Do I need an electric mixer for ?!


Question: Do I need an electric mixer for !?
an electric mixer for my shortbread cookies!?!?!?!?!? Cause I dont have one nor can I find one :(
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Answers:
no hun its not needed, it makes it easier but not a neccessity!.!.!.

you can mix with spoon/fork or even your hands for that matter!.

Enjoy and have fun! thats what counts!.!.!.

and hey if you decide you want a mixer you can usualy find em cheap like $10 at target or walgreens!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!. While the best shortbread cookies are mixed with the fingers, you may use a fork!. NEVER use an electric mixer to make shortbread !.!.!. the mixing blades will 'toughen' the dough and the cookies will be far too hard to eat!. Shortbread is called that because it's mixed quickly with the fingers or a fork so it's 'soft' and crumbly!. You do not need an electric mixer or even a hand mixer!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Of course you don't!. So many recipes today say mix with electric mixer or big mixer with dough hooks or whatever!. We seem to be forgetting that most of these goodies and the recipes they came from were here long before Grandma had electricity in her kitchen!. All you need to do is get a big fork or spatula and mix it up with good old muscle power till it looks smooth and lump free!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I always have started with a mixer than finished with kneading!. Guess you could just mix it with a spoon as well as you can than knead it!. Kneading is a must with this recipe!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You should be able to do them by hand, with a wooden spoon - and then knead them with your hands!. Cookies don't need the intensive mixing that cakes require - just be sure you cream the butter & sugar well (butter should be room temp)Www@FoodAQ@Com

If you don't have good arm strength then yeah!.!.!. You do!.!.!.

They are pretty cheep at Target or Walmart!.!.!.

I can whip eggs and cream by hand but my friend Stacy, who has NO arm strength, couldn't do it to save her life!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You don't need one, but it makes baking a hell of a lot easier!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i don't think so!.
!.!.i don't!.
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I just use a fork, and like mush it all together!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, just use some elbow grease!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yesWww@FoodAQ@Com

you dont need it b/c making food by hands it very niceWww@FoodAQ@Com

no!. You have hands and a spoon!. How do you think it used to be done before blenders!?Www@FoodAQ@Com





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