Nabisco ginger snaps $6 a box!
Just got home from the grocery store. What makes these so expensive? Even their Vanilla Wafers aren’t as much. Needless to say, I put them back on the shelf!
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that was sitting on a shelf. You can make a wide variety of 1.5 to 2 lb. loaves in 3 hr. per loaf and/or dough for the fridge/freezer. Some machines have a delayed start for fresh bread overnight, ready for eating first thing in the morning. I understand that expensive popular KitchenAid stand mixer also has a bread dough mixing accessory. Plain white bread dough or something more exotic like sourdough or challah can be made quite inexpensively. One can also make sweet freezer rolls for continental breakfasts, dough for buns for burgers or hot dogs, and pizza doughs fresh or to keep in the fridge/freezer. More or less, just add yeast and water in the machine in proper order and let her rip. If not sensitive, added gluten for a denser more conditioned dough can also be added; google how to do this. However, your local natural food store, like mine, might have organic ground flours in bulk priced by the pound, potatoes, pasture raised eggs, nuts, seeds, and dried fruits, to avoid glyphosates and pesticides, but that's a more expensive choice than bulk bags of flour at Costco or Sam's. Specialty flours to avoid gluten can also be had via Amazon or directly from the producers on-line stores and bakery supply houses. I enjoy quality all-organic Dave's bread or Alpine brand multi-grain and raisin, but they are often $5+ a loaf here. One can do better at home and get creative. I've also purchased a loaf-cutting guide and a good serrated saw-blade bread knife to cut even slices for toasts and sandwiches.
Our local Schwebel's outlet closed too. I, too, took advantage of the lower prices there though one needed to freeze or eat it quickly. The store carried other pantry items and lunch goodies, condiments, and munchies, and ice cream treats as well. Apparently, they could not keep a cashier for the low wages paid. 
$1 at Dollar Tree. I only use them for Banana Pudding.
i do not really buy food there but find the smaller boxes nice.
I don't understand why they would have price increases driven by tariffs. Will every US company jump on the bandwagon and start raising prices now?
See: https://www.allrecipes.com/search/results/?wt=ginger%20snap%20cookies&sort=re
The mom's recipe has ground clove, cinnamon and ginger and sounds good. Unfortunately, all these fresh ingredients will cost more that the 1-lb. box of cookies.
Pillsbury sells Gingerbread Refrigerated Cookies (may be seasonal though) that may not have the same flavor strength as snaps, but perhaps worth a try. Flatten them out thin and bake 'till crisp.
The price you mentioned comes to $6/lb. It's weird that on Amazon, vanilla wafers are nearly the same price ($5/lb. buying in bulk). This suggests maybe the price of baked goods in general has increased. I did notice the price on my favorite rye bread has increased quite a bit.
KY..........
