Now we’re making our own bread I thought it’d be worth working out how much cheaper / more expensive it is than just buying standard wholemeal bread.
So here’s the standard pricing of all the ingredients – I haven’t started looking for cheap bulk supplies yet so these are just from Sainsbury’s.
| 310 ml semi-skimmed milk | 20.77p |
| 225g Strong White Bread Flour | 10.35p |
| 225g Strong Wholemeal Bread Flour | 14.85p |
| 1 tsp salt | 0.2p |
| 3 tsp sugar | 1.49p |
| 25 g butter | 7.5p |
| 2x7g sachets of dried yeast | 19.75p |
| Electricity | 3.14p |
| Total | 78p |
So in total it costs 78p, which is about the same price as a Sainsbury’s wholemeal loaf. Cost wise then it doesn’t make much difference – as long as you’re not making a separate journey to buy your bread, as once you start your car up the cost difference would be substantial!
I’ll keep doing it because it tastes great, means we never run out, and it’s a good skill to have learnt for leaner times. I might also look for cheaper bulk ingredients.
