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Homemade Bread Crumbs

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November 6, 2012 by Kendra 16 Comments

Did you know you can make your own homemade bread crumbs?

It’s really easy.

Homemade Bread Crumbs

Why should you make your own bread crumbs?

  • Buying them is expensive.
  • A good way to use old or stale bread.
  • Save money AND waste. 🙂

After a church function the leftover bread was send home with the members. But since the bread had sat out a lot, it was a little hard and stale. Not to mention, we don’t like white bread.

What you will need, to make one quart of homemade bread crumbs.

  • 6 regular slices of bread.
  • Food processor.
  • Quart jar, or similar sized container, to store your homemade bread crumbs in.

Make Your Own Bread Crumbs

Tear your bread into medium sized pieces and put them in your chopper. I did this three pieces at a time. Depending on the size of your food processor you may want to do more or less than that.

homemade bread crumbsThree pieces fill my chopper about 2/3 full.  Run your chopper on medium to high speed for about 20 seconds.  Your crumbs should be coarse with no large pieces.

Homemade BreadcrumbsOnce you have your bread crumbs, pour them into your jar or storage container. There you go!

Homemade Bread CrumbsHow long will your homemade bread crumbs last?

These are still fresh bread crumbs, meaning they have not been completely dried or toasted. I wouldn’t recommend putting fresh homemade bread crumbs on the shelf. Mine go into the freezer, although I am sure the fridge would be fine for a couple weeks. Last jar of bread crumbs I pulled out of the freezer still smelled great, but I use a tight sealing jar so that will make a big difference. My bread crumbs last at least 3-4 months.

Correction, they stay good 3-4 months. I use a lot of bread crumbs so they don’t usually last real long. 🙂

If you insist on having seasoned bread crumbs add:

  • Tablespoon of Italian Seasoning + teaspoon of granulated garlic, for Italian Breadcrumbs
  • Tablespoon of Mrs Dash seasoning salt for Seasoned Breadcrumbs.
  • 1 Tablespoon of lemon – pepper, for Breadcrumbs with a zip.

It’s pretty easy to make homemade bread crumbs, so next time you have old stale bread, don’t throw it out. Make your own breadcrumbs!

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Respectful opinions are always welcome

  1. Rebekah says

    November 6, 2012 at 2:14 am

    Good tip! I started making my own breadcrumbs recently and freeze them also. Why I started making them was because I had made special tea sandwiches for a tea party and had all this extra bread left (from the cut out shapes) that I could NOT throw out. I was like, well I guess I will freeze them for meatloaf or something. I was wondering about seasoned ones, so thanks for the instructions. Seasoned ones will go well on my baked mac and cheese. 😀

    Reply
  2. javeriyasayeedsiddiqui says

    November 6, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Wow! so easy and simple. 🙂

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      November 6, 2012 at 11:05 am

      I know, who-da thunk it? 😉

      Reply
  3. Becca says

    November 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm

    Thanks for sharing! Good to know they’re easy enough to make homemade. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Tirabaralla says

    November 6, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    I do something similar ofter, no trowing away good bread! 🙂
    I also suggest mixing some finely grated parmesan in them if used for chicken or veggies…yum yum.

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      November 7, 2012 at 12:18 pm

      Ooooo that’s a a good idea! I love cheese. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Becca @ The Earthlings Handbook says

    November 7, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    It’s amazing the volume of crumbs you get per slice of bread! I usually toast the bread before crumbing it for better flavor and possibly longer shelf life–although I keep mine in the freezer, too.

    Another great use for extra bread is a bread pudding, either the dessert type or Cheesy Vegetable Bread Pudding.

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    • Kendra says

      November 7, 2012 at 1:51 pm

      I just tried a bread pudding recipe and I didn’t like it much, but found another one to try. And toast is a good idea!

      Reply
  6. Mindy @ New Equus - A New Creation says

    November 8, 2012 at 6:55 am

    Panko has nothing on you! We love bread crumbs and now that I’m thinking about it we could use whole wheat bread and make HEALTHY bread crumbs!

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      November 8, 2012 at 1:04 pm

      That’s good too 🙂 I really don’t notice a difference in what kind of bread I use for the crumbs, they both work well.

      Reply
  7. MamaHen says

    November 8, 2012 at 7:17 am

    I need to do this TODAY. Somehow I have several opened loaves of bread on top of my fridge and they are getting stale. I was going to just give them to the chickens, but this would be even better. Thanks for the idea!~

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      November 8, 2012 at 7:58 am

      Perfect timing right? 😉

      Reply
  8. Jessi @ Practically Functional says

    November 8, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    That’s so cool! I never thought about it before, but it makes total sense that you could do that. 🙂 Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!

    Reply
  9. Anne says

    November 10, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    You can also tear the bread into small chunks and air dry them in a pie pan in the cupboard. Once dried out, they are very easy to turn into bread crumbs.

    Reply
    • kris says

      August 15, 2017 at 12:36 am

      They might go moldy in the cupboard, try drying them out on the lowest setting in the oven for a few hours 🙂

      Reply
  10. Sarah @ Nature's Nurture says

    November 11, 2012 at 12:35 am

    Great tip, Kendra! Thanks for sharing on Tiny Tip Tuesday! I’m sharing on FB 🙂

    Reply

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