Is homemade bread REALLY cheaper?

milliemonster

ksh123 wrote: »

I have refused to buy any full priced bread for about 2 years now. The price is such a rip-off. :mad: How dare they charge so much for something that is elemental to life and costs so little to make :mad: (I think everyone should stop paying full price for bread and the premium cereals then they'd have to reduce their prices!)

Anyway, as a result I only buy bread when it is whoopsied or in some other way reduced and buy as much as I can then freeze it. I now have in-built yellow sticker radar and can smell reduced bread from 500 yards:rotfl:

Me too!, what I like about Tesco's is that they have a reduced shelf on the bread isle now and that is what I always head for, straight past the rows of full priced bread, I completely refuse to pay £1.60 for a loaf!!!

liz545

I know this has been posted before, but I just wanted to add my support for this recipe; which I've been using for all of my handmade loaves recently. As Mr T's strong breadflour is currently around 50p per packet, I estimate I'm using around 10p worth of flour, plus maybe 15p for butter and yeast? The recipe uses 350g of flour which is less than most of the 2lb loaf recipes I've used before, and because the yeast has longer to work, you don't need to use as much to get a soft loaf with an open texture. Also, it's really convenient - I can mix the batter up before I go to work, then when I come home the bread's ready within two and a half hours! It's easy to multiply up the quantities and do two loaves at a time, which is more efficient in terms of electricity use, so all in it's a very MSE method. And it tastes fab!
I know that turned into a bit of a rave, but I really like it!

[Deleted User]

Can u please tell me what Mr T's is? I've not heard of this shop before.

Apologies for such a newbie question.

Gangstabird

Yes, homemade bread is far cheaper than shop bought bread and doesn't have the c Rap in it.

My kids hate HM bread. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Gangstabird

deannatrois wrote: »

Can u please tell me what Mr T's is? I've not heard of this shop before.

Apologies for such a newbie question.

We are not allowed to mention supershops so work this out

Mr A is...............

Mr T is.............

Mr S is..........

and so on;)

Don't be sorry, it's good that you asked.

Horasio

I love rye bread with caraway seeds after having it in the States. I mix half rye/white bread flour with my seeds and the usual bread basics. I'm unsure of the cost but it is hard to get here.

brucie24

Gangstabird wrote: »

We are not allowed to mention supershops so work this out

Mr A is...............

Mr T is.............

Mr S is..........

and so on;)

Don't be sorry, it's good that you asked.

Why aren't we allowed to mention them in particular? Brand names seem to be mentioned all the time on this Forum without worry. Just curious

D&DD

Oh well it was good while it lasted MrT's has now increased the hovis mixes to 69p and 79p at my store :rolleyes:
Fortunately on the brightside I have erm.... a few in the cupboard!!!

foreign_correspondent

My home made bread costs less than 20p for a small white crusty loaf (375g strong flour from Lidl + 1/4 bag = 12p) warm water, yeast (less than 4p) sugar and salt, and a splash of oil.

It is equivalent to a good white bakery loaf which now costs the best part of a quid, and it is fresh and lovely.

SmallEnglish

CCStar wrote: »

I love rye bread with caraway seeds after having it in the States. I mix half rye/white bread flour with my seeds and the usual bread basics. I'm unsure of the cost but it is hard to get here.

Is that really all I need to do to make new york rye bread? I make my own bread but I keep buying this one from the market as I love it but couldn't find a recipe. I can't believe how simple it seems!