Croutons
Croutons add some tasty crunch to your salad or soup, and they are really easy to make.
Instead of paying $2-4 for a package of croutons, you can get a loaf of day old Italian bread for a dollar and make your own. You can multiply this recipe as needed. We get 16-20 cups of bread cubes from a loaf of Italian bread.
Croutons
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Stale Bread Cubes
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- ½ tsp ground thyme
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground pepper
Instructions
- Cut your bread into ¾” cubes, keeping the crusts on. Put them in a large measuring cup (to figure out how many cups you have) and then transfer them to large mixing bowl.
- When you know how many cups of cubes you have, you can figure how much of the butter/oil/seasoning mix to make.
- In a small sauce pan, combine the olive oil, butter, and seasonings. Heat over medium heat until the butter is melted and then let it sit for 5-10 minutes to let the flavors infuse into the oil.
- Drizzle the seasoned olive oil over your chopped bread and toss until bread crumbs have an even coating of oil. To avoid soaking a few croutons, drizzle and toss, drizzle and toss, drizzle and toss.
- Spread the bread in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake at 300˚F for 30 minutes until they are golden brown and crunchy, stirring every 10 minutes.
- If you make enough to do two baking sheets, put them on the high and low rack and rotate them up and down in the oven each time you stir them.
- Let them cool, and then store in an air tight container.