What can be done with stale bread to be eaten faster than just baked bread? Cook crackers in the oven. This is a simple but very variable appetizer, which can be prepared from white or rye bread, a bun or a loaf, using various seasonings and spices.

Brown bread croutons

Black bread contains enough moisture, so the technology for making crackers them has some differences from drying white bread. To give the finished product a more interesting and rich taste, it is imperative to salt the bread slices and season with seasonings to your taste.

List of required products:

  • 700 g of brown bread;
  • salt and spices.

The recipe for crackers step by step:

  1. Cut the crusts from a loaf of rye bread. Next, cut the crumb into thin strips, which are laid out on a baking sheet, salt and crush with spices (paprika, herbs, pepper, etc.).
  2. Heat the oven to the maximum, put a baking tray with bread in it, and reduce the temperature to 60 degrees. Leaving the door ajar, so that moisture can calmly exit, dry the crackers for two hours.

How to cook with white bread?

Crackers made of white bread not only have a beneficial effect on the digestive system, but also turn out to be very tasty, especially if you cook them from "Mustard" or "Milk" bread.

Of the ingredients will only be used:

  • 1 loaf of bread or loaf.

The sequence of actions:

  1. Cut the bread into cubes, the edges of which are no more than 10 mm, put on a dry, non-greased sheet for baking. Fresh soft bread is very difficult to chop accurately into small slices, as it crumbles a lot. This will not happen with a product that was baked 2-3 years ago.
  2. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and dry the bread for 5-10 minutes, periodically opening the door and mixing the contents. So crackers evenly dry, and moisture that will evaporate during drying, can come out.

Garlic homemade croutons

Garlic crackers can be made from any bread, but they are especially tasty made from black with dressing in aromatic sunflower oil.

For this option, snacks will need:

  • 250 g of black bread;
  • 45-60 ml of sunflower oil;
  • 10-16 g of garlic;
  • salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Squeeze the garlic through a press of sunflower oil, add salt and pepper. Mix the dressing well and let it brew for a couple of minutes.
  2. Grind brown bread (with a crust or after cutting it) with straws or cubes. Then roll bread cubes (straws) in a garlic dressing and transfer to a baking sheet.
  3. Preheating the oven in advance to 200 degrees, bake crackers in it for up to 10 minutes. The product will be ready for use after complete cooling.

A simple recipe with salt

Making homemade crackers with salt can be much easier and faster than going to the store for them.

Yes, and such a pleasure will cost less, because on a mountain of crispy bread slices you will need only a loaf of bread, salt and a little vegetable oil:

  • 700 g of yesterday's bread;
  • salt and vegetable oil to taste.

Cooking sequence:

  1. Cut the bread into small pieces, put it in one layer on a baking sheet covered with parchment or greased. Slices should be at some distance from each other.
  2. Sprinkle on top with vegetable oil, salt to taste. Bake at 180 degrees for 7-10 minutes depending on the size of the bread preparations.

Sweet loaf crackers

Crackers can be not only a salad ingredient, a substitute for bread for the first courses or a snack for beer.

They can be a sweet addition to tea, if you use a white loaf or yesterday’s bun for cooking:

  • 1 loaf or bun;
  • 50 ml cream of 10% fat;
  • 100 g of sugar.

Algorithm of actions:

  1. Cut the loaf into thin slices. Pour cream into a cup and pour sugar into a flat plate.
  2. Dip the culinary brush in cream and moisten a slice of the loaf with it on one side, then soak the wetted bread in sugar with the moistened side and shake off any excess crystals.
  3. Arrange the prepared slices on a baking sheet covered with parchment with the sugar side up and send to the oven (160 ° C) until golden brown. Crackers from the loaf are ready.

Cooking a Beer Snack

To turn a loaf of bread, bought a couple of days ago, into a tasty savory snack for beer, you need to take:

  • 500-600 g of white bread;
  • 30 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 30 ml of Chile ketchup;
  • 5-6 g of garlic;
  • 4 g of salt;
  • spices and dry herbs to taste.

Cooking Technology:

  1. Dry the bread sliced ​​in small pieces in the oven until crisp. During drying, mix the slices so that they are evenly dried from all sides.
  2. In a dense plastic bag send oil, ketchup, garlic, salt and spices passed through a press. Pour dried bread, mix, well inflating the bag and shaking it vigorously.
  3. If necessary, if the crackers are too soft from the dressing, they can be kept in the oven for a couple of minutes, or put in the turned-off cooling oven with the door ajar.

Crackers for Caesar salad

Crutons are slices of dried crustless white bread with a delicate garlic flavor. This is an unchanging ingredient in the popular Caesar salad.

To cook crackers in accordance with all the rules, you will need:

  • 500 g of white bread;
  • 50 ml of olive oil;
  • 50 ml of melted butter;
  • 5 g of granulated garlic;
  • 5 g of fine salt.

How to make crackers for Caesar:

  1. Finely chop the crusts from a loaf of bread, chop the crumb into cubes with a side of about 1 cm. Transfer the bread into a deep bowl.
  2. Mix melted butter and olive oil. Pour a third of this mixture into the bread cubes, add the garlic and mix. Pour the remaining oil in two doses, after each carefully mixing the mass.
  3. Distribute the bread on a baking sheet and send for a quarter of an hour in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees.
  4. Then mix them and bake for another five minutes. After that, remove from the oven, sprinkle with salt and mix. Store cooled crackers in an airtight container to preserve the garlic flavor.

Herb Option

Spicy aroma of herbs has an exciting effect on the body. For cooking, you can use ready-made mixtures of dry herbs ("Hops Suneli" or "Provencal herbs"), or you can mix basil, marjoram, thyme and others on your own.

For crackers with herbs should be prepared:

  • 500 g of bread;
  • 45-60 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 20-30 g of herbs;
  • salt to taste.

Working process:

  1. Cut the bread into smaller slices that need to be mixed with butter. The role of butter in this recipe is to glue pieces of herbs to bread slices. With the least cost of oil, this can be done by simply pouring a little oil on your hands and mixing the chopped bread with your hands.
  2. Sprinkle oiled bread with herbs and salt. Mix everything again and dry in the oven for half an hour, depending on the size of the slices at 180 degrees.

Oven mustard crackers

With a peculiar spicy taste, crackers are made from stale bread with mustard dressing. For this recipe, ready-made mustard should be used, not powder.

The list of products that will be needed:

  • 500 g of bread;
  • 50 g of ready mustard;
  • 45 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 4 g of salt.

Bake in the oven as follows:

  1. Prepare bread slices by chopping a loaf into small pieces of any shape. Prepare dressing by mixing mustard, oil and salt.
  2. Quickly dip small portions of sliced ​​bread on all sides in the dressing, so that they do not have time to become sour, and spread on a baking sheet.
  3. Baking pan with bread in a preheated oven until the slices are dry and get a beautiful crust. Let the crackers cool and you can start tasting.

Cheese crackers

To crunch delicious cheese crackers, you will need only two ingredients - any unsweetened white bread, hard or semi-hard cheese that will melt well. The more flavorful the dairy product is, the tastier will be the crackers. Parmesan is ideal, but you can take another type of cheese.

The ratio of ingredients:

  • 500 g of white bread;
  • 50 g of hard cheese.

Working process:

  1. Turn on the oven for heating, setting the temperature within 180-190 degrees, and without wasting time preparing products.
  2. Cut the bread into equal cubes, small in size, turn the cheese on a medium grater into chips.
  3. Cover the baking sheet with parchment. Spread bread slices in one layer on it, then sprinkle with cheese on top. Send everything to the oven for 20-25 minutes before browning.

Cooking homemade "Kirieshki"

According to this recipe, homemade crackers practically do not differ from the Kirieshek store, but the use of natural spices makes the product more useful than the store counterpart.

For a large portion of home "Kirieszeks" take:

  • 500-700 g of stale (2-3 days) bread;
  • 60-70 ml of odorless vegetable oil;
  • 5-7 g of paprika;
  • 4 g of salt;
  • 3 g black pepper.

How to cook:

  1. Mix vegetable oil with salt and spices. Those who need extra thrills unnecessarily can use only paprika.
  2. Grind the bread with straws or cubes of the desired size, pour into a container with oil and mix quickly so that each barrel of the future cracker gets its portion of oil and spices.
  3. After that, put the bread slices in one layer on a baking sheet and bake at 180-200 degrees to a golden hue and a light crust.

Rye crackers for a foamy drink

Such crackers can often be found in the menu of beer bars. And they always have plenty of red ground pepper. Such a trick helps to increase the sales of a foamy drink many times, and when preparing this snack at home, you can always adjust the amount of spices at your discretion.

The rye crackers recipe includes:

  • 600 g of rye bread;
  • 60 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 60 ml of soy sauce;
  • 2-3 g of ground red pepper;
  • 3-4 g of salt.

Cooking method:

  1. Cut the crusts from the bread and cut it into thin and short straws. Place prepared bread on a baking sheet in the oven to dry slightly. The straw should dry, but not completely dry.
  2. Combine oil, sauce, salt and pepper to make a sharp dressing. Pour the hot dried bread into a bowl with dressing and mix quickly. Allow the crackers to saturate a little with the aroma of the dressing and cool (10-15 minutes).

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