Easy Homemade Bread Croutons Recipe
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Homemade Bread Croutons are great on salads, in soup, or as a snack. It’s a great way to use up bread that would otherwise go to waste.
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Homemade Croutons
Ingredients
- Bread cubed in desired size
- Olive oil
- Spices
- Salt
- Parmesan cheese optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Drizzle olive oil on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Place cubed bread in a large bowl. Lightly drizzle with olive oil and liberally add spices and sprinkle with salt. I will generally use an Italian herb blend or Herbs de Provence. Stir and repeat olive oil drizzle, herbs and salt.
- Spread bread cubes out on a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes or until bread is browned and no longer soft.
- Cool and store in an airtight container for up to one week at room temperature.
Nutritional Disclaimer
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
Another benefit of making your own croutons is that you choose the ingredients so you can assure that they are vegan, vegetarian, organic or fit into your food choices. Especially if you bake your own bread!
Of course, leftover bread can always be saved for stuffing or dressing. I hope you will check out some of my bread recipes. My Harvest Grains bread is a good choice and makes delicious croutons too.
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I used to keep a big jar of these on the kitchen counter, they are so delicious and were a favorite snack of my family and my son’s friends. They would walk in the door and head straight for the jar, emerging with a handful as if they were popcorn. I love the crunch they add to salads and soups as well.
That would have been a great idea putting them in a jar Liz. I know my kids would have kept that jar empty as well. John does a good job of it as well. Better than chips I say.
What an useful post Julie! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Su! I appreciate you stopping by!
Homemade croutons sound wonderful, Julie! I must be such a huge difference between homemade and store bought. I can’t even imagine how good they must be with homemade bread! Thanks so much for this!
Thank you Shari! They are yummy and a few automatically disappear before I can get them stored away.
I absolutely despise boxed croutons and love making my own! I’m sure they’re even better with the home-made bread!
Thank you! Always so wonderful to have you stop by!
I imagine you could eat these like pretzels, they look so good 🙂 You HAVE been busy in your kitchen Julie? 🙂 Happy weekend to you!
My son was home last week so I was cooking a ton but not for the blog so this week I worked on it a bit. Loving the fresh produce Loretta. It inspires me to do different things with it. Enjoy your day sweet friend!
Thank you, Julie, for sharing your recipe for croutons. Happy Fiesta!
Thank you Ahila! Very kind of you to co-host!
I always love croutons in my soup! I sometimes use the oven toaster in making them when I want to use the croutons right away. #Laziness Hahaha. These are absolutely perfect, Julie. Happy FF! x
Great idea to use the toaster! Quick and easy not lazy. I love FF and thank you for stopping by!
Love this, Julie! Such a perfect way to use leftover bread … and you’ve inspired me to make more salads!! 😉
That’s great Anna! I’d love a few of those beautiful eggs boiled up on a good salad too!
My mother always makes her own croutons – almost the same recipe. She doesn’t like to waste anything. They are indeed, very tasty. Have a sunny weekend, Julie! 🙂
That’s the way I grew up too Ana. We used what we grew and were very creative on how many ways it could be used. My grandmother even made ketchup from choke cherries once. It was groooossss!!
I’m afraid my ratio of crouton to salad would be unbalanced with these yummy croutons. I love bread in almost any form.
I’m not saying that a few croutons didn’t make it to the picture either.
These look perfectly crunchy, and I imagine that they have such a depth of flavor that ‘ordinary’ croutons would be lacking. Great,useful recipe Julie.
Thank you Jess! They are a little addicting and so easy to make! Have a great weekend Jess!
I love having croutons in my salad, but have never made my own! I can’t wait to try these with my leftover bread 🙂
Thank you Megan! They are really and my little neighbor kids love helping me make them. One of them asked their mothers if they would ask me for the recipe. So cute!
There is nothing better than home made croutons Julie.
I liked the idea of freezing the leftover bread slices.
Thank you Sonal! The little ones like helping make these two.
Perfect! So useful
Thank you Elaine! First I thought it was a no-brainer but I look up my time and temp every time I make them so thought may as well put it on the blog.
Good plan! I use my own blog for reference so often 🙂
I use yours too.
Really?? Cool! Thank you I use yours too!
Here’s one of those simple posts that all your readers will love, me included!
Thank you Johanne. I agree. It’s so easy but I have to look at my notes every time I make them. Now I can just jump onto the blog. Enjoy your weekend!