Numbers

WHAT IT COSTS ME

This is incomplete, and some guessing, but at least a start--I'll keep working on it

Chain Grocery store prices

Homestead Mills Cracked Wheat $4.99/3 lbs 42 cents/1 cup
Dakota Bread flour $6.09/10 lbs 15 cents/1 cup
Dakota Wheat flour $3.29/5 lbs 16 cents/1 cup
Honey $6.69/2 lbs $2.47/ 1 cup
Dry Yeast $6.69/4 oz (1.67/oz) 19 cents/oz
Flaxseed meal approx $5.00/1 lb.
Semolina flour approx $5.oo/1 lb.
Eggs approx $2.00/dozen 17 cents/1 egg
Milk $3.69/gallon _______/cup
Butter $3.00/lb 75 cents/1/2 cup

Whole wheat: (recipe makes 2 loaves) 6 cups w.w. flour=96 cents 1/2 cup honey=$1.23
1 3/4 cup milk (?) 5 Tbs. butter (40 cents) 1/4 cup flaxseed meal (?)
1 egg=17cents olive oil (not enough to count) Freshness, Tastiness and
Nutrition=?
Cost per loaf approximately $1.78 for ingredients (guessing the amounts I haven't figured out yet)


French: (6 baguettes) 10 cups flour=1.50 1 cup milk (?) 1/8 cup yeast (?oz)
3 Tbs butter=25 cents 2 Tbsp sugar (?) 1/4 cup semolina flour (?)
Fresh and Deliciousness=?
Cost per loaf approx 42 cents a loaf! Wow--everyone should make their own!

TIME SPENT:
30 minutes--mixing and initial kneading
1-1/2-2 hrs--raising (no work--but watching it is fun)
5-10 minutes--punch down, shape
1 hr--let raise again
Approx 45 minutes--bake
Approx 20 minutes--cleanup
You really have to plan your day around this--if you leave and let it raise too long, it could fall and ruin the bread. It ends up taking up a large part of your day.

Plus, if we quibble, shopping time, gas in the stove, electricity, rent (my kitchen is my work facility that I am paying for, actually), delivery, packaging, and those kind of maintenance things that I couldn't really bake without--seems silly, but I guess if you have a small business you have to think, literally, about overhead.

Plus--husband watching kids (with a broken arm)--priceless!

So, I kind of did this to figure out how much I'm spending on this, and for transparecy--so you all can see what I'm putting into it, and you can decide what it's worth to you to give me for it.

I'm hoping to comparison shop at the co-op in the future, and also itemize nutrition numbers.
Thanks!