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KitchenAid's smallest mixer still has the durability and power to make it through regular baking projects.Lauren Savoie/Insider
Even when I lived in a tiny city apartment with a galley kitchen, I wasn't willing to forgo having a stand mixer. The best stand mixers make quick work of all sorts of batters and doughs, and anyone who has ever tried to make a batch of bagels by hand will understand...