Homemade Bread Crumbs
Ingredients
- 4 cups old, stale bread, cut into 1 inch cubes (NOT moldy)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F
- Add cubed bread to food processor and process until bread crumbs are to the size you like.
- Spread bread crumbs evenly into one layer on a sheet pan.
- Bake for 5 minutes in middle of the oven.
- After 5 minutes, stir and bake another 5 minutes until bread is lightly browned and feels dry to the touch.
- Once lightly browned and feels dry, bake another 2-5 minutes to make it completely dry.
- Remove from oven, allow bread crumbs to cool to cool on the sheet pan for about 10-15 minutes.
- Transfer to air-tight container if using within a week, OR transfer to the freezer to have bread crumbs ready to go when you need them.
Notes
- If you need bread crumbs now, but only have fresh bread no worries! Cut bread into slices first, place in toaster or the 300 degree oven to dry out a bit. Allow to cool completely, then proceed with instructions above.
- Don't have a food processor? Skip steps 2 and 3 above. Just cut the bread into about 1 inch cubes and follow the steps for toasting and drying out above. Then, once cooled, transfer cubed bread to a Ziploc bag. Seal it up well, then use a rolling pin to beat the devil out of it until all bread has been crumbled.
- Good news - this recipe works for croutons too!!! Instead of processing 1 inch bread cubes into bread crumbs, just bake/toast the bread cubes as instructed above and you have delicious croutons for your salad!
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