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CookingCost turns your ingredient costs into the confidence to charge what you're worth. Built for home bakers, cottage food businesses, and artisan makers who mean business.

Trusted by 2,400+ bakers
55+ ingredients
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No spreadsheet needed
Avg saved per recipe
$4.20
vs guessing on price
Recipes calculated
14,800+
and counting
Margin clarity
Instant
no spreadsheet needed
Store prices
55+ ingredients
Unit converter
Recipe-in-recipe
Batch scaling
Recipe folder
Allergen labels
Organic labels
How it works

Three steps to know your worth

No spreadsheets. No guessing. Just clear, confident numbers in under two minutes.

01
Add your ingredients
Search from 55+ pre-loaded ingredients with real store prices, or add your own custom pantry items. Enter amounts in any unit — we convert to grams automatically.
02
Set your margin
Drag the margin slider to your target profit. See your sell price update in real time. Factor in labor, packaging, and overhead — all in one screen.
03
Know your number
Get cost-per-unit, cost-per-batch, suggested sell price, and full margin breakdown instantly. Save to your recipe folder or print a label.
Everything you need

Built for how bakers actually work

Every feature was built from real baker feedback. Nothing generic, nothing bloated.

Works on any device Waste calculator Keep screen on mode Cloud recipe save Printable labels Batch scaling Recipe in recipe Shopping list Allergen flags Organic labels Break-even marker Custom pantry items
Sample result

What your result card looks like

Every recipe you build gets a full breakdown — cost, margin, sell price, and ingredients at a glance.

Crème Brûlée Cinnamon Roll
Batch of 12  ·  Brioche base  ·  Saved Jun 2026
PRO saved
Cost / batch
$8.64
Cost / unit
$0.72
Sell price
$7.50
Margin
90%
Bread flour450g$0.54
Heavy cream180ml$1.44
Eggs (large)3 whole$0.90
Butter (unsalted)120g$1.68
Vanilla bean paste1 tsp$0.82
Cream cheese200g$1.60
Profit margin slider 90%
$7.50 sell price $6.78 profit / unit
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Everything free bakers get — plus the tools that serious sellers need to run a real business.

Cloud pantry sync
Ingredients and recipes saved and synced across every device automatically.
Unlimited recipes
Save and organize every recipe. Free plan is capped at 5 saved recipes.
Printable labels
Ingredient lists, allergens, and branding — formatted and ready to print.
Break-even marker
See exactly where you break even on your margin slider in real time.
Shopping list
Generate a full grocery list from any recipe or batch with one tap.
Recipe in recipe
Nest your filling or glaze cost inside your roll cost — costs roll up automatically.
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