2000s Recipes + Menus
Toasted Baguette Crumbs
Makes About3 cups
- Active time:10 min
- Start to finish:1 1/4 hr (includes cooling)
February 2004
As a crisp topping for pasta, steamed vegetables or as a crucial ingredient in the Apple Prune Brown Betty, these are worlds apart from store-bought bread crumbs.
- 1 (12-inch) piece day-old baguette, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (6 cups)
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Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
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Grind baguette cubes to coarse crumbs in 3 batches in a food processor. Spread evenly in a large shallow baking pan and bake, stirring once, until golden crisp, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool completely before using.
- Keywords
- melissa roberts