[home made pie]

my sister in law keeps trying to GIVE me her bread machine but I keep declining, I'm an old fashioned lass, I love cooking things in the oven, I got some old hovis tins from a second hand fair (probably fake) trouble is I am now worried about the lecky cost so need to get organised and make a casserole at the same time...or just more bread !!!

I do have a kitchenaid food mixer that my OH bought me for my birthday a couple of years ago...it's the best thing ever...and has a dough hook...I would never have dared spend that much, I had been tracking second hand ones on ebay but they always sold for more than I could afford so I was gobsmaked to get a brand new one...in red...god I love that man  :oops:

[polly nator]

Make all our own bread here. If you want organic flour then keep a close eye on the supermarkets who sometimes compete. Tesco was recently 55p per 1.5kg for Doves Farm organic wholemeal and is currently 69p per 1.5kg organic white bread flour which is considerably cheaper than Tesco own brand organic flour. Supermarket "normal" bread flour is usually around 48p per 1.5 kg.
   Speciality flours such as malthouse, oat etc seem to come in 1kg packets and prices are around 1.20 -1.50.
  I tend to micx organic white with a speciality flour to get good flavours at low cost.
  Also if you add a dash of olive oil the bread texture  is lovely.
Its worth experimenting with recipes I think.

[Oscar Too]

My bread (made by hand) costs about 75p for a loaf.  That's organic, chemical free, freshly baked.  I don't factor in my time as I regard it as recreation.  It's far superior to anything you could buy for 75p.