Favorite uses for old bread?

[Gormy Cuss]

I always freeze leftover stale bread for crumbs or panzanella and other dishes.


My Panzanella:

Cubed stale bread
Cubed fresh tomatoes
Shredded fresh basil
Diced red onion
Olive oil
Salt & pepper

Mix bread and tomatoes in equal volume, onion @ 1 cup for every 4 cups of bread or tomato. Add basil to taste and 1 TBSP olive oil for each cup of bread. Season with S & P to taste. Toss well, let sit for half an hour or longer to develop flavor.

What's your favorite use for old bread?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Garlic soup

Saute tons of chopped garlic and onions in olive oil until carmelized. Add some white wine and chicken broth. Simmer for an hour or so.

Tear the old bread into chunks, and then beat it into the soup. It breaks down and thickens the soup. Add salt.

Best thing in the world on a cold day.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Nice and easy.

I'll bet it's also good when one has a cold too.

[grasswire]

2. croutons

melt some butter in a big frying pan
add some olive oil, sliced garlic and fresh or dried rosemary
saute for a moment to diffuse the flavors
dump in a bunch of bread chunks (I like a mixture of various breads)
saute on medium low until browned all over, turning as required.

Smells delicious. Tastes great for snacks or salads or soups.

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Yum!

I usually make bread crumbs in the oven. Yours sound much more savory.

[mtnester]

4. My sweet tooth gets the better of me

bread pudding, with a vanilla sauce, or with pumpkin, and with raisins, or fruit or DEAR GOD I AM NOW OFFICIALY DYING FOR SOMETHING SWEET (I loveth bread pudding...love love LOVE it)

You KNOW what else makes amazing bread pudding? Stale plain sugar yeast donuts...and for the very BEST, make sure they are Krispy Kreme...these ones:






(swoon...my guilty pleasure...they are so good it has been years since I have touched one...so treasured for their horrible goodness as to be relegated to something I eat once every couple of years...I am now officialy drooling)

[Arkansas Granny]

5. I'm with you on the bread pudding. I like it best with lots of cinnamon and

melted butter in it and served warm, swimming in half & half. I've never tried making with donuts, but it's an interesting idea.

[mtnester]

6. Hey, you cut the sugar with a donut

it is definitely different..hang on a sec.............

Simpler Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding
1 dozen krispy kreme doughnuts
3 eggs
1 cup milk
3/4 cup granulated sugar
ground nutmeg, to taste
cinnamon, to taste
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, to taste
1/4 lb raisins
Grease pan. Cut each doughnut into pieces. Place in bottom of pan. In bowl, beat together eggs and milk. In separate bowl, stir together nutmeg and cinnamon (equal parts), sugar, vanilla and raisins. Spread atop doughnuts. Pour egg mixture over all. Stir and let sit about 30 minutes; stir again. Bake in 350° oven 20-30 minutes, until pudding is brown. *Doughnuts cut better if refrigerated 2-3 days prior*

and one with pics:
http://ayankeeinasouthernkitchen.com/2008/07/28/krispy-kreme-bread-pudding-a-give-a-way/

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I might have to buy some donuts and let them go stale just so I can try this.

[pengillian101]

9. Oh my!

"and one with pics:
http://ayankeeinasouthernkitchen.com/2008/07/28/krispy-... /"

that is just sinful, lol.

[grasswire]

15. I've had bread pudding made with cinnamon rolls.

I think the pizza chain Izzy's does that. Their bread pudding really is pretty good.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

8. I have a terrible confession to make

We live right near one of the first Krispy Kreme stores, so they've always been part of our repertoire. Long ago, we discovered something that is just now getting airplay on food blogs.

Krispy Kremes as hamburger buns.

We usually use the plain glazed, but the blueberry glazed are really interesting with a good burger, some homemade mayonnaise, a slice of Vidalia, and a big appetite. Oh, man, they are SO good.................

[mtnester]

16. SO YOU have gotten them warm haven't you?

Oh, warm Krispy Kreme donuts are a crime.

My apologies to the OP for this tiny thread hijack

[Tangerine LaBamba]

17. The only way

We always have them at the store, with coffee. The only exception is when we use them for burger buns.

I never knew you could eat them at room temperature. Right out of the oven, that's all we ever had. They really are shamefully good. Did you know that you can stuff an entire plain glazed in your mouth at once if it's really warm?

[mtnester]

18. Yes, I do know that

it literally dissolves into pure, sugary goodness.

[hippywife]

10. They aren't KK but

the baker in our kitchen at work about two years ago found that he didn't get the bread to make the bread pudding so he pulled frozen donuts outta the freezer and used them. It got such raves from the residents and staff that he's been doing it ever since.

[mtnester]

19. It really is different from using bread cubes.

It tends to get a crunchy top cot to the bits and pieces that stick up, and it seems to come together, well LIGHTER even

[hippywife]

11. I throw mine in a bag

in the freezer until I've accumulated enough to make bread crumbs. Store bought bread crumbs have HFCS in them so...I thaw them a little, pull into smaller pieces, then throw them in the oven on a cookies sheet. After they're a little toasty, I throw them in the food processor.

[Gormy Cuss]

12. HFCS in bread crumbs?

Is there no limit to the insanity?

I'm so glad that I haven't used regular store bought crumbs in years.

[hippywife]

13. I was shocked at first, too, but

then I thought about it and realized that most of the bread for sale in the grocery has HFCS and the crumbs are no doubt from the same sources so...HFCS in the bread crumbs. I still buy them when I have to. I figure it's farther down on the list of ingredients and we don't buy anything else with HFCS in it. Still honks me off, tho.

:hi:

[AwakeAtLast]

21. Some store-bought bread has HFCS, too

I buy the brand that proudly states "HFCS FREE!" It tastes better, too!

[The empressof all]

20. Savory Bread Pudding or save for Stuffing

I make a great savory bread pudding with toasted bread, mushrooms, carmelized onions (or leeks), thyme, cheese (I use a swiss type but YMMV) and 3 or 4 eggs.

Thanksgiving coming and so is stuffing time- I don't share my recipe for stuffing sorry...it's just too amazing.

[hippywife]

22. Well, that just ain't right!

We all share around here. Don't we? :shrug:

[elleng]

23. French Toes!

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[frickaline]

24. I like to use those for stuffing.

Just add your favorite herbs 'n' spices, butter, chicken/turkey stock, fruits, nuts, veggies and stuff that bird!