Is homemade pizza cheaper than takeout pizza?

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Can a homemade pizza beat the $5.55 pepperoni pizza from Little Caesar’s or a $7 frozen pizza?

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Crust Ingredients

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The teaspoon and a half called for in the recipe costs a little less than $0.008. In other words, it’s negligible. We can just round it up to a penny to make things easy!

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Plain old tap water, which is so cheap, it’s practically free.

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Yeast

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A Bottle costs around $3.50 which means that 2 tablespoons cost $0.21.

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Is homemade pizza cheaper than takeout pizza?

Can a homemade pizza beat the $5.55 pepperoni pizza from Little Caesar’s or a $7 frozen pizza?

Crust Ingredients

Crust Ingredients

A 5-pound bag costs around $4. That means each cup costs $0.20, and the four cups necessary for the pizza dough add up to $0.80.

Flour

Flour

The teaspoon and a half called for in the recipe costs a little less than $0.008. In other words, it’s negligible. We can just round it up to a penny to make things easy!

Salt

Salt

Plain old tap water, which is so cheap, it’s practically free.

Water

Water

Yeast

Yeast

If you don’t buy yours in bulk, though, your pizza dough is going to be WAY more expensive. Individual packets of yeast are craaazy expensive.

A Bottle costs around $3.50 which means that 2 tablespoons cost $0.21.

Olive Oil

Olive Oil

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