Appliance
Hand mixer
Whips cream and creams butter without a big machine.
What it is and why it matters
A hand mixer is a small electric mixer you hold over any bowl. It creams butter, beats batters and whips cream much faster than a whisk. It covers most cookie and cake recipes and tucks into a drawer.
Used in 21 Simmerbee recipes: needed in 19, nice to have in 2.
In our guides: #8 in What you need to start baking, #12 in Holiday baking kit
Recipes that need it (19)
desserts (19)
- Brown Sugar Pecan Slice-and-Bake Shortbread
- Buttery Jam Thumbprint Cookies
- Chewy Ginger Molasses Crinkle Cookies
- Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chewy Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Chocolate Cupcakes with Fudge Frosting
- Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Classic Vanilla Butter Pound Cake
- Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
- Fluffy Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream
- Fudgy Double Chocolate Cookies
- Lemon Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with Lemon Glaze
- No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream
- One-Bowl Chocolate Sheet Cake with Fudgy Frosting
- Soft and Puffy Cinnamon Sugar Snickerdoodles
- Soft Peanut Butter Cookies with a Fork Crosshatch
- Soft Sugar Cookies (No Rolling Pin Needed)
- Spiced Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies
- Two-Layer Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Nice to have for (2)
These recipes work without it; it makes the job easier.
desserts (1)
side-dishes (1)
Often used with it
Nesting mixing bowlsMeasuring cups and spoonsBalloon whiskParchment paper sheetsWire cooling rackHalf sheet pan