And besides all that good stuff, it’s a great way to use up stale or older bread. You can throw these crunchy nuggets of joy on salads, in soups or eat by themselves (I confess--I do this part very often as they are very addictive).
This is such a simple and easy recipe. After you try this, you’ll never buy store bought croutons again. Get ready for a Foodgasmic crunch!
SIMPLE HOMEMADE CROUTONS
Vegan
Makes about 2 -3 cups croutons
INGREDIENTS
1 baguette (white or wheat sliced
bread is fine too), sliced and cut into bite sizes pieces (about 2-3 cups
worth)
5-7 tablespoons olive oil
3-5 tablespoons Italian
seasonings (or your favorite dried herb blend)
½- 1 teaspoon salt (use less if your dried herb blend
contains salt)
½ teaspoon fresh
cracked black pepper
DIRECTIONS
· Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
· Toss bread cubes with olive oil,
seasoning, slat and pepper until evenly coated.
· Put bread onto one or two cookie
sheets (make sure they have room to spread out).
· Bake for 15 minutes and check to see
if they are dry, crispy, and golden brown.
· Stir the croutons around and bake
for an additional 10-15 minutes or until done.
· Store croutons in airtight container
or ziplock baggie.
ALTERNATIVE-
For spicy croutons, replace the Italian seasonings with 1 teaspoon cayenne
pepper, 1 teaspoon paprika (or smoked paprika), add ½ teaspoon more of black
pepper (1 teaspoon total) and a dash of your favorite hot sauce (I used Cholula
Chipotle hot sauce). Follow the rest of the recipe the same way. These are good
on top of the Kale And Garbanzo Bean Stew.
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