On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:17:54 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

> On Mar 24, 5:49?pm, " > wrote:
> > I make 8 dozen of these twice a year. ?I take a few in to work. ?I
> > leave a few out to eat on and I wrap and freeze the rest. ?They
> > literally take all day to make. ?That's why I only make them twice a
> > year. ?The fillings are made from scratch too.
> >
> > http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/d...sh%20Pastries/
>
> Now that you've seen them, how much would you be willing to pay for
> them? A neighbor of mine has asked if I would make a few dozen for
> her for a family get together she's having next month. She's offered
> to pay for them but I want to come up with a price that's fair to both
> of us. They cost me an average of 33 cents a piece in ingredient
> costs. Not counting the actual baking time, it takes about 7 hours of
> actual work time to make 8 dozen pastries. Three of those hours are
> used to make the dough. So whether I make enough dough for 2 dozen or
> 8 dozen it's still going to take 3 hours to make the dough. The
> remaining hours are used to make the fruit fillings and for creating
> the individual pastries. A local bakery that's suppose to be one of
> the better bakeries sells a similar item for a dollar each. To be
> honest though I don't think they're all that great. The dough is just
> so so and the fillings taste artificial. The cherry tastes like cough
> syrup. Okay, maybe not actual cough syrup but it tastes like the
> cherry flavor that's used in cough syrup. I certainly wouldn't sell
> mine for less than a dollar each considering all the work that's
> involved but I'm wondering if I should go higher.

Do the math. What's your time worth and do you want to make a profit?

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