A recent online forum discussion about the price of homemade bread made me a little curious, so while at the grocery store this morning, I checked some prices. Here’s what I found:
Yeast, Fleischmann, 4oz — 7.05
Kosher salt, Morton, 3lbs — 2.75
White flour, Hudson Cream, 25lbs — 10.49
Wheat flour, Hudson Cream, 5lbs — 2.65
Per loaf:
Water, 354g — 0
Yeast, 8g — 0.496
Kosher salt, 10g — 0.020
White flour, 300g — 0.277
Wheat flour, 90g — 0.105
Total — 0.898
This does not include the utilities (water, electric or gas) used.
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