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We now know that it has cost us $19.02 in ingredients to make 169.5 pounds of dough. To determine the cost of one pound of dough, we divide the batch cost by the dough weight: In this example, our batch cost is 11.2¢ per pound of dough. The price of the ingredients in a loaf of bread is relatively inexpensive.
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A bread machine recipe for a “small” loaf, calling for 2...
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King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour is perfect for bread machines. Its relatively high protein level (11.7%), and the quality of that protein, allows you to use it in recipes calling for either bread flour or all-purpose flour.
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The recipe I use most frequently is for a two-pound loaf of sour milk bread. So this is the recipe I use in the analysis. By the way, this is an excellent bread machine recipe. The bread turns out perfectly every time, and it’s quick to put together because it doesn’t have a lot of ingredients.
Bread Flour – We buy bread flourin bulk at CHEF’STORE or Costco Business Center. Wondering how we store all that flour? Check out this articlefor dealing with buying, and storing, bulk flour. Salt– We buy our salt at Costco. But here’s the thing. We bought a Costco-sized amount of salt in 2017 and we’re still using it. Per the experts at Morton Sal...
My January 2024 analysis confirms what I’m hearing about inflation. Our cost of making a loaf of bread rose to $1.06 per loaf from only $0.77 in 2021. That’s a 30% increase! That’s even using salt from 2017 and sugar from a fantastic sale! 1. 1.5 cups of milk is 30.8¢ – up 33% from 2021 2. 4 cups of bread flour is 59.1¢ – up 65% from 2021 3. 1.25 t...
In February 2021 we got a big surprise. Our cost of making a loaf of bread fell to only 77 cents per loaf!This is down from 83 cents per loaf in 2020. The difference was mostly because I bought one ingredient at Costco instead of the grocery store. We usually buy milk at the local grocery store. However, when we ran this analysis, we’d just gone to...
Our cost for making bread in the bread machine was only 83 cents per loaf in 2020! The big story here is how much bread prices at the grocery store jumped from 2017 to 2020.
Let’s get right to it! Here are the numbers for making a loaf of bread at home from 2017. Yes, you’re reading it correctly. In 2017, it cost us just 85 centsto make a loaf of bread.
Feb 20, 2023 · To compare store-bought to homemade, I based my calculations on King Arthur Flour’s recipe for a one-pound loaf of standard white bread, which uses 300 grams of all-purpose flour. According to FRED, the average cost of flour per pound was $0.54 in January 2023, meaning 300 grams would cost $0.36 cents.
A bread machine recipe for a “small” loaf, calling for 2 cups of all-purpose or bread flour or 3 cups of a whole-grain/all-purpose flour mix, will make a 10- to 11-ounce loaf (a 7 3/8” x 3 5/8” pan).
Jun 26, 2019 · A cake of yeast can cost $1.50 for 1/2 ounce at the supermarket. Again, at King Arthur, you can order a pound of yeast, enough to make 96 loaves of bread, for about $6.00. That's 6.2 cents per loaf. For someone who wants to save money by baking at home, this would be the way to go.
Apr 14, 2019 · This is an easy bread machine French bread recipe made by using the French bread cycle or by making the dough in the bread machine and then shaping and baking the loaf in the oven. Unlike white bread or other Italian bread, French bread does not have any oil or sugar and is chewy and crusty.