It only takes a few minutes to make your own homemade croutons, and while it may not be QUITE as easy as just buying a bag of croutons at the grocery store, it’s pretty darn close!
The combination of garlic and butter is hard to beat…and when you add that to bread and make homemade croutons, even better!
While homemade croutons are always good on salad, I really love adding them to soup, as well. I put these some tomato soup, and also topped some butternut squash apple soup with them! Yum!
Yield: 3-4 cups of finished croutons Pin it
Homemade Garlic Butter Croutons
Homemade croutons don’t take much time or effort, and they add such a nice, crispy crunch full of flavor to any soup or salad – or just eat a handful on their own!
prep time: 5 mins cook time: 20 minstotal time: 25 mins
ingredients:
1/2 pound of white bread, cubed (about half a large French loaf)
3 tbsp. olive oil (plus more for drizzle)
3 tbsp. butter, melted
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion salt
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dried parsley (or more, to taste)
instructions
Preheat oven to 375F
In a microwaveable dish, add your butter, and melt in the microwave
Add your olive oil to your melted butter
Next, add in onion salt, garlic powder, salt, and parsley and mix well
Add half of your cubed bread to a large bowl
Mix half of your butter/oil mix to half of the bread, mix well
Add the second half of the bread cubes to the bowl
Add the rest of the butter/oil and mix well with your hands until all pieces are lightly coated
Then, spread your bread cubes onto a large non-stick pan
Bake for ten minutes
Stir well
Bake for another five minutes
Stir, and continue to bake/stir until your croutons are light golden and crispy (mine took about 20 minutes total)
I finished mine with a drizzle of olive oil and mixed well
Store in an airtight container and use within a week
*Don’t overcook unless you like burnt croutons!
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So, do yourself a favor and whip up a quick batch of homemade croutons and crunch your way to happiness with these buttery, garlic delights!
Hope you love them!
xo – C
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