Homemade Bread Crumbs

Ingredients

• 1 loaf day-old crusty bread (like sourdough or ciabatta)
• 2-3 tablespoons olive oil (optional)
• 1 teaspoon dried Italian herbs (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
• Diamond Crystal kosher salt, to taste (optional)

Make the Bread Crumbs

First, get your oven preheating to 300F.

Cut or tear your bread into rough cubes and spread them out on a baking sheet. If you’re making seasoned bread crumbs, now is the time to drizzle them with olive oil and toss them with the herbs, garlic powder, and a pinch of salt.

Bake for ~35 to 40 minutes. You’re looking for the bread to be completely dried out and lightly golden.

Let the toasted bread cool completely on the baking sheet.

Once it’s cool, you can add the pieces in batches to a food processor and pulse until they’re finely chopped, about the size of coarse sand.

You can use them right away or store them in an airtight container.

Homemade Bread Crumbs

The key to good homemade bread crumbs is using bread that’s a day or two old and has had a chance to dry out a bit. You can make them plain, or you can toss the bread with a little olive oil and some herbs before baking to make a seasoned version. This is a super simple way to use up any leftover crusty bread you have lying around.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time40 minutes mins

Cooling Time30 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 loaf day-old crusty bread like sourdough or ciabatta
• ▢ 2-3 tablespoons olive oil optional
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dried Italian herbs optional
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder optional
• ▢ Diamond Crystal kosher salt optional, to taste

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Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Cut bread into rough cubes and spread on baking sheet.
• Drizzle with olive oil and toss with Italian herbs, garlic powder, and salt.
• Bake 35-40 minutes until dried and lightly golden.
• Cool completely on baking sheet.
• Pulse in food processor until finely ground like coarse sand.

Notes

Store in airtight container. Use day-old crusty bread like sourdough or ciabatta for best results.

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