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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A great way to turn unwanted bread scraps into a useful ingredient, with variations for making dry bread crumbs. Cook time is for the dry bread crumbs. Ingredients:
1 ounce bread, 1 sandwich bread, without added flavorings, or |
1 roll, without added flavorings |
Directions:
1. Tear 1 small roll or 1 slice of bread at a time into a blender.
2. Cover. Turn blender on and off repeatedly until bread is torn into light, uniform crumbs.
3. Or put bread on a cutting board and use fork tines to tear off crumbs.
4. Put crumbs into a plastic bag and toss to mix.
5. Press air from bag; close and freeze.
6. One (1-ounce) bread slice makes about 1/2 cup lightly packed crumbs.
7. Dry Breadcrumbs:.
8. Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius).
9. Spread soft bread crumbs in a thin layer on a shallow baking sheet.
10. Dry in oven 30 minutes.
11. Cool.
12. Spread crumbs out in an open plastic bag; crush with a rolling pin.
13. 1/2 cup lightly packed soft breadcrumbs makes about 3 tablespoons fine dry breadcrumbs.
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