On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 8:07:37 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> The brand Baker's Semisweet Chocolate is 54% cacao, BTW. That one is not sugar-free.
>
> For the record, here's one useful formula:
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> 5 ounces of semisweet chocolate are equal to
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> 3 oz. baking chocolate + 4 tablespoons sugar
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> OR
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> 9 tablespoons cocoa + 3 tablespoons shortening + 4 tablespoons sugar.


And, as it happens, 5 oz. of semisweet (at more than $9 per pound, regular price) would cost maybe just under $2.90, BUT...the cocoa, shortening and sugar would cost almost exactly 80 cents, in my neighborhood!

I got that from my chart, which I posted in the thread "Baked goods: Calculating your cost."

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...ng/x7HiM7zLKmU

However, since I paid $2 for 12 ounces of semisweet, that would come to 83 cents for five ounces anyway.


Lenona.