Homemade Bread Crumbs (+ Seasoned Option)
Use up your odds and ends of bread pieces and more by making homemade bread crumbs. In just a few minutes, you can have a jar of bread crumbs ready to be seasoned or use as-is in your favorite recipe.
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 87kcal
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 4-6 cups torn up bread, muffins, crackers*
For Optional Seasoned Crumbs
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon each: basil, oregano, thyme or use 1½ teaspoons of just one herb
Instructions
- Break up the pieces of bread if you haven't already and toss them into the food processor bowl. You don't even have to defrost the bread if it's frozen before whirring it up most of the time (the exception is a hard crust from artisan bread).
- Whir the pieces until finely and evenly chopped.
- Store in a glass mason jar or other container in the fridge for a month or in the freezer for 6 months or more.
Notes
*Keep a container in the freezer to add any of these bread products to, making into crumbs when you have enough:
- Any stale pieces of bread left in packages.
- Baking mistakes like rolls, toast, muffins.
- The bread ends no one in the family really likes.
- Opened crackers that have been in the cupboard who knows how long. Stale crackers are fine in crumbs.
Nutrition
Calories: 87kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 392mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg
