Easy Brown Butter Parmesan Croutons
These simple to make croutons will dramatically up your soup or salad game!
Ingredients
- 1 loaf sourdough bread, sliced into bite sized cubes
- 1/2 cup salted butter (if using unsalted butter add 1/4 teaspoon of salt)
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400°F
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In a small saucepan, melt butter. Add garlic cloves to the melted butter. Simmer over medium heat until butter begins to darken (approximately 5 minutes), watch closely during this time so that butter does not burn. Remove brown butter from heat.
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Put cubed bread into a large bowl. Pour browned butter with garlic cloves over bread and stir to combine. Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese over buttery bread cubes and stir to combine.
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Spread the bread cubes over 2 sheet pans so that they are in a single layer.
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Bake the croutons at 400°F for 10-12 minutes, or until browned and crunchy.
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Allow to cool. Kept sealed in a airtight container, these can be used up to a week.
Recipe Notes
Day old bread is best! If you have the time, put the cubed bread into a bowl and leave out overnight to make the bread slightly stale before making into croutons. This is not absolutely necessary, but you may need bake fresher bread for a minute or two more.
I prefer using sourdough bread, but you could use any kind of bread- Italian, country white, pumpernickle, rye.