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Homemade Bread Croutons / How to Make Bread Croutons

Posted on Feb 12, 2013 · Last Updated on Mar 11, 2021 by Uma Ramanujam · 28 Comments

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My family usually don’t prefer soup as a form of appetizer. So, I prepare soup once in a while on dull evenings instead of tea. If it is tea, I definitely serve it with snacks. If I prepare soup, mostly we enjoy it with toasted bread. In the absence of bread, I add bread croutons to the soup to enjoy its delightful taste.

When we stayed outside India, I often buy bread croutons from nearby shops and use it widely. After coming to India, I have searched many supermarkets but I couldn’t find bread croutons anywhere. Finally, ended up making bread croutons on my own as it is very simple and easy to prepare. You can use this in soups as well as in salads.

If you don’t have baking oven at home, you can also toss the bread cubes in a frying pan till it turns hardened, golden brown and crisp.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 – 20 minutes

Makes: 2 cups, approximately

Ingredients:

Bread slices – 5 nos, thick and old bread

Black pepper powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Olive oil – 2 tablespoons

Salt – to taste

Method:

1) Remove the crust from four sides of the breads.

2) Cut into small cubes. Say about 1/2 inch length on each side.

3) Put the cubes in the wide mixing bowl.

4) Add pepper powder, salt and sprinkle olive oil. Toss well.

5) Line the parchment paper in the baking tray.

6) Spread the bread cubes in a single layer. Sprinkle more olive oil if required.

7) Bake it in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes with the temperature of 160C(325F) or till the bread cubes turns firm and golden brown. In each 5 minutes interval, toss the bread cubes for even browning.

8) Allow it to cool to room temperature and store it in a container. Use it whenever required

Notes:

1) Addition of pepper, salt and olive oil are optional. Without these ingredients, you can bake the bread and make croutons.

2) Baking time differs from oven to oven. It also differs based on the thickness of the bread slices. So make sure to watch your bread croutons at proper intervals.

3) Use thick bread slices for perfect bread croutons.

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Unknown
12 years ago

crusty bread croutons. would love to have some with soup.nice clicks

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

What a lovely post – I will remember next time we are in need of croutons

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divya
divya
12 years ago

wow..lovely post..healthy n crunchy bread croutons..

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

Oh wat a useful post…thanks uma n nice clicks too:)

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

They taste yum and my face too

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Sangeetha M
Sangeetha M
12 years ago

even my 4yr old love soup with croutons,i love to add this in my biryanis/pulao too..lovely pics!

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great-secret-of-life
great-secret-of-life
12 years ago

very useful post.. I normally buy it.. Going to try at home.. This can be snack by itself

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Julie
Julie
12 years ago

love these crisp ones,yumm:)

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

Crunchy croutons….i need creamy mushroom soup now…..

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KrithisKitchen
KrithisKitchen
12 years ago

I love homemade croutons too.. nicely done..

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Roshu
Roshu
12 years ago

Lovely recipe….

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Torviewtoronto
Torviewtoronto
12 years ago

this is wonderfully done and presented

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

i lov this recipe and tq for sharing..

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Vimitha Durai
Vimitha Durai
12 years ago

Crunchy croutons. a snack in itself

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Indian Khana
Indian Khana
12 years ago

Looks so good ..yum …I have same in my draft too

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Rafeeda AR
Rafeeda AR
12 years ago

glad to have come across your page… lovely recipes, following u!! 🙂
sweettoothraf.blogspot.com

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Swathi
Swathi
12 years ago

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Swathi
Swathi
12 years ago

Homemade bread croutons are wonderful. I like your version.

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Saraswathi Ganeshan
Saraswathi Ganeshan
12 years ago

Love your bread croutons, Uniform and neatly presented..

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saraniskitchen
saraniskitchen
12 years ago

Love ur croutons….like ur step by step explana…

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www.mahaslovelyhome.com
www.mahaslovelyhome.com
12 years ago

perfectly croutons….

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

love to have it with soup uma 🙂 today i made soup but no bread to make these croutons..

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lubnakarim06
lubnakarim06
12 years ago

Bookmarked….that's an yum way to try at home….

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Meenu
Meenu
12 years ago

u have mentioned mustard seeds in ur ing list
where to use it?

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

Thanks Meenal for pointing it out. That's Pepper powder btw…a very big typo error…

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Meenu
Meenu
12 years ago

its ok . I have one more doubt.can we use cooking oil?
Should we grease the Parchament paper with oil or it is ok if we sprinkle over bread pieces.

btw ur blog looks gr8.
I was searching fot this recipe.
I will try out this week end & tell u the output

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

You can use cooking oil. I didn't grease my parchment paper. but I sprayed oil evenly to all bread cubes.

Also, Thanks for the compliments.

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Meenu
Meenu
12 years ago

it came out well. I served with carrot soup.

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