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Cooking & Baking

grasswire

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5. Last year I used more than 20 pounds of butter for Christmas baking.

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Tue Nov 18, 2014, 12:46 PM

Nov 2014

Twelve pounds of cookies were picked up by the college boy going home on the train -- I bake for that part of the family every year and particularly now when there are twin toddlers.

I'm channeling my Aunt Dorothy who set the pace with her baking. A whole pantry with shelves of Christmas tins full of cookies.

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Sure hope the price of butter comes down for Christmas baking! [View all] grasswire Nov 2014 OP

Rochester NH catnhatnh Nov 2014 #1

$6/lb for LOL atm when not on sale Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #2

Best I've found is $3.68 for the store brand. sinkingfeeling Nov 2014 #3

I buy butter only once a year. For Christmas baking. kentauros Nov 2014 #4

Last year I used more than 20 pounds of butter for Christmas baking. grasswire Nov 2014 #5

See if any of the restaurant supply places will sell bulk butter to you. kentauros Nov 2014 #6

2.29/lb at aldi noamnety Nov 2014 #7

2.99 at Kroger if you buy 10 items in that group fadedrose Nov 2014 #8

Sprouts has their butter for $2.99 this week hobbit709 Nov 2014 #9

Cub stores in my area have it 2lbs for $5 in my area n/ azurnoir Nov 2014 #10

Aldis Demsrule86 Nov 2014 #11

no aldis near me grasswire Nov 2014 #13

I got two pounds for $5.00 the day before Thanksgiving. SheilaT Nov 2014 #12