Microwave Croutons

"This was in a recent issue of the kids page in the Sunday paper. It's so easy that even a child can do it and yet it is very good! You can vary the seasonings to your taste."
 
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Ready In:
8mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
2
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ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 12 teaspoon parsley flakes
  • 18 teaspoon paprika
  • 18 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 18 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 slices bread, cut in 1/2 inch cubes (I used one whole hot dog bun)
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directions

  • Put butter in a medium baking dish (I used a glass pie plate).
  • In a microwave oven, cook butter on high for about 25 seconds or until melted.
  • Stir in the parsley, paprika, garlic salt and pepper.
  • Then add the bread.
  • Stir until bread cubes are coated.
  • Microwave uncovered for 3 minutes; sitrring the cubes once every minute until bread is golden and crisp.
  • Sprinkle over a tossed salad.

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Reviews

  1. I have been making & eating these all morning.. They are so fast and so easy and VERY VERY GOOD!!! I see where 1 reviewer said her their's didn't get crunchy.. I did everything according per directions and when I took them out mine were still a little "limp" BUT I let them sit for about 2 min. & they were ABSOLUTLY PERFECT you can't believe how fast they are and so GOOD I too used my pie plate and after about 4 batches of the original recipe here I started "playing" I now have onion flavored some I added Parm. cheese.. some I did per recipe but left out parsley and added some chives "crumbled" I do believe this will now become MY recipe for crouton making..BLESS YOU Oct 7th 06 had to let you know my little 11 yr.old great neice came over this a.m. and made 3 batches of these all by herself (she was so proud) then after eating a few handfuls we used them in Crispy Parmesan Chicken Strips once again WONDERFUL recipe..so easy and so GOOD UPDATE #2 Nov 21st 06 just saying thank you once again a good friend stopped by today and I made us some.. she eats a salad everyday and she is so happy to have found this recipe.. she is already home and making a batch.. I have made them too many times to count..again thank you
     
  2. Well isnt' this just the funkiest little recipe? Who would have thunk you could make crispy croutons in a microwave. We loved them, they were so yummy. I used garlic butter that I had left over from another meal and then added the other spices as indicated. My microwave is quick so I only cooked for 2 min and 25 sec and they crisped up beautifully. I will make these again and again and I thank you for the recipe!
     
  3. Made these with sourdough bread and they turned out great! Fun to make!
     
  4. Wonderful! Super easy and super quick!
     
  5. Definitely 5 star! These were some of the best croutons I've ever had---perfectly crunchy and with just the right amount of seasoning. Couldn't believe these were so easy to make! I made mine with Pepperidge Farm oatmeal bread, and adjusted the cooking time a bit because I have a 1500 watt oven. Will make these again when in need of croutons. Thanks for this truly GENIUS recipe.
     
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Tweaks

  1. While I didn't follow the recipe exactly - these were quick, very tasty and economical. I used the "heels" of the bread. I think real butter is a must and since my butter was salted, I used garlic powder instead. I also subbed Penzey's "Sandwich Sprinkle" for the additional spices. Thanks for posting this recipe we will use often!
     
  2. Probably cooked for 2 minutes total, stirring at 40 second intervals.
     
  3. Cool! Most store-bought croutons have ingredients in them that aren't good for my IBS so even though I love them, I avoid them mostly. Tried out this recipe and used 3 slices of whitte bread (including the heel which was thin) and was kind of lazy so sort of just estimated the seasonings, but I did substitute garlic powder for garlic salt. I used Smart Balance spread instead of butter. I cooked in microwave for 30 secs, stirred, another min, stirred, another min, stirred, then a couple more 30 sec intervals with stirring. I let this sit for like 5 mins and found that they had a pretty close consistency with store-bought croutons, but I love that I can season them to my own liking. Onion powder might have been good with these too. They had a nice buttery flavor, also. Thanks appliance queen for a great recipe! :) I was craving croutons as a snack. :)
     
  4. Used two slices of white bread...Used Garlic Powder instead of salt...Croutons came out slightly burnt...2nd batch: Increased Garlic Powder to half a teaspoon...Reduced cooking time to two and a half minutes...Croutons came out a bit soft...Let them set for a few and they firmed up nicely as they cooled...The bread cubes shrink up some while cooking so cut them a little larger than you want the finished product...Tested them in a bowl os soup...This recipe is a keeper...
     

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