Post your budget-stretching recipes here

[Le Taz Hot]

There seem to be quite a few posts regarding our shrinking dollar, how groceries prices are skyrocketing and how difficult it is to make ends meet. To that end, I thought it might be helpful if DUers could offer up their favorite budget-stretching recipes. Here's one to start:

I have a very inexpensive little Sunbeam breadmaker with which I make my family's bread and rolls. Because I buy in bulk, I'm able to make the following recipe for about 10 cents a loaf.

French Bread Rolls (Breadmaker version)

1 cup + 4 Tbs warm water
1 Tbs butter/margarine
1 Tbs sugar
1-1/2 tsp. salt
3-1/4 Cups flour (white and/or wheat)
2-1/2 tsp. fast-rising yeast (SUPER cheap at Costco)

Put the first 5 ingredients in breadmaker pan. Hollow out a make-shift "bowl" in the flour and place yeast in. Set for French, 1-1/2 pounds. After dough has kneaded a SECOND time, remove and separate into 8 rolls. Cover with damp dishtowel and let rise about an hour. Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes.