Drying bread?

[Ambergris]

I just netted two large boxes of perfectly good bread. It is an embarrasment of riches. I gave away six loaves, and froze a few, but what about the rest? I'd like to say chicken food only as a last resort. I haven't made *good* breadcrumbs or breadcubes, so can someone tell me how to do tht properly?

[HSmom]

To make breadcrumbs, I toast the bread (in the toaster or on cookie sheets in the oven), then bzzz it in my food processor. The drier they are the better product you get. I then store the crumbs in a baggie, in the freezer. The crumbs of a loaf take up substantially less space than a loaf. Storing them in the freezer is probably not necessary, if they are thoroughly dried, but it makes me feel better.

[susie]

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[Crazy4Canning]

Ambergris,

 

Any stale or old bread I have, I dry it in the oven and once it is hard, break it into bits that will fit into my food processor. Like HSMom, I bzzzzzzzzz it in the food processor (IT IS LOUD!!!) and then add seasonings if I want - like Italian herbs, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, etc. I NEVER add salt.

 

This way, I can use lo-carb bread and make my sweetie lo-carb breading!

 

I store mine in a Tupperware cereal storer...I've fit AT LEAST 5 loaves of bread in this thing...dried of course!

[susie]

My dried bread is still good after almost three years. But sometimes I have to blow the moths and the dust off.

[Ambergris]

Thanks!