homemade bread crumbs

Learn how to make bread crumbs from scratch. Use them as a crunchy topping, coating, or mix-in for dishes like breaded chicken, casseroles, or meatballs.

Homemade Bread Crumbs

bread ((4 cups cubed) cut into 1-inch cubes)

Set the oven rack to the center position. Preheat to 300ºF (149ºC).

Add cubed bread into a food processor. Process on high speed for 30 seconds for coarse bread crumbs, or 1 minute for fine bread crumbs.

Transfer to a large sheet pan or two small pans. Spread evenly in a single layer in the pan.

Bake for 5 minutes, stir and then bake another 5 minutes. The bread crumbs should be lightly browned and feel dry to the touch.

Bake another 2 to 5 minutes as needed to make to completely dry.

Allow bread crumbs to cool on the sheet pan for 10 to 15 minutes.

Transfer to an airtight container to store.

For even finer bread crumbs, add to the food processor and pulse until the desired size is reached. 

Looking for a good use for day old bread? Here's how to make bread crumbs at home. From Panko to seasoned bread crumbs, all can be made with simple plain old white bread at home in just 5 minutes. Believe me, there is nothing like taste of homemade bread crumbs to make taste of a dish extra special. I used to buy breadcrumbs from store. Soon I noticed, after using about a cup, the rest of bread crumbs mostly expire or go soggy sitting in kitchen. This is when I decided to start making breadcrumbs at home. Homemade breadcrumbs are great utilization of few days old plain bread. Also, why pay money to stores for grinding old bread to crumbs when we can make'em fresh at home as per need? Making breadcrumbs at home solves twin purpose for me, save some money and utilize day old bread. All you need is some old plain white bread (for plain bread crumbs) and seasonings (for seasoned breadcrumbs). Follow the instructions below and jazz-up your dishes with homemade breadcrumbs.

Make Breadcrumbs at Home

White Bread, a day old bread slices

Salt

Panko crumbs – Panko Crumbs are lite, flaky, and give very crunchy texture to fried chicken. For panko crumbs, heat a skillet, toast slices of bread only for 1 minute each side. Make sure skillet is not over heated. We don’t want to brown the bread. Just draw out the moisture. Leave aside for 5 minutes, tear bread in small pieces and then pulse 8-10 times in food processor to crumbs (not fine but flaky crumbs)

Plain Bread Crumbs - For plain fine crumbs, heat a skillet, toast slices of bread until brown (but not burnt) toasted on both sides. 

Plain Bread Crumbs - Leave aside for 5 minutes, tear bread in small pieces and then pulse 10-15 times in food processor to fine crumbs. 

There are many ways to make homemade bread crumbs. You can use stale bread, for example. Use it alone or mix it with breadsticks and crackers and then chop everything in a food processor. You can do it with fresh bread, using the homemade ciabatta made with our recipe or you can use even sandwich bread. In addition homemade breadcrumbs, as well as tastier, are also cheaper than those purchased. The benefits of making breadcrumbs at home are many. We can decide whether to chop it coarsely or finer, depending on the recipes we want to make. We can flavor it with spices such as thyme or rosemary. In short, if your dishes require bread crumbs, immediately learn how to make homemade Italian bread crumbs! There are really many Italian recipes that include the use of bread crumbs: veal Milanese, fryed meatballs, Sicilian arancini, just to name a few. So now let’s see how to make homemade italian breadcrumbs for your delicious recipes!

How to Make Homemade Italian Bread Crumbs

stale bread

Cut the stale bread

Put the stale bread cut into pieces in the food processor

Chop

Chop at maximum speed for a few minutes, depending on the desired consistency: 1 or 2 minutes for coarse bread crumbs, 3 or 4 minutes for fine bread crumbs.

Making your own dairy-free Italian style bread crumbs is so easy and so rewarding. Simply grate a stale baguette, add some simple seasonings, and you’re ready to bread all the tofu cutlets and top all the casseroles for that great crispy coating we all love. 

Italian Seasoned Bread Crumbs Recipe

stale baguette

Italian seasoning

parsley

garlic powder

onion powder

salt

tsp black pepper

Use a four-sided cheese grater placed in a large bowl or baking dish, and grate the stale baguette into fine crumbs. You want to use the smaller holes on the grater that would give you thin shreds of cheese. These holes give a fine crumb without breaking the baguette apart into larger pieces the way the other options on the grater do. They’re also more forgiving on the fingers than the zester option on the shredder.

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