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Recipe cost sheets Heading: name, date, block in top right hand corner Complete top table: Early College High School & Career Pathways Mrs. Aragon Menu Item = Recipe Name Portions = Yield Complete ingredient columns: item & amount (straight from recipe)

Purchasing price write under “Unit cost” Granulated Sugar: 10 lbs./$5.48 Brown Sugar: 2 lbs./$1.72 Butter: 2 cups/$2.98 Shortening: 48 oz./$4.22 Eggs: 1 dozen/$2.19 Vanilla Extract: 1 oz./$1.98 All-purpose Flour: 10 lbs./$5.19 Baking Soda: 1 lb. /$0.52 Salt: 26 oz. /$0.72 Semisweet Chocolate Chips: 24 oz./$4.28 Baking Powder: 8 oz./$1.79 Pecans: 2 c./$8.39 Confectioners Sugar: 2 lb./$1.62 Heavy Cream: 1 pint/$1.87 Milk:1 gal./$1.99 Frozen Blueberries: 32 oz./$4.25 Maple flavoring: 2 oz./$3.28 Coffee: 33.9 oz./$7.98 Nutmeg: 1.1 oz./$3.72 Banana: 1 lb./$0.53 Cinnamon: 8.75 oz./$6.68 Bisquick Mix: 40 oz./$4.39 Lemon Zest (peel): 1 ea./$0.25 Blueberries: 6 oz./$3.99 Lemon Juice: 32 oz./$2.78 Pumpkin Puree: 15 oz./$2.59 Ground Cloves: 9 oz./$4.98 Cream of Tartar: 1.5 oz./$3.18 Peanut Butter: 80 oz./$10.48 Cream Cheese: 8 oz./$1.00 French Bread: 1 loaf/$1.49 Frosted Flakes: 10 ½ cups/$3.79 Sliced Almonds: 1 cup/$3.29

flour: 3 cups $5.19/10 lbs. How many cups are in a pound? 2 cups = 1 lb., 20 cups = 10 lbs. How much does 1 cups cost? $5.19÷20=$0.2595/1 cup How much do 3 cups cost? $0.2595 x 3= 0.7785 = $0.78