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Homemade Crunchy Croutons
10 min
Soup
Homemade staple
10 ingredients or less
One-bowl / one-pot
Budget-friendly
Servings
(¼ cup per serving)
Total
10 minPrep
5 minCook
5 minSwap out
gluten
Free from
soy
peanut
tree nut
sesame
Ingredients
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4slices whole wheat bread
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2 Tbsp (30 mL)olive oil
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1garlic clove, crushed (optional)
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1 tsp (3 g)garlic powder
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1 tsp (2 g)onion powder
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½ tsppaprika powder
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⅛ tspsalt
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1 pinchground black pepper
Directions
- Slice or tear the bread into 1 cm cubes.
- Add the bread, oil, garlic, herbs and spices to a large bowl and toss to combine.
- For the pan-fried version: heat a bit more oil in a large pan on high heat. Add the coated bread and stir often, cooking for 5 minutes or until golden and crispy.
- For the oven-baked version: preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C)*. Spread the coated bread onto a lined baking tray and bake for 7 - 10 minutes, mixing once halfway. Enjoy!
Notes
- * We used top and bottom heating (not fan-assisted/convection).
Storage
- Keep in an airtight container on the counter for up to 2 days.
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This recipe has been an endless well of inspiration for making my own croutons, but also "crackers", like the ones of the brand names I won't mention here 😊
Heaven on earth ♡♡♡
Love them so much. And it’s a huge success when I add them to my soup for the family ^_^
I make these in the air fryer, they come out perfect every time !
Simple and easy , miam !
I don't have an oven so I used my toaster oven. I definitely should have adjusted the slices of bread used. I will keep this in my mind for next time. Baked for 10 minutes they weren't as crispy as in the picture and we're still a bit soft. However I actually liked this texture so I took them as is. When I try again in the future I will experiment more to get crispier croutons. As for the taste I misplaced my garlic powder, so I used garlic salt and instead of paprika powder I used a seasoning mix that had paprika in it. I left out the Italian seasoning as I don't have that at the moment but kept the measurements for the rest of the ingredients the same. For some reason I expected it to be spice, which it wasn't at all and I have low spice tolerance. Overall 10/10 glad I tried this.
Thanks to these my leftover stale bread always wonderfully jazzes my soups.
Made this today in air fryer, very delicious!
Delicious!
Better than any croutons I’ve ever had! I baked it and used Ezekiel Flax bread and it turned out amazing!
Made this today and they are so delicious!
I used to make croutons from toast bread, so this is the upgrade I didn't know I needed! Definitely my new to-go recipe!
Tasty and simple.
I made these along with pumpkin ginger soup. Both were tasty.
I decided to make these because I had some leftover bread from a sourdough baguette 🥖 and WOW! So simple, easy, and SO flavorful! Honestly this baking sheet full of croutons might be gone before they make it atop a soup or salad 😂🥗🥣
Loved it 😍
So easy to make and without the conservatives that bought croutons may contain. Tasty too. ;-)
❤️❤️❤️
So easy to make and add the perfect crunch on top of soups.
Easy to make and very tasty! ☺️
Would I make this again? Yes!!
So yummy!
This is such a simple recipe and they taste soo much better than the store-bought croutons. I also like that it gives me a chance to do something with the leftover loaves of fresh bread that I buy. Plus everyone is always very impressed that I made my own croutons. 😂😂
I made the oven-baked version and they came put really crispy, although I burned them a little! 😄