The most popular recipe on the King Arthur Flour website is whole wheat sandwich bread and uses two of the basic attachments that come with every KItchenAid mixer. The dough is mixed using the paddle attachment until it is combined. Then, after switching to the dough hook, the dough gets a hands-free knead. Hands-free kneading doesn't mean you shouldn't connect with the dough. You'll need to test to make sure it's soft and but not too sticky. You can add a little more flour to reduce stickiness.

You can also tackle brioche, which requires a lot of muscle if you make it by hand. You knead eggs and butter into the dough of this rich, buttery bread, and it's a pretty sticky mess. You'll end up with an amazing loaf, a batch of buns, or a decadent cross between breakfast and dessert. By hand you really have to put your whole back into mixing the dough, but if you use the stand mixer fitted with a dough hook you can wrestle that unruly dough into submission with your eyes closed.