If you're baking bread, or making pizza, or even making certain kinds of pastry, there's one key step you'll want to master - kneading. If you've never done it before, though, it can be a bit ...

If you don't have a stand mixer, it's better to knead the dough by hand. Use a stand mixer for recipes that have long mixing times, such as marshmallows and European-style buttercreams.

Typically, I use my stand mixer for kneading bread dough because it is powerful enough to stand up to sturdy doughs. I wanted to find out if the Smeg Hand Mixer was up to the task as well.

and even kneading pizza dough. Our top pick is the Breville Hand Mix Scraper Hand Mixer. It has nine speed settings that can power through every dough and digital screen with a timer. If you're a ...