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Make Your Own Bread Crumbs

Submitted by: smrtshppr 03/18/2009 10:20 AM

No one in my family eats the ends of loaves of bread and I hated throwing them away. So I decided to find out how to make breadcrumbs (we use them all the time for breaded chicken, fish, meatloaf, casseroles).

It is so easy. All I did was let the bread get slightly stale and dried out and then just broke it up into pieces and put it in the food processor. I keep it in my old Progressive bread crumb container. Now if we want seasoned bread crumbs we just add some italian seasoning or fresh herbs.

It's great, we save money because we are not wasting food and we are not buying bread crumbs. And homemade has got to be healthier (i just checked, bread has 11 ingredients, bread crumbs 31 ingredients - how is it not just bread?)

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I love this idea and I am so trying it!!!

Posted by Shawna on March 18, 2009 7:41 PM

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This may be considered a strange comment, but--one day I was cooking and my family had been ill with the flu a few days before. I was making bread crumbs for meatloaf. I opened the bag of bread and saw the end piece sitting there. A thought occured to me...many people bypass the end piece, or slice, of bread to get to other pieces, because the inner slices are soft. I thought about all the germs that were likely on that slice of bread. I thought that my family very possibly had spread germs between us by handling the end slices of bread, so I threw that end slice in the trash. (My city has an ordinance against throwing bread to birds due to possibility of attracting other animals.) Anyway, I can't know for sure if it has made a difference, but my family hasn't been as sick. Now with every loaf of bread I store the first slice in a Ziplock for bread crumbs and the next piece, which is soft, gets used, as does the rest of the loaf.

Posted by Carol A. on March 19, 2009 11:00 AM

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Carol - I never thought about that before, but it makes perfect sense. That neglected end slice of bread does get a manhandled a lot - I'll be taking mine out from now on too!

Posted by anonymous on March 19, 2009 12:26 PM

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my mom does this too and she sticks the bread in the oven to dry it out just right before breaking it down.

Posted by christyp on March 23, 2009 5:53 PM

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Shawna, you may just be a genius! I'm in healthcare, and I never would have considered the possibility of those heels being, well, "heels" and making my family ill.

Posted by dePriest on March 24, 2009 12:54 AM

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You mentioned using an old bread-crumb container? Wouldn't an old Oatmeal box do just as well? I've never bought breadcrumbs..

retiree

Posted by Mary Cotton on March 27, 2009 10:28 AM

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I've been doing this for a while as well and here's another cool thing...

I also take the end piece, or any old pieces of bread I'm not using and I butter lightly, sprinkle with garlic powder and italian seasoning and then dry them out in a very low temp oven. Then grind them up in my blender or food processor just like I do with the plain bread slices, and then I've made italian breadcrumbs as well. It's a no brainer.

Posted by Caffequeen on April 12, 2009 6:34 PM

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Mary--certainly any old container will do! I just happened to have a bread crumb container which works great because I don't have to relabel it. Thanks for your comments-Caffequeen, I am going to try out your Italian style recipe this week.

Posted by smrtshppr on April 13, 2009 9:12 AM

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I put mine in the oven and toast them first too. You can also make croutons.

Posted by anonymous on April 19, 2009 8:21 PM

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I also use them to make stuffing - larger pieces if I already have a surplus of bread crumbs. I just slice the bread into cubes and let it air dry lightly wrapped in a tea towel in a large basket. I give the wrapped bits a shake evry day until they are fully dry then store in a well sealed container.

Posted by Marilyn on June 30, 2009 4:32 PM

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