Homemade Bread Crumbs

I was running low on bread crumbs. I went to my freezers and started pulling out bread that I could make breadcrumbs with. Thanks to my son's job, there is never a shortage of bread items in our house. I grabbed Italian bread and lots of bagels. I used plain, sesame, poppy and everything bagels. They work well as bread crumbs. I turned the oven to 400 degrees and started cutting everything up.  I then layed them out on cookie sheets.

They went into the oven for 15 minutes.

They were toasted when they came out.

Into the food processor they went.

After a minute I had crumbs. I then sift mine. We like fine bread crumbs

The big chunks are put back on a cookie sheet and go back into the oven for another 5 minutes. Be careful not to burn them. Burnt breadcrumbs are not good. 

Then I put them back into the food processor.

When I have a large quantity of fine bread crumbs I pour them into a container. I use old nut or herb containers.

I then add seasonings because we like our breadcrumbs that way. 

 I added black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and parsley.

I shake them will. I do let them sit open on the counter to make sure they fully cool down. You do not want to trap any moisture in with the breadcrumbs otherwise they will get moldy. I tend to still have some bigger chunks so I keep them in a container for when I can use them such as when we make meatballs. 

Homemade bread crumbs are easy to make, taste great and help avoid food waste. Just throw your bread ends into the freezer and wait until you have enough to make a batch.