Do you make bread? Do you buy bread? Then there is no excuse for you EVER to buy those supermarket cubes of edible particle board packed into boxes and labeled “croutons.” I don’t care how lazy you are; making your own takes pretty much the same amount of effort as buying and opening a box. Obviously your results will vary based on the type of bread you’ve got to work with (as with pretty much everything, better quality materials = better quality results), but I guarantee they’ll taste better and cook up crisper than anything you’ll find at the store or neighborhood salad bar. Plus, they’re pretty much free, especially if you were going to throw out that stale bread anyway.
