With food prices rising it’s little wonder that more people are turning to baking to beat the credit crunch.

At about a third of the price of a shop brought loaf you can make significant savings over the period of a year by baking your own bread.

Look at the cost savings on this one aspect of home baking alone:

Let’s say weekly the average family buys 5 x loaves @£1.20 =£6.00
Weekly Bake your own costs :5 x £0.40= £2.00
Weekly Savings=£4.00
Yearly Saving=£208.00

Why not go a step further and bake some extra loaves for friends and family.Sell just 5 fresh loaves a week at say £0.60 i.e half shop price and you will cover all your bread making costs for the year. In other words eat bread for free for the year.

There are 2 main ways to make bread :

1. The old fashioned way of kneading,letting it rise and oven bake.With no shortage of good bead making recipes on the internet you can be making a delicious rich plait bread in no time.
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2. For the more time strapped why not consider a bread making machine. For less than £50 you can be well on your way to a lifetime of baking your own shop quality brad products.

Here is a selection of bread makers currently on offer on eBay now.

WEST BEND BAKERY BREAD MAKER MACHINE
US $1.30 (2 Bids)
End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 8:18:56 PST
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Breadmaker Breadman TR875 2-Pound Stainless Steel New
US $51.99 (25 Bids)
End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 10:37:55 PST
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Cuisinart CBK-200 2-lb Convection Automatic Bread Maker
US $50.99 (2 Bids)
End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 14:17:17 PST
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Cooks Essentials 2lb Bread Maker Machine Breadmaker
US $16.50 (11 Bids)
End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 17:35:31 PST
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WEST BEND Baker's Choice Plus II Bread & Dough Maker
US $57.76 (10 Bids)
End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 19:00:25 PST
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