Is homemade bread REALLY cheaper?

GDB2222

It seems crazy, but i just can't get home-made bread to make any sense economically.

Strong wholemeal flour is around £1 per kilo, so a large loaf is around 70p. Add a bit for yeast, oil, electricity etc. Quite possibly 10 litres of water to wash up, so that's another 10p that goes unnoticed.

If I dare to add anything to the loaf, the cost goes through the roof - few herbs, sun dried tomatoes, olives, tomato paste etc., and I'm easily looking at a £2/£3 loaf.

Expensive business making your own bread!

zippychick

Ive worked it out and get figures much cheaper than this! They are at home. I worked out how many loaves per bag of flour and the cost of a tbsp of Skimmed milk etc. Agreed "special" breads would be more expensive than shop bought but for me for everyday bread, it is far cheaper than shop bought. I can put the prices up I worked out later on.

positivelymummy

i think i worked out before that it costs me about 30p to make 6 rolls (which i make at least every other day) but to me its not just the cost, its also knowing exactly what goes into my bread, and you cant beat a kitchen that smells of fresh bread either!:beer::D

positivelymummy

oh and the 30p included seeds, rosemary and olives, it would of course be a bit cheaper without these:D

baggies666

I love my home made bread, its not about cost being cheaper for me never even worked it out, its about me knowing what I put into the bread and I love the smell.

npsmama

Though I say so myself, any bread I make at home is a million times healthier and tastier than even premium shop-bought bread.
In my opinion shop-bought bread should be viewed as junk food: it contains heaps of salt, sugar and additives.

zippychick

Completely agree! Read the labels on shop bread and compare to what you put in a loaf. I wouldnt touch shop bought now - unless very rare or given at someones house. No way on earth would i buy it.

thriftlady_2

GDB2222 wrote: »

If I dare to add anything to the loaf, the cost goes through the roof - few herbs, sun dried tomatoes, olives, tomato paste etc., and I'm easily looking at a £2/£3 loaf.

Well of course adding those things to bread will make it expensive:rolleyes:

Idolikeadayoff

May not be more econominal ... but it smells and tastes lurverly! My brothers buying me a bm for my bday in may cant wait :j

freakyogre

I make my own as found when buying a full size loaf, I ended up throwing up to half a loaf away a week (I live on my own and have a miniature freezer!) The smaller loaves you can buy are a rip off, so i'd rather make my own smaller loaf and know it won't be wasted.

Plus as most of the previous posts say, it tastes so much better.