Do you bake your own bread to save money?

I enjoy baking bread, but don't do it all the time. It's especially appealing when the weather is cold. I buy wheat at the feed store and mill it myself, then use that with half white flour, so it isn't expensive at all. I figured it one time at about twenty cents a loaf, but it's probably more than that now, with all the price increases we're seeing. It still beats good bread for three dollars a loaf, though. Here's a basic recipe I use: http://patverettosfrugalliving.blogspot.com/2008/04/bread-frugal-staff-of-life.html

We have made our own bread in a bread making machine, but the price of the yeast is too expensive. I guess I need a good cheap recipe.

I have thought about it. I have never done it. My mom use to do all the time when I was younger. My father-in-law does it every now and then. It would definately save on money, cause we got through a lot of bread.

I do make my own bread, but I'm not convinced that I save that much money through doing so. I've never actually priced up one of my own loaves, though I ought to. I use a bread machine, which is incredibly easy and I'd not be without it, and I do really enjoy the bread that I produce. I tend to add all sorts of extra flavourings and herbs to my loaves to make them a little more personal, but I make the same basic recipe each time. A couple of frugal tricks for a bread machine .... * Use water and skimmed milk powder instead of 'real' milk to cut costs * Cut out the egg if the recipe requires one, just making sure that you add additional liquid to compensate * Save your cans and jars, and use the water you rinse them with as liquid in your machine. I mean things like tomato puree and sauces really, but I've used the sweet leftover liquid from cans of fruit when I've been making sweet loaves before. It adds extra flavour to your loaf. And my final and most important tip ... make sure there's noone around when you get the fresh loaf and set it out to cool. If you don't, they'll spot it and before you know it there will be slices of warm bread and butter all round and none in the bread bin :-)

i have a bread maker that someone gave to me but i hate the way the bread comes out. i would love to learn to make homemade bread if anyone would care to give me a recipe and a how to on making the dough etc. in this economy we need to do all we can to save every penny.