Quick and Easy Garlic and Herb Crouton Recipe

This is a quick and easy crouton recipe that is made using sliced bread, olive oil, and spices.

Homemade croutons are so good! Croutons also happen to be easy to make and cost so much less than buying them from the store, especially if you make them with homemade bread. Making homemade croutons also gives you complete control over the ingredients, so you can choose a bread that meets with your dietary requirements.

I have included the basic recipe for how to make croutons from my cookbook Prep-Ahead Meals From Scratch below, but feel free to adapt it suit your taste or recipe needs. You can also scroll down to watch a video of me making homemade croutons, so you can see just how easy they are to make.

How to Make Homemade Croutons

You can make homemade croutons using any leftover bread including rolls, hamburger buns, leftover French bread, and even extra hot dog buns. But the easiest way to make croutons is to just pull out some slices of sandwich bread and use a pizza cutter to cut the bread into cubes before roasting the bread.

Crouton Recipe

Ingredients:

• 8 – 12 slices of bread  (use gluten-free bread to make gluten-free croutons)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon thyme or sage
• 1 teaspoon parsley

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
2. Lay bread on a large baking sheet. Brush the tops with olive oil. Then sprinkle with spices.
3. Flit the pieces of bread over. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle remaining spices over the bread.
4. Use a pizza cutter to quickly slice the bread into cubes. 
5. Toss the cube bread to evenly distribute the spices. Then lay flat on the baking sheet.
6. Place the pan in the center of the oven. Bake at 450 degrees for 5 – 8 minutes or until they are brown.
7. Toss every 2 -3 minutes to prevent the croutons from burning.
8. Let the croutons cool on the baking sheet, the use as called for in recipes or store in a sealed container.

I use homemade croutons in the following recipes from my cookbook Prep-Ahead Meals From Scratch:

Bierock Soup (page 84)

French Onion Green Bean Casserole (page 169)

And of course, I use the leftover croutons to top our garden salads.

Video showing How to Make Homemade Croutons

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Printable Recipe for Homemade Croutons

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5 from 1 vote

Quick and Easy Garlic and Herb Crouton Recipe

Course Bread

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes minutes

Total Time 13 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Author Alea

Ingredients

• ▢ 8 - 12 slices of bread use gluten-free bread to make gluten-free croutons
• ▢ 1/4 cup olive oil
• ▢ 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon onion powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon thyme or sage
• ▢ 1 teaspoon parsley

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• Lay bread on a large baking sheet. Brush the tops with olive oil. Then sprinkle with spices.
• Flit the pieces of bread over. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle remaining spices over the bread.
• Use a pizza cutter to quickly slice the bread into cubes.
• Toss the cube bread to evenly distribute the spices. Then lay flat on the baking sheet.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 5 –8 minutes or until they are toasty brown, tossing the croutons every 2 – 3 minutes. I leave the croutons on the baking sheet to cool.
• Place the pan in the center of the oven. Bake at 450 degrees for 5 - 8 minutes or until they are brown.
• Toss every 2 -3 minutes to prevent the croutons from burning.
• Use as called for in recipes.

You can find more recipes for pantry staples and batch cooking tips for beef, pork, chicken, rice and beans, as well as lentils in my cookbook Prep-Ahead Meals From Scratch.  My cookbook includes over a hundred recipes using those batch-cooked ingredients in quick and easy recipes.