Kate’s Cuisine

5 tablespoons butter $0.30
1/2 cup granulated sugar $0.09
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar $0.10
1 large egg $0.17
2 egg whites $0.34
1 teaspoon vanilla extract $0.22
1 1/2 cups mashed, very ripe bananas (about 2) $.61
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour $0.37
1 teaspoon [...]

Why buy it when it’s so easy to make?

2 1/4 teaspoons dry active yeast (one 1/4 oz. envelope) $0.33
2 cups warm water Free!
5 to 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour $1.21
2 teaspoons fine sea salt $0.02
Extra virgin olive oil, for the bowl $0.02
Total Cost   $1.58
1.) [...]

This pie crust is everything you think of when you think ‘perfect pie crust.’

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour $0.44
1 teaspoon salt $0.01
1 cup solid vegetable shortening $0.44
3/4 cup cool water (not cold) Free
Total Cost  $0.89
1.) Measure flour and salt into a large bowl making a well in [...]

Just as the name says, it’s simple and it’s Martha. What could be bad?

2 loaves Italian bread, torn into bite-sized pieces $3.98
4 tablespoons butter, room temperature, plus more for baking dish $0.30
4 celery stalks, thinly sliced $0.44
4 shallots, minced $2.00
2 garlic cloves, minced $0.02
Coarse salt [...]

1 cup yellow cornmeal $0.10
1 cup all-purpose flour $0.22
1/4 cup sugar $0.25
1 tablespoon baking powder $0.47
1 teaspoon salt $0.01
2 eggs $0.34
1 can corn, drained OR 12 oz. frozen corn, thawed (optional, see review)   $0.89
1 1/4 cups milk $0.34
1/4 cup vegetable oil $1.36
Total Cost  $3.98
1.) Preheat the oven [...]

I love cornbread! There’s just something so comforting about it. And if you get it hot out of the oven, that comfort gets taken to a whole new level! That being said, I wasn’t so happy with this recipe. It’s the first one I’ve ever tried and I got it off my BigOven app on [...]