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Homemade bread
FunSponge82 · 12/12/2016 14:45
How would you go about calculating syns for a slice of home made bread?
Would you syn up all the ingredients and then divide by the number of slices or would you base it on a slice that is listed in the SW app/website?
I love making home made bread. Shop bought bread bloats me so I don't often eat it, less so now I'm doing SW. I don't intend to go crazy and devour a whole loaf in one sitting but I would like to know I can make a loaf for the family and indulge in a slice here and there.
Surely it's got to be better/healthier than shop bought?! At least I know what's in it 
FunSponge82 · 12/12/2016 14:56
Just had a quick look at flour and using a basic bread recipe using 500g flour, I'd be looking at 8 ish syns per slice 
that's based on getting approx 10 slices out of a loaf which I think is optimistic!
That doesn't include the half Inch of butter you have to have with it
Why is flour such high syns??
Blankiefan · 13/12/2016 22:24
We make our own bread. I weigh it and factor up a similar bread's syns
The biggest problem I find is getting it cut thin enough not massacre my syns. So I end up eating crappy hovis instead as it's generally a third of the weight for a slice.
mrsmortis · 20/12/2016 10:28
My mum makes wholemeal rolls. She weighs them as dough so they are one healthy extra each.
It makes for easier portion control than a loaf. And, since she only gets exactly what she needs from the freezer, less waste too.
Daisiesandgerberas · 01/01/2017 15:18
Mortis,
That's a fab idea but isn't that then measuring the raw weight rather than the cooked weight, which means it's nore than HEX B.
Genuine q as I'm new to this. (My first & only SW post from yesterday hasn't been replied to.)
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