is home baking cheaper?

wendyl1967

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Apologies. Tescos sponge mix is 34p not 12p. It is the pancake mix that is 12p. Still cheap though!!

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black-saturn wrote:

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wendyl1967 wrote:

to Nickinoo



Apologies. Tescos sponge mix is 34p not 12p. It is the pancake mix that is 12p. Still cheap though!!

Thanks, must invest in some.

Smiley_Mum

apple_mint wrote:

If you can afford it, invest in the BeRo baking book (£1.25) ... lots of good advice as well as recipes. In addition, the OS recipe list has lots of well tried recipes

The Be-Ro baking book is now £1.50 and you can order it here.

http://www.be-ro.com/f_about.htm

jordylass

Smiley_Mum wrote:

The Be-Ro baking book is now £1.50 and you can order it here.

It's 99p in my local co-op, I got it yesterday.

frannyscho

If you are anywhere near a street market that sells fruit, find out what time the fruit stall packs up. At the end of a day often they don't wish to take home with them any fruit that is very ripe. You get this at incredible bargains. Also they have a fruit chuck box at the edge of their stall and any bruised or bashed fruit and veg is free. Fruit salad is something the kids can make for themselves with great pride No cooking for you and healthy for them.

cal

I always bake at home as it is far cheaper, tastier and without additives. Also I use Fair Trade products wherever possible and free range eggs. You can make a multitude of puddings using a basic sponge mix. I use:
4oz marge
4oz sugar
3 eggs
8oz sr flour

Then add cocoa, dates or dried fruit to make a sponge.
Or place syrup in the bottom of a pyrix dish as generous as you like put the sponge mix on top a bake in a moderate oven.
Or place frozen but thawed soft fruits or stewed apple/pears in the base and cover with sponge, this is a healthier version of the jam sponge ( less sugar more fruit)
All versions freeze well so make double when the oven is on.

To use up stale bread make bread pudding. I have developed a healthier version: You need to add quantities of the flavourings to taste as it depends how much bread you have. Below is for about a third of a loaf.

Soak bread in water to soften, drain any left over water out.
Mush up bread with hands, breaking up crusts.
Add generous amount of mixed dried fruit and spice, add brown sugar muscovado is best about 2-3 tablespoons mix in. In a seperate bowl beat one egg and add about 1 tablespoon of olive oil mix into the bread mixture.
Bake in moderate oven for about 1 hour until it is golden and set.
Sprinkle with sugar and eat whilst warm.
Do not store in air tight containers as it goes sticky.
My mum always made hers in a large meat tray and kept it in the oven until it was eaten - usually 3 days.

zar

Becles wrote:

If you can get "reduced to clear" fruit, you can make a really cheap fruit crumble. It doesn't matter if the fruit is a bit squishy as you're cooking it.

Peel and chop fruit and place in a oven proof dish. Add a 1-2 tablespoons of sugar depending on your taste and the sweetness of the fruit.

In another bowl, put 6oz plain flower, 4oz butter/marg, and 2oz sugar. Rub it all together until it looks like breadcrumbs.

Put that mixture on top of the fruit and put it in a 180°C oven for about 30-40 minutes.

Mine eat it on it's own, or sometimes with custard or ice cream.

If there's no reduced fruit or you can't be bothered to peel any, then a couple of tins of value fruit cocktail work well. Its tasty and healthy to replace some of the flour with rolled oats (the kind that is sold for porridge). Gives a more chewy texture, and the syrup from the tinned fruit makes it nice and sticky. :snow_grin

Zziggi

Trow wrote:

If you look in the recipe index, someone - curry_queen??? has a recipe for a microwave sponge pudding that is very easy, very quick and very cheap (especially is you use value flour) - we made it last night, served with custard (made with birds eye powder, works out cheaper than instant mixes, but not sure about how it compares with value tins) - pud in 10 mins max

this microwave pudding is EXCELLENT!! we tried this the other day with asda smartprice lemon curd inthe bottom and i did use lemon rind in the sponge mixture. it was absolutely divine!!

fluffyhelen

Just feed them some fruit on it's own, fruit is really cheap. Bananas with low-fat ice cream are a great source of potassium.

Apples, peeled and cut into slices, make a great snack too.