Bread-Making Calculations

Just how many cups in a bucket of wheat?

How many loaves of bread? 

How much do I need for my family? 

How would I know if I have enough to last a year?

A nice lady put some time into this little math equation. I thought some of you might find it helpful.

This is how much wheat & ingredients to store for a little over one loaf of bread per day for one year.

Wheat Storage

1 - 5-gallon bucket = 72 cups of dry wheat

1 -  #10 can = 12 cups of dry wheat

6 -  #10 cans = 1   5-gallon bucket

9  - cups dry wheat = 15 cups whole wheat flour (or times 1.7)

12 - cups whole wheat flour = 1 batch whole wheat bread or 5 medium loaves

1 - 5-gallon bucket = 122 cups whole wheat flour or 10 batches of bread

By the 5-gallon bucket

72 cups of dry wheat

122 cups of whole wheat flour

10 batches of whole wheat bread

50 medium loaves of hole wheat bread

To make into bread, you will also need:

10 cups sugar or 1 5-lb. bag (1 cups sugar - .5 lbs.)

1 cup salt (1 package salt - 3 cups)

5 cups oil or 1 quart + 1 cup or 40-oz. container

1 lb. dry yeast or 1 16-oz. package SAF or Fermipan instant yeast

5 cups gluten flour (optional) or 2 lbs.

For a little over one loaf of bread per day for one year, you will need:

8 5-gallon buckets of wheat

* 2 25-lb. bags of sugar or 30 lbs. honey

3 26-oz. canisters of iodized salt

2.5 gallons of oil

8 1 lb. packages of instant yeast

6 lbs. of gluten flour

By the #10 can

12 cups of dry wheat

20 cups of whole wheat flour

1.5 batches of whole wheat bread

8 medium loaves of whole wheat bread

6 cans = 1 5-gallon bucket

To make into bread, you will also need:

1 1/2 cups sugar or 3/4 cup honey

3 Tbl. salt

3/4 cup oil

5 Tbl. dry yeast or instant yeast

1 cup gluten flour (optional)

For a little over 1 loaf of bread per day for one year, you will need:

48 #10 cans dry wheat and all the other ingredients listed above*

** Add some honey and make it even more enjoyable**

Here is the recipe she uses:

WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

5 cups very warm water

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup honey or 1 cup sugar

5 cups whole wheat flour

1/2 cup high gluten flour or 2-4 Tbl.vital wheat gluten

3 Tbl. SAF instant yeast

1/8 tsp. crystal Vitamin C (ascorbic acid powder)

1 1/2 Tbl. salt

7-8 cups additional flour

Mix well in bread mixer. Sprinkle in yeast. Gradually add flour, one cup at a time, until dough pulls away from sides of bowl (7- 8 cups). I usually use part white flour to finish, but you can use as much whole wheat flour as you like. Knead dough in mixer 6 additional minutes. Shape into 4 or 5 loaves. Put in greased pans and let rise 20-60 minutes depending on how light you like. Bake @ 325 degrees for 30 minutes.