Recipe: Perfect Homemade Bread Crumbs

Homemade Bread Crumbs. Add them to the food processor, and process them until coursely crumbed. To make the breadcrumbs in the food processor, place chunks of bread into the processor or blender jar. Pulse to desired crumb size, approximately the size of grains of rice.

Wrap your bread in a paper towel and squeeze and pinch it until it has made your desired crumb texture. Then, pour the crumbs from the paper towel into the bowl and gently shake the paper towel to make sure you get every last crumb. Use a food processor or blender to crumb the bread evenly. You can cook Homemade Bread Crumbs using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade Bread Crumbs

1. It's 1 of left over bread (any kind) I used a 1/2 loaf of french bread and slices of rye bread.
2. It's 1 of fresh herbs (1 med sprig rosemary,couple sprigs thyme,6 large leaves of basil)chopped fine.
3. It's 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of garlic salt (or regular salt).
5. You need 1 tbsp of dried italian seasoning.
6. You need 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.

Crumbs should not be like sand. Melt butter in a large pan and add crumbs and salt and pepper. To Make Panko Bread Crumbs: Remove the crusts from a loaf of wheat or white bread. Cut those squares in half and use the grater disc on your food processor to grate the bread.

Homemade Bread Crumbs step by step

1. Heat oven to 300°F..
2. If using loaf bread, slice it open lengthwise. Take bread place single layer on large baking sheet. Sprinkle fresh herbs over bread and bake for about 45 minutes. (You want the bread to be dry through out).
3. Let bread completely cool down then break into smaller pieces and throw in food processor and chop till fine.(do in small batches).
4. Put bread crumbs in large ziplock bag and add italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and parmesan cheese. Shake bag good to incorporate everything good..
5. I store mine in the refrigerator..
6. To make plain breadcrumbs do not add seasonings to bread crumbs..

The goal is for every crumb to be dry and crispy, but not browned. Add cubed bread into a food processor. Transfer to a large sheet pan or two small pans. Spread evenly in a single layer in the pan. Directions Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor; cover and process until fine crumbs form.