31 Days: Day 6 - Do You Know the Muffin Man?

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English Muffins, as opposed to sweet muffins, are my favorite breakfast, usually with just butter (real butter, no margarine in this house).  Sometimes I'll put a little jam on them.  They are actually pretty popular with most of my family.  At $1.88 for 6, for the brand we buy, we  go through about half a package a day.  I only buy 2 per week and when they're gone, they're gone.

2 packages cost us $3.76.  Most brands cost more, but these are the ones we like.  I can't even remember the brand, but I buy them at Walmart.  I can make two loaves of the most fabulous english muffin bread for about $1.00.  I get at least 12 slices of bread out of each loaf.  Two loaves yield 24 slices for $1.00 as opposed to 12 english muffins for $3.76.

This bread freezes perfectly and is absolutely to die for.  I'd make it even if I wasn't saving money.  It is super easy to make too...no kneading at all.  I found the recipe at Simple Organized Living.  But before you take off, take a look at what I save.  I get much more, so we can eat as much as we want.  I'd have to buy 4 packages of store bought english muffins @ 1.88 = $7.52 as opposed to $1.00 for homemade.  We eat about 1 loaf per week.  

Store bought: $1.88 x 2 per week x 52 weeks = $195.52

Homemade: $0.50 per week x 52 weeks =  $26.00

Savings per year:  $169.52

Average savings per month $14.13

Don't forget to check out the tally of savings below.

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My tally so far:

$812.32/year

$67.69/month