Hand mixers can do 90% of what stand mixers do, without much extra effort on your part ... Just poke the beater attachments through either cover as you attach them to the mixer.

The best hand mixer doesn’t just seamlessly transform flour, eggs, sugar, and fat into ultra-luxe cake batters and superlative cookie doughs—it also makes baking a hell of a lot easier.

A champ at mixing cookie dough, the Breville Handy Mix Scraper BHM800SILUSC earns the best score of any of our tested hand mixers in that test. It also receives top marks for whipping cream ...