Recently we moved to a beautiful house in the countryside and with this move we wanted to embrace a slightly more grown up, homely lifestyle, so when I invited my friends over I decided to provide some homemade cookies and banish my long-standing reputation of being a hopeless baker. I had total faith in my new Cuisinart Precision Stand Mixer and even found a recipe in the booklet provided: white chocolate and cranberry cookies. I decided if I followed it word for word, I couldn’t go wrong.

The Bistro Electric Stand Mixer from Bodum has been designed to be both a functional and stylish piece in your kitchen: it is nicely compact at 39.7cm (W) x 4.3cm (H) x 23.4cm (D) and has a large capacity of 4.7L (160oz). It can be stored underneath the counter, freeing up your worktop when not in use.