On 2/1/2012 5:59 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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Don't always blame China. Blame the (often US) designers that
specified the material. It was probably designed and engineered here
and them made for cheap in China, to the specifications they were
given.

Get a Made in the USA Kitchen Aid mixer for the dough and use the oven
for baking. Your hands make good dough kneading implements barring a
lot of arthritis.



Or consider trying a couple no-knead recipes? Just a thought...