How to Make Croutons

Here's something that we all have to deal with

Day-old bread. I happen to have a loaf of bread here that has gone past its due date

but I don't like to throw food away. I like to be creative with it. So what we're going to do is we're going to make croutons

This is really, really simple. I'm just going to take a good bread knife, cut it into slices

and then we're going to cube it. And I like nice, big, fat croutons

so I'm gonna cut some into big cubes. You know, this is so easy

I don't know why more people don't do it at home. Why would you buy croutons? So take our croutons, put them into the bowl

add a little olive oil. You can do this right on the pan if you wanted to

but if you toss it around in a bowl, it's a good way to ensure that all of your bread

gets a little bit of oil All right so there a little olive oil on all of our bread Spread it out onto my baking sheet here And if you want a little more olive oil at this point you can but I think that looks nice

A little salt and pepper. Mm-hmm. I'm giving away restaurant secrets here. This is how they make

croutons. And you can do it too. If you wanted to put a little Italian seasoning on these

you could. A little parmesan cheese maybe. Into the oven at 400 degrees for about 10

minutes, and you will have perfectly crisp, cooked, beautiful croutons. Mmm. Don't waste that bread. And stick with the Paula Dine Network for more tips just like this

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