Do your kids love the Uncrustables but you don't like the price? Well, here you go. You can make them yourself for a fraction of the cost a piece just by getting the ingredients and you will have more left over.
Do the math. Figure the price of a loaf of bread, small jar of peanut butter, small jar of jelly. See how many you can get out of a whole loaf of bread. Compare that to the price of one box of just a few prepackaged sandwiches. See?
Use this to start your math. A box of 10 at Walmart is $9.48
A loaf of bread
A jar of peanut butter
A jar of jelly
Let's round the price up to $6 for these three items. Now figure how many sandwiches you can get out of that loaf of bread. I would think you can get at least 17 to 20 sandwiches out of this loaf. Depends on how many slices.
20 divided by 6 is about 30 to 33 cents a piece. (give or take according to the calculator).
Take into account you may have some jelly and peanut butter left over to start another batch.
I would say that is a cost savings in itself.
Then you can always use the crusts for French Toast Sticks to dip in syrup for breakfast or bread pudding, bread crumbs or croutons. Never toss the crusts.
This is a win win situation.
Here's how:
No fancy equipment. Just a jar ring and a fork to crimp the edges. Viola!
Another good part is these are freezable. Alot of people are afraid to remake sandwiches is because they get soggy with the jelly. Here is the remedy. Put a thin layer on each side of the bread. Sandwich the jelly between. This acts as a barrier.
These can be made in advance and frozen to grab and throw into the lunch box. They keep the lunchbox cool and they are thawed by lunch. Talk about convenient and time saving.
So enjoy your savings and sanity. Try making your own Uncrustables today. Your kids will love you for it.
Tracy
Keeper of the Home at 4D Farms
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