Really, honestly, it IS a thing of beauty.
My old mixer, which I really did like, finally breathed it's last gasping breath as I finished my Christmas cookies in 2010...... It had a good life, being bought-used- by my mother when she first married(50 years ago) and then was passed onto me. I had used it for about 10 years, and was quite fond of my 'antique'- but functioning Sunbeam mixer. I still have it- not having the heart to discard it just yet.......even though it has now been replaced by my beautiful fire-engine red Kitchen-Aid Professional mixer.
This mixer mixed up batch after batch of cookies- the recipe instructions 'stir in remaining flour'....totally and completely unnecessary with this baby!! Gingerbread, shortbread, sugar cookies, macaroons, waffle cookies, lemon-poppyseed rounds, all were made with ease.......and although I miss my Sunbeam- things around here will be really cooking(or baking) now!!!
