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I'm not sure how many cups 50 lbs is, but for our family of four, our current use of wheat comes to about 150 lbs per year. (dc = ds13 & dd8). I do make pretty much all our bread products. I also use some millet, flax, buckwheat, barley, oats, nut meals, bran, wheat germ etc. in my baking, but the bulk of what I use is wheat.

 

Hope this helps :)

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We are a family of 6 and I buy about 50 lbs of Prairie Gold every 3 months. This is strictly for bread and pizza dough (yeast breads). I also buy 50 lbs of soft wheat (which is a little cheaper) for pancakes cookies, ect.. This will usually last me about 6 months.

 

PS - I was shocked at the price increase. I just found out yesterday the Prairie Gold increased about $10 a 50 lb. bag. YIKES!

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We have a co-op, and I have the option of buying 25 or 50 pounds of Prairie Gold. We are a family of 5. I make my own bread, muffins, pancakes, etc.

 

Any idea how much I should order?

 

Which Co-op do you use. I know we don't live too far apart and I'm thinking of getting a nutrimill soon. I did find a place locally to get wheat berries(it's a couple of sisters running an at home business) but it's $41.85 for a 45lb pail and I'm not sure if that's a good price or not. Although there is the convenience factor of not having to order in advance during only certain months/once a month.

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I can't help you out (surprisingly given how much bread I bake). I've given up worrying about volume measuring. If you don't have a good scale, get one! Your bread baking will be more consistent than you could possibly imagine! Some of the new digital scales are very, very reasonable. I have an "analog" one that I love.

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