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Crazy Cheap Croutons

>> Wednesday, March 17, 2010



Okay, for some of you this is going above and beyond in the Betty Homemaker category, but if you are like me and run out of croutons and still want a crunch on your salad, this is an EASY way to save a couple of dollars! Those of you who laughed when they read my post about making homemade breadcrumbs can just skip past this post ;)

Okay, to make homemade croutons, all you need is old/stale bread, butter, and seasonings. I had a package of dry hamburger buns that I kept for this very reason, so they came in handy the other night for dinner. Just cut them up into small cubes, put them on a pan (I put mine on my baking stone), drizzle some melted butter over your bread, season with garlic powder/spread, parsley, oregano, pepper, or whatever seasonings you like, and bake at 350 until they are golden brown. For leftover croutons, just store in a tupperware and they will last for a couple of days. Because you used fresh butter, they will begin to taste stale if you keep them on the shelf too long. I am sure you could keep them in the fridge if you needed to.

Put these delicious and EASY croutons on your favorite salad for the perfect crunch!

2 comments:

Lois March 17, 2010 at 6:49 PM  

I love your idea....I've got some bread right now that I'll have to try tomorrow and make in to croutons...that salad looks so good...good job...drop on over to my blog and check it out...thanks again for the idea on making the croutons.

Anonymous March 23, 2010 at 8:04 AM  

This isn't crazy at all, I do it all the time. Why pay for something that takes just a couple of minutes to do, they don't have all that chemical stuff in them and they are dirt cheap this way. BTW, I do mine in a frying pan with butter or olive oil and spices.

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