So in case you missed yesterday’s post, we were recently given the opportunity to try out Bosch’s Universal Plus mixer. And, like I said in my post, I am a girl that already owns 2 KitchenAids, so this was a real, true leap of faith for me.
You’re going to find serious, rabid fans on both sides of the heavy-duty mixer issue, so I’ll give you the abbreviated Mixers According to Kate input.
KitchenAids are pretty and shiny. They come in lots of colors. I have had nothing but delightful experiences with their customer service department. I like using it for small bread recipes like this Rosemary Focaccia or for cookies/brownies/etc.
That said, there are some drawbacks. There’s the infamous not-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-bowl problem. Yes, there are attachments that have rubber scrapers on them, but using them also voids the warranty. Also, one of the reasons why I’ve never been a serious bread-maker is that neither one of my KitchenAids have the capacity nor the motor to handle large-scale, heavy-duty bread-making, especially on a regular basis. They’re straining and hot by the time we get to the end of the kneading cycle and I usually only come out of it with two small loaves of bread, which doesn’t cut it for me.
This is where Bosch wins, both in design and in capacity; the attachments are designed to get every nook and cranny of the bowl and you can use obscene, obscene amounts of flour in them. I would go so far as to say that if you’re serious about making your own bread on a regular basis, a Bosch Universal mixer would be a wise investment.
Which is why we’re giving one away. The real deal, the big one: The Universal Plus mixer that comes with the bowl (well, of course), the dough hook, wire whips, the splash guard, and lid.
Check out these features:
-800 watts of power
-Holds up to 15 pounds of dough. No lie. That’s like two newborn babies.
-It has suction feet so it doesn’t wander off your counter and make you cry when it breaks.
-Lots and lots of attachments
Here are the rules:
-You must live in the US to win. Don’t blame us, it’s the law (really) and we’re sorry.
-1 entry per person.
-Enter here on this post, not on Facebook, Twitter, or through email. To enter, leave us a comment telling us what you’d make in your fancy new mixer.
-Entries start NOW through Sunday, April 8 at 8:00 pm. The winner will be selected with random.org. The winner will be notified through the email address they use to comment, so be sure and use an email address that you check at least once every 24 hours. We’re not gonna spam you or sell your email address and it will remain 100% private. Once the winner is notified, they will have 24 hours to respond; if we don’t receive a response, we will randomly choose a new winner.
Who’s excited?! Ready? Set? Go!
**A huge THANK YOU to everyone who entered!! This giveaway is now closed!**
Be sure to check out the Facebook and Twitter pages of our friends at L’Equip, who are giving away this mixer! We received mixers to review and keep. We were also encouraged to write a thoughtful and honest review, which we did–as always, we will never endorse or give away a product that we wouldn’t 100% use ourselves.
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Best giveaway ever. I would make cinnamon rolls.
Oh momma! I have a Dimensions 2000, which is like the Bosch, except they went out of business! So clearly I need the REAL DEAL! I’d be mixing up my best cinnamon roll dough, sugar cookie dough, bread dough, and pulling off a double batch of all of it!
Oh the breads and baked goods I would make with this awesome machine!!! Tasty cakes and cookies!!! Umm… what would I now make with it? :)
I hope I win!!!
Bread, of course! And also giant batches of cookies so I can freeze half the dough to sneak bites of later….I mean, to have ready baked cookies whenever I want.
The Bosch is a dream machine.
Breads of every kind.
Wow! I would make bread, rolls, cakes, cookies, and more…and do it over and over again! I would share with the neighborhood and others! Awesome giveaway!
4 loaves of whole wheat bread all at once! As much as I love my kitchen aid, it just about dies at the end of the kneading time. bosch to the rescue!
Awesome giveaway! I would, of course, make Honey Whole Wheat Bread from Our Best Bites.
Cinnamon rolls for sure, and I would mix up some of that wheat bread you posted today, which my little KitchenAid wouldn’t be able to handle unless I cut it in half (at least). The recipe, not the KitchenAid.
I would make everything under the sun… only better! This is something that has been on my wishlist for at least 5 years!!!
I have never made a successful loaf of bread. ever. I feel like all good mothers should be able to make bread for cryin’ out loud–why not me?! I am now convinced that my previous failures can be blamed not on poor mothering, but on poor equipment. But this mixer…this mixer might just make me into one good bread-making mother…come on random generator…pick me, pretty please?
I would make a ton of rosemary bread! A Bosch mixer would match nicely with my Bosch dishwasher and refrigerator!
Oh, I would love this! What a great giveaway! I’d try the honey whole wheat bread you posted yesterday…mmmm!
Hmmmm….lots of things! Bread, pizza dough, rolls…and with a really nice mixer maybe I’d even learn to use it for cookie dough instead of making my cookies with an old metal spoon.
LOVE BOSCH! I’d be baking up a storm…wheat bread, cinnamon rolls, breadsticks…the possibilities are endless. My grandma has had the same awesome machine for about 20 yrs…they are amazing!
I’d make everything with it – homemade bread and all kinds of cakes. My mom had a Bosch growing up and I’ve always wanted one!
I would die happy if I won this!! I have wanted one since I was married because that is what we had growing up! I think to start I would make Cinnamon Rolls/Orange Rolls and then probably bake every thing on my Pinterest page! :)
I would try my hand at breaded again and home made cinnamon rolls. I think my husband would even have a ball with this mixer making some chocate chip cookies.
I would love to win this. I would definitely make some delicious cinnamon rolls first thing.
I make amazing cinnamon rolls so I would be whipping up lots of batches of them! I have made bread before in my KitchenAid, but would love to try wheat bread in a Bosch!
We had a Bosch growing up and now I have a Kitchen Aid. Love them both in different ways too. I think I might finally get over my laziness and make bread regularly if I could make big batches!
Ooohhh i would LOVE a Bosch!! I would make dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, and pizza dough. And thats just the beginning :-) thanks for such an awesome giveaway!
I would love to make dozens upon dozens of my mother’s egg-less chocolate chip cookies with the mixer. I’d love to try it seeing that, like my mother, I can’t part my hand mixer for a KitchenAid stand mixer that rarely touches the bottom the the bowl.
I’d stop buying bread at the store and make our own. Wheat Bread, white bread, rolls, and any other kind of bread that strikes my fancy. It would be awesome to win this!
I gre up in a Bosch house and love them. Bread, rolls, cookies, frosting…good for everything!
i would make Coconut Swirl Bread ~ for everyone!
I would make Orange Rolls all year long and not just at Christmas!
I would make lots and LOTS of bread! All kinds!
Bread seasoned like stuffing to make turkey sandwiches yummier!
I would make lots of bread – I can only do two loaves right now and I would love to be able to make more at a time!
I think If I were to win the mixer, I would finally be brave enough to try my hand at making bread and fancier baked goods. Considering I have neither a hand mixer or a blender, this would be a huge blessing!!
I’d love to make the 1 hour bread…or cinnamon rollls…or scones…or pretty much anything!
If I were to win this beauty I would definitely christen it by making a BUNCH of bread! Then probably some cookies to celebrate!
This mixer looks like a beast! Hope I win :P
I would make anything and everything, but I would definitely start with a huge batch of cinnamon rolls! My favorite!
I would LOVE to have this!
I would love one of these! I would definitely make homemade bread with it, cookies, cake, brownies, etc. :) I do love my KitchenAid, but sadly I think it is dying :(
Bread!! My Kitchen Aid isn’t cutting it anymore, and it’s their best. :( And pie crusts, and sugar cookie dough…it’s that season!
Honey Wheat bread, and THEN homemade dog treats. (less the former taste like ham and bouillon)
tons and tons of cinnamon rolls!!
I would make delicious whole-grain breads for my family and friends. And find some gluten-free recipes for my GF friends.
Mostly bread. Especially wheat bread. Yum!
Goodies galore! I would finally be able to make bread and not destroy a mixer! :)
Wow! I’m *in love* with this. Absolutely in love. I would make bread. Several dozen loaves of bread. Last time I tried to make bread in my I don’t know what brand stand mixer, it fell over. :(
It would be so great to make more than one or two loaves of bread at a time for my large family!
Of course I would try out that honey wheat bread recipe you just posted!!
I would love to use a Bosch! I’ve had a Kitchen Aid for years (and so did my mom), but I hear so many good things about Bosch’s too and my KA is starting to wear out a little (or it needs a good thorough cleaning/greasing/tightening). Fun giveaway!
What wouldn’t I make might be the easier question to answer!
Wow, the mixer looks so awesome! I would use it to make a chocolate mint mousse cake! :)
I would make homemade cinnamon rolls and my mother in law’s dinner rolls. I ADORE my kitchen aid but it just can’t handle the capacity. I think it is perfect to have both – a cute one for the counter and daily use (Kitchen Aid – if only mine were pink), and the big daddy for real jobs (Bosch). :)
A huge batch of cinnamon rolls a la Pioneer Woman!
Wow! These are the absolute best!!!! I looooove my mil’s Bosch.
I’d make whole wheat bread or cinnamon rolls. Yum!
Do you really mean continental United States, of which Alaska is a part (of the North American continent) or do you mean contiguous US which always leaves us and Hawaii out like dirty little red-headed step children? :-)
I’d have hubby make loads of his amazing buttermilk oatmeal bread!
I would made a HUGE batch of cookies with this mixer! I’ve wanted one for SO long!! Great giveaway!
OMG I would make Bread every day! Oh please pick me! I am pretty sure I would become wife of the century! :D Ahhhhhhhhh I am so excited with your giveaways. I must win one someday.
Sourdough bread!
Oh my! I would make everything in that baby! I would probably start with bread…but I have some recipes I would like to sometimes double & even triple!
I would absolutely be estatic to have a beautiful bosch! I would definitely be making wheat bread on a weekly basis! Fingers crossed!!
Lots and lots of delicious whole wheat bread and rolls! Awesome giveaway!!
Thanks for the great giveaway… what would I make everything! But I would start with making my own bread!
Bread, of course!
I would make your recipes of course and try making bread since you said it could handle the kneading process.. Thanks for this opportunity,
I love, love, love to bake and have been dreaming of having a mixer for years…. Of course I would make cakes and cookies and bread and icing of course. In fact I am off to make cinnamon rolls the old fashioned way while dreaming of this mixer.
Mmmm, cinnamon chip bread!
The Bosch may not be as stylish as the Kitchenaid but I will take function any day. I would love to make many loaves of cinnamon bread so that I can freeze them.
Awesome! I would make a giant batch of chocolate chip cookies first, to keep my husband out from under foot while I next make a ton of bread and pizza dough.
Awesome! Have been considering a new mixer or bread machine. I would make lots of pizza dough for pizza parties!
I would make my own wheat bread all the time!
I would make my Grandmas rolls, which never seem to turn out right in my beloved Kitchenaid.
Thanks!
How awesome! I would try that Honey Whole Wheat Bread recipe with one of these! Yum, my house would smell like Great Harvest Bread Co.
I would make my pregnant self rolls and cinnamon rolls to gorge on. And, lets face it, my family would love them too. If only I had known how awesome Bosch mixers were before getting my KitchenAid. It makes me sad a little bit!
I would make big batches of bread as well! I have a kitchenaid and I agree that it is great for many things, but it does get hot after a while of kneading. Great giveaway!!
I would make some yummy breads and probably cookies :) I had no idea that using the mixing tool with the scraper voids the warranty! It’s made by Kitchen-Aid!
Looks fabulous!!
Ali
Bread, bread, bread. I’ve been really wanting to attempt rosemary bread and a good sourdough.
I would make a cheesecake!
BREAD! We have been toying with idea of making all of our sandwich bread and this would be a dream to do that!
I bake a lot, so I’d make just about anything that can be baked, (especially bread about twice a week and my husband’s grandmother’s oatmeal-raisin-walnut-date cookies) and then give most of it away so I don’t eat it ALL. And this looks like it would actually fit under my cabinets, unlike the Kitchen-Aid I got when I got married.
I’ve been grinding wheat and making my own whole wheat bread for over a year. I use a kitchen aid which works great but I’ve been salivatin’ over the bosch because I can only do 3 loaves at a time in my kitchen aid. My family eats 6 loaves a week if I throttle them! Fingers crossed! :)
Bread – bread – and more bread! :)
Bread would be (more) plentiful at my house with this mixer…Our new Wonder Mill has been begging for a Bosch mixer.
bread – cookies & lots more bread!
Bread. I would make lots of bread! I am praying over this giveaway right now!!
definitely some bread
My current cheap-o mixer needs to be replaced (already!). I like to make cookies & breads.
I would make whole wheat bread. Oh I can’t wait to win, feeling lucky!
I would make homemade bread for my family with wheat from my grinder. I’ve always wanted one of these but have never been able to convince my hubby that he would get his money’s worth in bread.
Bread. Sourdough. Lots and lots of sourdough!
I would make loaves of honey molasses whole wheat bread.
Ooooohhh! I would make a lovely, yeasty maple oatmeal flax bread. Its dough is sturdy enough to require a good mixer.
The real question what wouldn’t I make? I’d start off by making the biggest batch of chocolate chip cookies known to man.
I would make pizza dough.
There are so many wheat bread recipes I’d love to try in this mixer. Yum!
Wow, it is so pretty! I would make bread, bread, and more bread!
Lots and lots of cookies! (And bread for my family so I don’t have to buy anymore :))
Oh wow what a lovely offering. I would love to have this: It would help make it easier for me to make the new breads and such that I need to make now. I have never made breads and now that I have to eat certain things this would be wonderful for me. Please add me to your already long list and I will keep my fingers crossed….thank you
I’ve started to make a lot of bread and would love a heavy duty mixer
I would make more pizza and bread
What wouldn’t I make!? I would definitely start with some yummy bread…
I’ve always wanted to make my own bread and didn’t have the right gear.
I’d make Bialy’s. Yum! What a great giveaway.
I would make big batches of honey wheat bread and cinnamon rolls!!
I would make my molasses oatmeal sandwich bread (my kitchenaid is also too small for more than one loaf)!
Amazing giveaway!! I would make bread and cinnamon rolls and pizza dough and the list goes on!
I’d make a lot more bread than I do now! I have the professional Kitchenaid, but I’m with you on the bottom of the bowl crumbs getting left out of the mix!
Oh goodness! I could make bread, cookies, loads of sweet breads and much, much, much more! I grew up with my mom using Bosch! Go Bosch!
I would make whole wheat bread for my little family. I would LOVE to have a Bosch mixer!
oh man. the things i could do with this! plus, the whole sentimentality of my mom used to have one. so awesome.
Um, I have three little boys and another on the way. We go through an obscene amount of bread, so that is most definitely what I need this mixer for!
Bread, rolls, cookies…Just about everything. The possibilities are endless.
I’d be interested in making bread. I also have issues with my kitchen aid classic running hot. I am usually worried I’ll break it and then where would I be?
Ooh- this would be so lovely!!! As I have a “little bun” in the oven, warm homemade bread sounds divine!! :)
OMG! I would make bread, bread, and more bread. Then I’d get my husband to build me a brick oven in my kitchen and I’d make some yummier bread and maybe some pizza! WOW!
I would make my mom’s dinner rolls again and again…
I would love to win this! My Mom has one of these and makes the best 9 grain whole wheat bread. Mmmmm
I’d make delicious homemade white bread for my family and to give to my neighbors. Nothing like breaking bread with family and friends!
I love to make bread! I would use it all the time!
I would so totally make some home-made bread with this. I LOVE homemade bread – it’s delicious!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I would make bread and anything of the “sweet treat” variety. Thanks so much for the chance!
I’d make my grandma’s famous marble cake at Christmas and bread all the time!
Bread, bread, bread!!!!
I would so love to win this for my sweet daughter.
I would try and recreat my mother-in-laws amazing dinner rolls that my husband loves!
Without a doubt, I would make my mom’s sourdough bread.
It’s one of those foods I miss while I’m at college and lacking good equipment to make it.
15 pounds of dough?! I’m sold. I would love, love, love this mixer.
Thanks for the chance!
I too was raised on, and still swear by a Kitchen Aid. I have never really a bread maker because of this, but would like to start. Thanks for the giveaway!
I will make a double batch of rolls at once and save so much time.
I’d love to win! It looks wonderful.
I to have a KitchenAid mixer, one of the bigger ones. However the capacity isn’t big enough still to make multiple loaves of bread. This Bosch mixer would be the Bomb!!
I would make the healthiest wheat bread I could find and watch my little kiddos scarf it up! It’d be amazing!
A new kitchen gadget with horsepower like that? I would love to win one.
I have been dying for a Kitchenaid mixer forever!! But this Bosch one sounds like its worth its weight in gold! I would love to win it and if I happened to, I would make lots & lots of bread. Because I’m gonna be honest, fresh bread is my weakness! :) Oh, & chocolate too. So probably brownies & cookies…….LOL!
Like you, I am not a regular bread maker, but I would be willing to try with this piece of equipment. I would start with the yummy bread you just posted. Cinnamon rolls would be next on the list!
I would make lots and lots of yummy honey whole wheat bread for my 5 always hungry boys:) What an amazing givaway!! Thank you for a great site! xo
My twins are just starting to eat table food and I’d love to make homemade wheat bread to feed them instead of store bought. Also a batch of cinnamon rolls twice a year for general conference mornings wouldn’t hurt :)
I grew up in a Bosch family. They are amazing and so worth the investment. Now send one my way so I can make a quintuple batch of cookie dough. :)
Each month I make breakfast for the people it my husbands office. I would use a new breakfast recipe and the new mixer for that.
I would love to make a couple loaves of homemade bread.
I would make cinnamon rolls! And then mix up a batch of your honey whole wheat bread because it has been begging me to slather it with some PB&J!
I have a Kitchen Aid too and I would love to start making my own bread!! This would be amazing!
I would definitely be using that at Christmas time to make cookies! My mother, sister, and I all get together the weekend before Christmas and make upwards of 12 kinds of cookies, most of those double- or triple-batches. The Bosch would be very helpful!
I would love to make some yummy bread to eat with my homemade jelly I made last week!!!
What would I make? Lots and LOTS of bread, of course. The only thing stopping me from baking daily is that I’d have to do it all by hand and I’m far too lazy for that.
I would make a heckuva lot more bread, especially those with stickier doughs, like brioche. Awesome giveaway, team!
I would make some focaccia bread!
I think I would die and go to heaven if I won this Bosch! I would make some delicious bread or cinnamon rolls.
i’d love to make more bread!
Oh, I would love to be able to make bread for my crazy sandwich eating family!!
I would make lots of homemade bread. I have an OLD Bosch (think wedding gift for my mom almost 40 years ago) that is still going, but how I would love a new, fancy one.
I’d make enormous batches of cookies and bread to eat and share with our food pantry!
Wow, awesome giveaway! Hm….I’d make bread and pizza dough for starters! =)
Bread, cookie dough, bread, more bread…did I mention bread?!
Bread, bread and more bread, and cake!
I’d make bread… lots and lots of bread… and cookies… yeah, defintely cookies…
I’d love to try to make bread in it and compare it to my bread machine! :)
I used to have a Bosch mixer and actually sold it – what was I thinking?! I would make bread and cinnamon rolls, of course and anything else I could possibly make with it.
Fantastic giveaway! I would make all kinds of breads!
Bread, bread and more bread.
I would love to start making bread using a bosch mixer!
I would use it to make big batches of cake! I’ve had to make wedding cakes before, and I’d have to make several batches in my kitchenaid. It’d be nice to do it all at once!
Bread, bread, bread of all kinds!
Whole wheat bread!
Bread, Bread and Bread!
I have tons of ideas for what to make…but no time to write them. Thanks for doing the giveaway! I’m inspired!
Well bread of course. And a cake this summer for my son’s 2nd birthday. We just did a cross country move by the seat of our pants so since we know no one and his birthday will be pretty lonely, the least I can do is make him an awesome cake!
Definitely bread!
Bread! How could you not with such a wonderful machine!
I would immediately start busting out large quantities of cookies.
I would use it for cookies and cakes but I would probably give it to my husband who makes bread as often as he can! (for us and for friends.) He would love this mixer!! His birthday is later this month and it would be a great gift!!
Love this giveaway. We try to make our own bread but it’s been awhile since we’ve made some. This would be awesome.
I would do some serious baking by mixing my ingredients with the mixer.
I can experiment with new recipes.
The possibilities are endless, but I would start with bread…lot and lots of bread.
I am one of your rabid Bosch fans. My “other” mixer lives in storage in my basement and I would give it away except that it was a wedding gift from my in-laws. In a new bosch I would make whole wheat bread, french bread, cookies, cakes, whipped cream, frosting, and more whole wheat bread.
Cakes, cookies, and maybe the whole wheat bread (which I’ve never made bread before) for starts.
My family has always been kitchen aid people, my husband’s family swears by boschs…I want to see who’s better! And I really want to start making more bread!
I would make my grandma’s oatmeal cake.
I would make breakfast bread for my hubby. Thanks. This is awesome
Oooh, this would sooo motivate me to bake some bread!
I just got a Kitchen Aid for Christmas and have noticed all the “bad” things you mentioned. But it is pretty. That being said I am making bread every other day. I think I NEED this Bosch mixer!!! Bread for ALL!!!
I may actually attempt to make bread and cookies, lots of cookies!
I am just starting to make bread and I need something like this. Thanks!
I would finally be able to make a huge loaf of wheat bread and big batches of egg noodles! :) Thanks for the chance!
I would totally make bigger batches of cinnamon rolls to share!
oh, what wouldn’t I try it out on? Cinnamon rolls are on the mind this morning :)
To be honest, my daughter is the one who bakes in the household. She would go nuts with this and probably be making cookies and cinnamon rolls
My cinnamon rolls really need this beauty. May the odds ever be in my favor…
I will make more bread at a a time. With 5 hungry boys at home we go through a lot of bread!
I think I’d make chocolate peanut butter bars or cinnamon rolls. I’m still trying to figure out how to make yeast breads, so I’d have a good reason to practice now!
I would some of the more artisan type of breads – have wanted to try them but, like you, didn’t want to try to put my Kitchen Aid through the rigors!!
I would mske the bread you posted yesterday and then some cinnamon rolls! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Bread! Honey whole wheat sandwich bread. I’m a teacher, and during the summers I make all of my family’s bread in my Kitchen-Aid, 1-2 loaves a week. However, during the school year I just don’t have time. I’d love to have the capacity to make multiple loaves and freeze them!
I’ve never had a stand mixer of any kind so I would start with a batch of bread dough and work my way through my cookbooks. There have been so many times I’ve wondered how much easier certain recipes would be to make with a mixer doing the work for me. Nice givaway!!!
I think the question is, what wouldn’t I make? Let’s see, the first thing that would make is that Honey Whole Wheat recipe you gave yesterday and then I could use the extra bread (our family is not large) for sacrament or to give to my neighbors =)Or, a batch of homemade frosting for sugar cookies! So I guess the sugar cookies to go with it; thick, cake like cookies!
I’ve been wanting one so I can make bread
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Lots and lots of cookies. And bread!
I would love this to make bread, cinnamon rolls, and pizza dough! Thanks for the chance to win!
Thank you so much for the chance. I would make bread, pizza dough, rolls. I would love Bosch mixer.
Oh my goodness. This would be fantabulous! I make bread every week for my family instead of buying…this would make that sooo much easier!
I also have the same problem with my kitchenaid. Would love to win this to help feed my family of 8!.
So many possibilities but I would have to say cupcakes – yum!
Awesome giveaway. I love to cook but not really bake (I’m not one for measuring) so it would be a true test to see if I could delve into the world of homemade bread!
Oh, man. My sister just got a brand-new bread maker & I have been so jealous. Since my one-year-old basically only eats bread, I would LOVE this!!! What an awesome giveaway. Thanks for the mere chance! You guys rock.
No question, I’d make multiple loaves of bread. I just started making bread again about 2 months ago. My husband and I are going through a couple loaves a week and I’d really like to be able to make more than one loaf at a time!
I would make bread… and I really, really need this because we can’t afford a kitchenaid right now either and this would be a dream.