I tested 6 budget bread mixers to see which makes the perfect dough – an Argos buy is a baker’s dream

THERE’S thing amended than the odor of freshly baked bread.

But kneading dough by manus is pugnacious and, done badly, tin marque the quality betwixt a risen loaf and a sunken disaster.

That is wherefore galore bakers trust connected basal mixers – determination are much than 25 MILLION “Good basal mixers” posts connected TikTok arsenic radical hunt for a way to cleanable dough.

Zoe Plant, of The Foodworks SW, said: “In 2025, we’re expecting to spot basal mixers go adjacent much popular.

Here, Julie Cook makes achromatic loaves – utilizing six mixers and hook attachments – to find the rising stars, marking the mixers retired of 5 for some worth and results.

HOME BARGAINS

Open Kitchen, £49.99

With a Scandi-looking pick body, oregon a smart, achromatic matte one, this would compliment each kitchen. It looks precise nonrecreational excessively and similar you mean business.

At first, it was tricky to acceptable the dough hook, which I recovered a small hard to propulsion connected and slot in.

But erstwhile that was done, and I dumped my ingredients into the mixing bowl, it efficiently pulled each the components into the mediate with nary assistance astatine all.

It was a spot noisier than the different ones connected test, but surely mixed the dough well, leaving a pristine vessel and nary ingredients near connected the sides astatine the end.

The dough was casual to scoop retired and get disconnected the hook which made the washing up overmuch easier for me.

• VALUE: 4
• DOUGH MAKING: 5

TOWER 3 IN 1: BEST LOOKING

Wayfair.co.uk, £82.99

WITH stunning roseate golden knobs and dials, this sleek achromatic mixer is simply a looker and decidedly brings the bling to your bread-making. It gave disconnected societal media influencer vibes.

The hook was ample and the vessel has a utile grip connected the broadside – thing the others lacked.

It meant you person thing to drawback clasp of erstwhile checking the dough oregon loosening the vessel from the machine.

It wasn’t excessively noisy either, and was amazingly lightweight for its size.

After mixing, though, determination was rather a spot of dough left connected the hook compared to different mixers.

This is 1 for those who similar a spot of glitz and glamour successful the room and it provides a large talking constituent if you’ve got your mates circular for coffee.

• VALUE: 4
• DOUGH MAKING: 3

DUNELM

Dunelm.com, £55

THIS has a smart, sleek plan you’d beryllium arrogant to amusement disconnected to the neighbours, and it’s sturdy-looking dough hook appears much than capable for the task successful hand.

When it got started I expected a large noise, but was met with a nice, brushed whirr.

The hook kneaded everything well, pulling the ingredients from the sides of the vessel beauteous rapidly to marque a good, smooth dough.

This is rather a gangly mixer truthful you request to see that, if you person a compact kitchen. On the positive broadside its tallness makes it look rather imposing and sturdy, a instrumentality that you tin trust.

• VALUE: 5
• DOUGH MAKING: 4

DAEWOO

Currys.co.uk, £59.99

This exemplary is overmuch much compact than the others and lacking heft, which made it consciousness a spot cheaper than immoderate of the different mixers.

But the plan means it would acceptable truly good into a tiny kitchen, which does not person a batch of enactment aboveground and is besides bully if you don’t privation to hulk astir a dense mixer.

It’s truthful lightweight it could adjacent beryllium worthy taking if you’re driving disconnected with the family on a self-catering UK break.

The 3.5-litre mixing vessel was a spot tiny successful examination to others, but arsenic I was lone making a 2lb loaf, it was plentifulness ample enough. The dough hook was besides tiny erstwhile compared to its competitors.

Once it got going, the instrumentality was noisy and, towards the extremity of mixing, virtually screeched.

But it did the occupation and the dough fell easy retired of the vessel and disconnected the hook for proving.

• VALUE: 4
• DOUGH MAKING: 3

GEORGE: BEST BUDGET

Asda, £45

THIS stylish product, called the Scandi, would look large successful a light, agleam room and, large news, has been reduced from £55.

It has a vintage vibe, aesthetically pleasing with its achromatic assemblage and airy brownish wooden-effect knobs.

It was casual to assemble and lightweight, making it precise user-friendly. Attaching the dough hook was casual – it snapped into spot and erstwhile it got started, the sound wasn’t excessively loud.

As it got going, I noticed dough and flour near connected the sides of the bowl, but with a nudge of my woody spoon, the hook caught the batch and made a beauteous creaseless dough.

• VALUE: 4
• DOUGH MAKING: 5

COOKWORKS: BEST PRO BAKER

Argos.co.uk, £80

WITH its sleek, commercial-kitchen-ready looks, this basal mixer – down successful terms from £100 – intelligibly means business. It came successful a immense container and is solid, important and serious-looking.

It would marque a large summation for a navigator oregon baker who loves gadgets – oregon a large contiguous for the budding baker successful your life.

It was casual to enactment unneurotic and features a monolithic dough hook. Once it got going it was amazingly quiescent for its size and made a nice, creaseless dough.

Also, I didn’t request to acceptable a timer arsenic it automatically stopped mixing aft 10 minutes, which was cleanable arsenic that is precisely however agelong I needed for each acceptable of dough.

However it is bulkier and heavier than immoderate mixers, truthful possibly not the 1 for you if you’re debased connected space.

You’d decidedly request to delegate a full country of your room to this large boy.

• VALUE: 4
• DOUGH MAKING: 5