Seasoned Bread Crumbs

Seasoned bread crumbs are toasted to a golden color. They are excellent to use for coating or as a filler for meat loaf & casseroles.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword bread crumbs

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes

Servings 20 1/4 cup

Calories 100 kcal

Ingredients

1 loaf (16 oz.) white bread or bread of your choice

Seasonings for Seasoned Bread Crumbs

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 Tablespoons dried parsley flakes
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons Paprika
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons dried Oregano, crushed
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

Remove bread from freezer. Slice each piece from top to bottom into three pieces of about the same width.
Place the bread slices on a cookie sheet. You will need 2 cookie sheets for a one pound loaf of bread.
Place the bread slices in a preheated 275° oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Turn the oven off and leave the bread in the oven for an additional 15 minutes.
When finished, the bread sticks will have a light golden color.

Plain Unseasoned Bread Crumbs

Place about a fourth of the bread sticks in a 1-gallon Ziploc bag.
Rock the rolling pin back and forth to break the bread sticks into smaller pieces.
Roll the rolling pin over the pieces of bread sticks until you have the desired bread crumbs. Make sure that you leave some larger pieces of bread crumbs. This helps to give them a crunchy texture.
When finished you will have a large bowl of unseasoned bread crumbs.

Seasoned Bread Crumbs

In a large bowl combine all of the bread crumbs and the seasonings listed above. Mix together until well blended. Store in a jar with a tight fitting plastic lid.

Recipe Notes

Attention Vegans: You can convert this to a vegan recipe by omitting the Parmesan cheese or replacing it with an equal amount of nutritional yeast.

Notes:

These seasoned bread crumbs will keep for a couple of months on a cool dark shelf without any problems. If you would like to store them for a longer period of time, then you can keep them in the refrigerator or freezer.
If you use freshly grated Parmesan cheese, instead of the processed cheese from a container, then you will always need to store the bread crumbs in the refrigerator.