An interesting thought occurred to me the other day... how much is good bread worth? We buy sandwich bread for $3.99 at the grocery store, yet here is a rough breakdown of how much home-made bread costs:
| Ingredient | Measure | Purchase Weight | Purchase Cost | Cost per Gram | Per Loaf Cost |
| Salt | 15 | 737 | $1.00 | $0.0014 | $0.02 |
| Buckwheat Flour | 10 | 907 | $3.28 | $0.0036 | $0.04 |
| All-Purpose Flour | 50 | 4536 | $5.79 | $0.0013 | $0.06 |
| White Whole Weat Flour | 50 | 2268 | $5.49 | $0.0024 | $0.12 |
| Bread Flour | 340 | 2268 | $5.49 | $0.0024 | $0.82 |
| Water | 325 | 3780 | $1.00 | $0.0003 | $0.09 |
| Sourdough Flour (AP) | 50 | 4536 | $5.79 | $0.0013 | $0.06 |
| Sourdough Water | 50 | 3780 | $1.00 | $0.0003 | $0.01 |
| $1.23 |
So the costs of the ingredients is clearly less than the store-bought bread, but what about the actual baking? My Kennmore 96413 is rated at 10 - 13.5 kW. Running at 450 degrees I'm going to assume I'm using 13 kW of juice, though the insulation on this oven is incredibly efficient so I don't think it's pulling the full load for my entire bake cycle. Power in our area goes for 7 - 9 cents per kWh, so at the worst case scenario I'm probably using $0.18 of electricty, bringing the grand total up to $1.41.I don't drink coffee, but I'm fairly sure that's less than your average cup of joe.
-Matt the weekend baker
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what a steal to DIY. cheaper ... and nothing tastes better than a loaf of home-baked bread. probably one of the items/services that really should be in-sourced again into the household.
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