How to Make Breadcrumbs to Upgrade Any Dish

It’s rare for anyone to bring homea gorgeous loaf of breadand somehownotmanage to eat the whole thing themselves. I’ve tried quite a few times, and honestly, I don’t know how anyone can do it. On the off chance Idoend up with an extra bit of bread — perhaps some crusts, or the little piece at the end I like calling “the bread butt” — I toss it in a bag in the freezer. Then, when my freezer is full of bread butts, I make breadcrumbs.

How to Make Your Own Breadcrumbs

Whether you use old bread from the freezer or bought a fresh loaf specifically for the purpose of making breadcrumbs, the process is mostly the same. Here’s how you do it.

1. Cut Your Bread Into Small Pieces

The pieces don’t need to be even or precise — just take your handy dandy serrated knife and cut the bread up into small chunks, then spread them out on a baking sheet.

Leave them out on the counter or in a cold oven overnight to dry out; alternatively, you can set your oven at 250 degrees and bake your bread for 15 to 30 minutes until it’s dry and crumbly.

2. Grind Up Your Bread

时间打出来的食物处理器！对于精细的面包屑，就抛在面包和磨掉。如果您想粗糙的东西，像panko，填补了一碗处理器只有约的方式三分之一，那么脉冲面包，直到它就像你喜欢它。有的人喜欢将自己的赛季面包屑，但我认为这是最好的，让他们简单的，这样就可以赛季他们专门为每次在使用它们的配方。

3. Store Your Breadcrumbs

In a bag in the freezer, breadcrumbs can last six months or more (as if you’re not going to use them within days). You can also store them in a tightly lidded container in a cool, dark place for about a month until they lose their “fresh” flavor.

How to Use Your Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs are good for so much more than breading and frying! Toast them on the stove with a little bit of olive oil to sprinkleon top of pastasor salads for crunch. Mix them with a bit of sugar and butter to make an easy press-in pie crust.