Instantly elevate your recipes by using homemade breadcrumbs instead of store-bought! Toss them into your favorite dishes for extra flavor and crispy texture. You can use your favorite healthy or gluten-free bread, or use stale bread that needs to be used up!
Prep time: PT5M
Cook time: PT7M
Total time: PT22M
Rating
4 stars (6 reviews)
Keywords
homemade breadcrumbs, how to make breadcrumbs
Ingredients
8 slices of bread ((Yields about 2 cups of breadcrumbs depending on the size of bread you use))
Categories
Side Dish
Cuisine
American
Italian
Steps
Toast the bread: Set your oven to broil on LOW. Place the slices of bread on a sheet pan and toast for 3-5 minutes, then remove the pan and flip the bread slices. Toast for an additional 3-5 minutes, or until they are browned (but not burnt!). Toasting times may vary as every oven cooks differently. Note: You can also toast the bread slices in batches in a regular toaster.
Let the toast cool: When both sides of the bread are evenly toasted, remove them from the oven and let cool completely (about 10 minutes). To speed this process up you can break the toast into smaller pieaces.
Pulse into crumbs: In a food processor or high-powered blender, add a few slices at a time and blend for 8-10 seconds to break up the toast. Then pulse until it reaches a crumb consistency. Tip: try not to pulse too much or it will become more flour-like. Repeat this process until all the toast slices are used up. Use the breadcrumbs right away in recipes or preserve them for later!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 0.25 cup
Calories: 81 kcal
Carbohydrates: 13.5 g
Protein: 4 g
Fat: 1.1 g
Saturated Fat: 0.2 g
Sodium: 145.3 mg
Sugar: 1 g
Unsaturated Fat: 0.7 g
Reviews
diane on 2025-12-28 (3 stars): What temperature is equivalent to "low" for broiling? My oven doesn't have a generic low setting but requires adjusting down from the generic high setting.
robert on 2025-10-07 (5 stars): great presentation
Kristy on 2025-09-02 (1 stars): I used Ezekiel bread and broiled it as directed, then cooled it off. When I placed bread in the food processor, I mainly got chunks, not crumbs of the bread. I don't understand why it's not crumbling for me.
Cecile Roy on 2025-08-31 (5 stars): I'm in the middle of making eggplant parm and was using store-bought (Progresso) bread crumbs for the breading - but I ran out of breadcrumbs. I plan to start making your breadcrumbs and then I'll never run out!
I'm a pretty good cook but I appreciate you including which spices - and the amounts - you use!!
++ I added some flour and some salt & pepper to my Progresso breadcrumbs to stretch it out. I'm going to make your breadcrumbs & store them in the Progresso container for "next time"! 😉❣️
Alcione on 2023-08-05 (5 stars): Very helpful!
Brenda Klinger on 2023-06-19 (5 stars): Breadcrumbs Aura good easy to do
