On Wed, 27 May 2015 21:04:04 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Thomas wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 3:14:46 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>> > > Yup. 5 lbs of flour yields 20 cups so if you multiply that out
>> > > >with 4 cups per large loaf, you get 50 loaves for 38cents each
>> > > and >the small cost of a little sugar, salt and yeast.
>> >
>> > --
>>
>> Better rethink that math...
>
>Grin, humm. She was talking 50 lbs of flour. 5x10=50x4=200 cups.
>divide by 4 cups for a larger loaf, 50 loaves. Basics are a 1 lb of
>flour yields what is 'called' a 2lb loaf. It doesn't actually weigh
>that but then its not all flour.
>
>Not sure if i messed up or I misexplained it.
> Carol

1 pound of AP flour equals about 3 cups... 50 pounds equals about 150
cups. One pound of flour will produce about a 20 ounce loaf of plain
white bread (much of the liquid evaporates during baking), you'd need
to add a lot of dates n' nuts to make it a 2 pound loaf.