How to make your own croutons? Isn’t that like a ton of work. Whatever?! You guys should know me by now. 99.9% of my recipes are super simple. So easy, in fact, you will wonder why you have been buying them all of these years.
Making your own croutons is a perfect way to use amazing bread that you forgot to eat before it went stale. (Don’t you HATE when that happens?) Mr. Crunchy and I recently bought the most amazing foccacia bread, but forgot to eat it! Instead of throwing it away, I figured it was time to make some more croutons. Summer is here and there isn’t anything better than some amazing fresh salads topped with some tasty croutons.
Inspired, I grabbed my focaccia bread and got to making! This whole process took me less than 30 minutes from start to finish. At the end, I had some AMAZING croutons that made my salad perfect!
This recipe is super simple, and a lot more frugal than buying the store varieties.
Ingredients
- 5-7 pieces of stale wheat bread
- 3 T grated parmesan cheese
- 1 T olive oil
- 2 T garlic powder (to taste)
- 1 T Italian seasoning
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Set your bread out on the counter until it has a nice crust to it
- Cut the bread into 1 inch squares. (bigger if you want bigger croutons)
- In a ziploc bag pour the olive oil, parmesan, garlic powder and Italian seasoning
- Place the bread in the bag, and shake, shake, shake (you may have to scrape the sides with some of the bread to get a good coating)
- Place the bread on a cookie sheet, and then place in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Your croutons are ready to eat! Store them in an air tight container and enjoy!
Teressa Morris says
Love this recipe!! So easy!! I’m going to try it the next time I have some really good bread go stale (doesn’t happen very often, LOL)
Ashley Sears says
Thanks, Teressa. It is SOO easy! I don’t buy croutons at all anymore after doing it this way.
karyl henry says
Okay, this is WAY too easy for me not to try. Thanks for sharing!
Christine says
Such a great recipe, and I wish I remembered to do this more often with leftover breads! Because they taste so much better than store bought!
Thanks for joining us at the DI & DI link Party Ashley, hope you have a great week!
Christine says
So easy to do! Thanks for sharing! Stopping by from Create and Create.
EMILY says
Such a great way to use up bread & so easy too! You can’t beat that 🙂 Thanks for sharing with Merry Monday.
easypeasylifematters says
These sound so mouth watering!!! 🙂
Miz Helen says
I love to make my own Croutons, this is a great recipe. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and have a great week!
Miz Helen