Homemade Croutons
You'll enjoy the light crunchiness of these homemade croutons made from the bread of your choice that you season and toast in your oven.
Equipment:
- Large baking sheet
Ingredients:
- 4 slices of sandwich bread
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dried parsley flakes
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut the bread into cubes of about a 1/2" size. I usually get about 20 cubes from a slice of sandwich bread, and my preference is usually to trim the crusts off the bread too.
- Put the bread cubes in a large mixing bowl.
- Put the butter in a microwave safe cup or bowl (I use my glass measuring cup). Melt the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds.
- Stir the garlic powder and parsley flakes into the melted butter.
- Pour the melted butter mixture over the bread cubes in the mixing bowl. Lightly toss and stir to coat the bread cubes with the butter mixture.
- Spread the buttered bread cubes in a single layer on a large baking sheet.
- Put the baking sheet in the oven and toast the bread cubes for 10 minutes, stirring a couple times during that time to help with even toasting.
- If after 10 minutes you think the bread cubes need a little more toasting, you can give them a couple more minutes, but watch them closely at that point to make sure they don't burn.
- Take the bread cubes out of the oven and let them cool completely. They will probably crisp up a little bit more as they cool off.
- Store in a covered container at room temperature. (The refrigerator could make your croutons turn soft).