • Always have ingredients at room • Cooking times and temperature are meant temperature. Warm the bowl to be used in only as a guide. Light mixtures should really cold weather. spring back when lightly touched and heavy mixtures, fruit cake and the like, • Add flavouring and essences to the should be tested with a skewer toward the shortening for a better flavour. end of the suggested cooking time. • Add the sugar to the softened shortening and beat until the
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Helpful Hints for Better Cake Making (continued) Heavy, Close Texture • The liquid should always be hot when folded through the sponge mixture. This Too much fat or sugar, over mixing, under starts the sponge cooking on the table, so baking, or too hot an oven. it is essential to have the oven in Fruit Sinks readiness. Mixture too soft, damp fruit, too little flour, • Don’t rush the folding in and be sure the ingredients not correctly balanced, over liquid is evenly folded through the beating. m
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Recipes – Baking Tips loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size. About • Goats milk and skim milks can be used in 30-40 minutes. Preheat oven to 200°C. these recipes. 7.Bake for approximately 30 minutes. Baked • Margarine’s and low fat butter’s can also loaves sound hollow when tapped. be used in these recipes. Variations to this recipe: Basic White Loaf 1 sachet dry yeast Breadsticks 1 tablespoon sugar 1.Follow steps 1 - 5 from ‘Basic White Loaf’ 1 cup
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Baking continued Sesame Rolls 1.Combine the first five ingredients in a small bowl and allow to stand in a warm 1.Follow steps 1 - 5 from ‘Basic White Loaf’ recipe. place until mixture begins to froth. About 2.Preheat oven to 220°C. Line a baking tray 10 minutes. with baking paper. 2.Insert dough hooks into the mixer head 3.Punch down, fold sides to centre and turn (refer to page 5). Place sifted dry the dough over. Knead on a lightly floured ingredients, including sultanas into the surface. Div
