> bread ingreadient is cheap but the equipment that you need to do baking is not

It's actually not too bad, if look at the capital cost of a bread factory amortised over each loaf of bread.

The equipment is comparatively more expensive for a home baker who only bakes perhaps two loafs a week.

A comment in adjacent thread above mentioned paying $21 per-loaf! That could pay for the equipment needed to bake a couple loaves a week. You really don't need much besides a normal oven.

Unless you're talking about the oven, the equipment isn't expensive.

Some skills are required, but it's really not that hard once you learn the technique and have done it a few times.