Finding excuses to use my new Kitchenaid stand mixer!

My husband and I recently purchased a KitchenAid artisan stand mixer and ever since, I have been trying to come up with stuff to make with it. If it wasn't 100 degrees every day I would certainly be baking much more than I have. So far I have made whipped cream, fluffy eggs, rich chocolate mousse and today I made my first ever french bread loaves. They didn't quite come out like I expected looks wise but who cares! They tasted fantastic!

The ingredients were so simple. It's the waiting that was the hardest part. Rise, punch down, rise, punch down, rise again. The mixer came in ever so handy for kneading the dough. I was able to cook breakfast while the mixer did all the work. Gotta love that! I am normally a very hands on person that wants to do everything in the kitchen the long tedious way at least at first to learn but today was about putting this mixer to the test. A+++

I will have to come back and post more about the whole bread process once I have experimented more.