Crackers in the oven from white, black bread, how to make at home

Crackers are available in a variety of flavors in the store. A significant disadvantage of a product manufactured in an industrial environment is flavorings and preservatives. To enjoy your favorite food without harm to your body, prepare your own crackers in the oven. If you know how to dry it correctly and what seasonings to add, the product will turn out even tastier than store-bought.

Recommendations for making the most delicious homemade crackers

You can try different recipes for creating dried bread slices: sweet, salty, spicy, and sour. Do not forget to adjust the spiciness and saltiness, depending on the intended purpose. For example, you can add hotter crackers to the soup.

In order for each new experiment to end in success, you need to remember a few general rules:

It is very difficult to determine the exact cooking time for crackers, because it all depends on the thickness and porosity of the bread. While cooking, periodically look at the crackers so that they do not burn.
This is a product with which even a “stale” bun can be transformed into a delicious snack. But, of course, it should not be moldy or rancid.
If you cut the bread into relatively large pieces, take the time to stir them regularly during cooking so that all the slices are baked evenly.
To ensure that the crackers are evenly and completely covered with seasonings and sauce, it is better not to sprinkle or pour it all on them one by one, but to mix all the ingredients with vegetable oil, and then stir in the bread pieces into the mixture.
Before serving, croutons must be cooled to room temperature so that their crispiness is at the highest level.

Is it possible to dry crackers in the sun?

In principle, the bread dries without the use of any technology. Pieces of bread left on the table will probably turn into crackers by morning. The room should be warm and, most importantly, dry.

But especially crumbly and aromatic crackers are obtained when dried in the fresh air, in the sun.

The bread or roll is cut into slices and laid out on a flat surface. A baking sheet or just a clean table will do. To prevent flies from landing on the product, it is covered with gauze. In the hot sun and an iron tray, the crackers will dry in a couple of hours. In partial shade with a light breeze - in a day.

Option with paprika

Do you prefer natural ground paprika to fat-soluble coloring and flavoring? This option is for you. You will probably like the subtle taste and smell of spices in homemade crackers more than the store-bought equivalent, which borders on toxicity.

Method for preparing crackers:

The method for preparing the bread is the same as above.
Drizzle oil over cubes or slices.
Add paprika and salt. Mix thoroughly.
Dry and brown the white bread until it becomes croutons for 10-15 minutes in a hot oven (temperature - 200 degrees).
Ready!

Have fun! Enjoy the crunch!

You can buy crackers for every taste in stores; manufacturers offer a lot of options. But, as you know, there is little useful in them. We will tell you how to make bread croutons at home using only natural spices.

Bread crackers

Ingredients:

white bread – 300 g;
salt – 1 teaspoon;
garlic – 4 cloves;
vegetable oil – 4 tbsp. spoons;
spices.

Preparation

Cut the bread into cubes of the desired size. Combine chopped garlic, salt, spices (you can use any), add vegetable oil and mix. Pour the resulting mixture into a plastic bag, and pour the bread cubes into it.

Lightly inflate the bag, twist the top part and shake it so that the garlic mass is evenly distributed over the pieces of bread. Pour the contents of the bag onto a baking sheet and place it in the oven, heated to 200 degrees, and dry it to the desired state.

Recipe for white bread croutons with dill and tomato flavor

Ingredients:

white bread – 400 g;
tomato paste – 1 tbsp. spoon;
water – 1 tbsp. spoon;
dill – 30 g;
olive oil – 3 tbsp. spoons;
salt pepper.

Preparation

Mix tomato paste with water, add salt, pepper, olive oil and chopped dill. Mix everything well. Grease slices of white bread with the resulting mixture and then cut into cubes. Place them on a baking sheet and dry them in the oven.

Delicious white bread croutons with cheese

Ingredients:

white bread - 5 slices;
hard cheese – 40 g;
salt.

Preparation

Cut the bread into cubes, sprinkle them with salt and place on a baking sheet. Grind the cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle it over the pieces of bread. At a temperature of 120 degrees, dry the crackers for about half an hour, stirring occasionally.

Bread crumbs in the oven

Ingredients:

loaf of white bread – 1 pc.;
garlic – 2 cloves;
vinegar – 10 ml;
olive oil – 30 ml;
onion – 30 g;
salt, ground red and black pepper, curry, ground coriander, ground ginger, Provençal herbs - to taste.

Preparation

Cut the loaf into cubes. Mix all the spices. Pass the garlic and onion through a press and place in a frying pan with heated olive oil. Fry for about 2 minutes, and then add the spice mixture and stir. Place the crackers on a baking sheet and keep them in the oven for 10 minutes at a temperature of 130 degrees. Place the crackers in a deep bowl, pour in a mixture of oil and spices and mix gently. Cover the baking sheet with paper (it will absorb excess oil) and lay out the soaked crackers and return them to the oven for about 15 minutes.

Homemade crackers are rightfully considered the favorite snack of all Russians. The purchased product is stuffed with artificial spices, as a result of which regular use causes heartburn. Many housewives prefer to prepare crackers themselves, wanting to get a completely natural product. Let's look at the most delicious recipes and give practical tips. So let's get started.

General recommendations for all types of crackers

The bread should be cut into pieces of the same thickness and size so that they dry evenly.
The temperature of an electric oven and the drying time are inversely proportional to each other: the higher the temperature, the faster the bread will dry; The lower the temperature, the longer it will take until fully cooked.
The coarser the flour from which the bread is made, the thinner the pieces need to be made and the higher the temperature required.
To prepare crackers, an electric oven heating mode such as convection is useful: circulation of hot air will ensure faster and more uniform drying. If there is no such function, a slightly open oven door will help achieve a similar effect.
You can use any oil: sunflower, olive, flaxseed, coconut, mustard, sesame, corn and others. The shelf life of crackers prepared with the addition of butter is much shorter than regular crackers.
Rusks without oil and spices (with the exception of salt) should be stored separately from fresh bread at a temperature of 0 to 15-20 degrees and a humidity of no more than 70%. As a container, you can use a bag made of natural fabric, a glass jar or a plastic container. When storing in the refrigerator, the container must be airtight.

By observing these conditions, you can preserve the product in its original form for several months. If any oil or fat was used in making crackers, they should be eaten within the first few days: they cannot be stored for long.

How to make homemade crackers: crispy pleasure

Both adults and children cannot resist the taste of aromatic crackers, which are offered to us in abundance on store shelves. But why eat store-bought crackers, which contain a lot of flavorings and other harmful ingredients, when you can prepare them yourself using only natural products?

Variations of crackers

A recipe for crackers at home may include the following options:

in the oven and microwave
black or white
sweet and salty
with spices and sauces.

Before preparing crackers, decide how you will use the prepared crackers and what to use them with: with tea or beer, as an ingredient for a salad or served with first courses.

After this, choose bread for making crackers: butter bread for sweet crackers, any kind of black and white for salty ones.

Savory croutons with white bread

The taste is very reminiscent of store-bought ones, although only natural spices are used.

You will need:

Loaf of white bread – 1 pc.
Olive oil – 3 tablespoons
Vinegar (7%) – 1 tbsp. spoon
Garlic – 2-3 cloves
Onion – ¼ onion
Ground coriander
Curry powder
Ground red pepper
Ground ginger
Ground black pepper
Provencal herbs.

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 120 degrees. Cut the loaf into cubes.
Place the sliced loaf in the oven for 7-10 minutes.
Pass the onion and garlic through a garlic press and place in a frying pan with heated olive oil.
Mix the seasonings (take each seasoning on the tip of a knife). When the onion begins to turn golden, pour the seasonings into the pan and mix everything. Remove the seasoning from the stove.
Place the dried crackers in a cup and cover with oil and spices. Mix carefully so that each piece is saturated with oil.
Place the croutons back on the baking sheet and place in the oven for 10-15 minutes to toast.

Tip: to prevent the crackers from being too greasy, place thin paper on a baking sheet - it will absorb excess oil and prevent the crackers from burning.

Spicy crackers with black bread

They are not overly saturated with spices, but the garlic flavor gives them a unique aroma.

You will need:

Black bread (preferably “Darnitsky”) – half a loaf
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Vegetable oil – 3-4 tbsp. spoons
Garlic – 3-4 cloves.
Preparation:
Cut the stale loaf into long slices.

Preparation:

Take a plastic bag and add salt and crushed garlic, add vegetable oil.
Add the sliced bread to the bag, slightly inflate the bag (so that there is air in it), twist the top part and start shaking the bag until the dressing is completely distributed over the bread.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place a baking sheet with breadcrumbs there for 10-15 minutes until browned.

You can add various dried spices to the marinade package to suit your taste: thyme, oregano, oregano, basil, suneli hops, etc.

Crackers for beer

If you want to add a specific taste to the taste of crackers, use natural dressings for crackers:

Tomato croutons:
mix tomato paste until smooth with salt and pepper. Cut the bread into large slices and brush them on both sides with tomato dressing using a pastry brush. Bake crackers in an oven preheated to 150 degrees.
Croutons with dill flavor
. Finely chop the dill, add 1 tbsp. spoon of vegetable oil and pour the mixture into a plastic bag. Roll the chopped crackers in the mixture and cook in the oven at 150 degrees.
Crackers with cheese flavor
. cut the white loaf into cubes and sprinkle them with salt, place the crackers on a baking sheet. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle crackers on top. Place the crackers in an oven preheated to 120 degrees for 20-30 minutes, stir the crackers periodically so that they fry evenly.

Sweet crackers

To prepare sweet crackers, use regular sweet buns or baked goods that have already become somewhat stale: cut them into large slices and dry them in the oven at 170 degrees until ready.

Homemade natural crackers with natural spices are healthier and no less tasty than store-bought ones, and their preparation will not take much time and effort.

How to cook with onions

You won’t find snacks with onions on store shelves, but it’s in vain, because with this “tear-producing” vegetable you can make delicious croutons from white bread, which are not only suitable as a snack for beer, but can also replace bread with soup.

Herbs that will harmonize perfectly with the taste of tomatoes include dill and basil.

Proportions of ingredients used:

400 g bread;
35 g tomato paste;
25 ml water;
15 g dill and/or basil;
45 ml vegetable oil;
salt, ground black pepper.

How to make croutons with tomato and herbs:

Wash the greens, dry and finely chop. Dilute the paste with vegetable oil, add herbs, salt and pepper to the resulting mixture.
Cut the bread into small pieces (cubes or sticks) and carefully roll in the prepared dressing so that it covers each slice on all sides.
Place the baking sheet with the prepared bread slices into the oven to brown. The degree of dryness can also be adjusted to your liking.

Finally, it is worth noting that simply oven-dried bread can be eaten for half a month, and if oil was used to prepare crackers, then the shelf life of such a product is reduced by half. But it doesn’t matter, because you can always simply and quickly prepare a new batch of delicious homemade croutons from white bread.

All kinds of beer snacks that are sold in stores definitely cannot be classified as healthy food. They contain a large number of unnatural flavoring additives, preservatives and other harmful chemical components. Fortunately, everyone can make crispy croutons on their own; we will tell you several recipes for this simple snack.

DIY delicacy: cheese breaded croutons

If you have bread (of any kind) and hard cheese at home, then you can pamper yourself and your family by preparing a real treat - crackers with cheese in the oven. Both elite Parmesan and ordinary cheeses - Dutch, Russian - are suitable for such a dish.

Ingredients:

bread - 400 g (loaf);
cheese - from 70 to 100 g;
vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
salt - a third of a teaspoon;
pepper mixture;
garlic (optional) - 2 cloves.

Preparation:

Cut the bread into cubes. Grate the cheese (coarsely or finely - it doesn’t really matter). Squeeze the garlic into a large bowl. Add oil and salt to it. Grind all these ingredients with a spoon along with pepper.

You can add 100 ml of mayonnaise to this mixture. Pour the sliced bread into the prepared sauce and carefully mix with a spoon so that all the pieces are covered with this mixture. Roll bread slices in cheese shavings. Line the bottom of the baking tray with baking paper. Heat the oven to 180°. Place your culinary “product” in it for 20-25 minutes. In the first five minutes, it is advisable to stir the crackers so that an even layer of melted cheese forms on them. Use this easy appetizer for snacks or serve with entrees.

Sweet crackers with butter

Sweet crackers, which you can chew with tea, are no more difficult to prepare than salty ones. For them, you can take a simple white loaf or a sweet bun. Here are the products you need to make these crackers:

loaf or bun – 1 pc.;
sugar - to taste;
butter – 100 g.

We will prepare sweet crackers for tea in the following way:

Cut the loaf or bun into thin slices. Soften the butter a little in a warm place and spread it on the bread.
Sprinkle the slices with sugar to your liking. Place the bread on a baking sheet and place it in the oven to dry.
You need to keep the crackers in the oven until a beautiful blush appears. By the way, if you make the slices not very thin, then after baking there will be a soft layer inside them, which is also very tasty.

Sweet crackers from a loaf in the oven

If you have stale bread (or even fresh bread), do not rush to throw it away. Find out how to make sweet crackers in the oven to surprise your household with a new interesting dish.

Crispy sugar cubes soaked in sour cream are perfect as an addition to tea or coffee. It is worth noting that instead of bread, you can use a bun with any filling.

1. Sour cream – 200 gr.

2. Loaf (or bun) – 200-300 gr.

3. Sugar – 1.5 cups

How to make sweet crackers from a loaf in the oven:

Cut the loaf into not too thick slices, then cut each slice so that you get a lot of squares. Place the required amount of sugar and sour cream on different deep plates. First dip each future sweet snack in sour cream, then immediately roll in sugar. Place the cubes on a dry baking sheet, but place them a short distance from each other. Bake the treat at a temperature of about 200 degrees. Turn off the equipment after 5 minutes, serve the products when completely cooled.

What can you do with stale bread so that it is eaten faster than freshly baked bread? Prepare crackers in the oven. This is a simple but very versatile snack that can be prepared from white or rye bread, a bun or loaf, using various seasonings and spices.

Rusks for homemade kvass

Dark varieties of bread are taken as a basis: rye, Borodinsky, Darnitsky, Riga. Dried crusts of black bread are well suited for dark kvass, and the crumb needs to be baked quite thoroughly until it darkens. To get a light drink, it is better to cut off the dark bread crusts altogether.

The bread is cut into slices 1 cm thick and laid out on a dry baking sheet.
The baking sheet is placed in an oven heated to 180 degrees.
The total drying time should be about 40 minutes, during which you need to stir the crackers several times, making sure that they all turn over.
The finished crackers are removed from the oven, but you need to leave 3-4 pieces on the baking sheet, which should be brought to a slight charring of the corners at a temperature of 200 degrees - these crackers should give the kvass a pleasant brown color and a barely noticeable caramel flavor.

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There is another way:

All the crumb is carefully removed from the loaf and must be manually turned into fine crumbs.
The remaining crust is finely chopped.
The resulting mixture of crumbs and chopped crust is evenly distributed on a baking sheet and placed in an oven preheated to 160 degrees.
The drying time is only 5-10 minutes and the breadcrumbs for kvass are ready.

Ruddy croutons made from white bread with the aroma of garlic

These deliciously aromatic and loudly crispy bread pieces, dried until golden, will complement any first course, salad or watching an interesting movie. No harmful additives, only refined gastronomic pleasure!

Ingredients:

white bread or loaf - 400 g	fresh garlic - 3 cloves
salt - 1/2 tsp. (taste)	dried Provençal herbs - a pinch (optional)
ground black pepper - 1/4 tsp.	vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.

How to bake garlic croutons from white bread in the oven (step-by-step recipe with photos):

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Both an airy loaf and regular bread are suitable for the basis of a crispy snack. It is advisable to use yesterday's baked goods. And not so much for the purpose of saving and waste-free farming, but for reasons of convenience. A slightly stale bun cuts much easier and crumbles much less. Therefore, the crackers will come out more neat. First, divide the loaf into plates 1.5-2 cm thick. And then turn them into squares or rectangles.

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Prepare a natural flavoring and flavor enhancer. Peel a few garlic cloves. Chop with a knife or press through a press. Transfer to a small bowl. Add salt. Grind thoroughly until the aromatic spice releases its juice. Fresh garlic can be replaced with granulated garlic. In this case, there is no need to grind anything.

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Add Provençal herbs and a little black pepper. If you don’t have ready-made seasoning, replace it with rosemary, oregano, basil, thyme, dill and other aromatics in dry and crushed form. Don't like these spices? You don't have to put it down. Pour in the butter. Ideally use olive oil. It will not only provide a golden brown crust when baking crackers in the oven, but will also give the homemade snack a subtle aroma. And it has more benefits than the common sunflower. But if you don’t have the olive fruit pressing product on hand, you don’t need to run headlong to the store. Any vegetable oil will do. Stir the contents of the bowl.

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Add to bread pieces. Mix thoroughly so that the fragrant mixture is evenly distributed. Place the future croutons on a baking sheet. It is desirable that they “lie” in one layer. Maximum - two. If the time is “wagon”, dry the crackers in the oven at 120 degrees. This will take approximately 30-40 minutes. The undeniable advantage of this cooking method is that the pieces of bread do not need to be turned over. They won't burn. Are the guests already banging on the door? Turn on the oven to heat up to 200 degrees, place the baking sheet with the future snack. And go meet the suffering. While they wash their hands, the snack will probably brown. Usually this takes no more than a quarter of an hour. But don’t forget to “shuffle” them sometimes. Regardless of time and temperature, the oven must be preheated.

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Cool the finished crisps slightly and use as intended. That is, eat with pleasure. I like to add them to pea soup with flavorful smoked meat. Simply outrageously delicious. And great with beer too. Maybe

Rye

Such snacks can serve as an independent dish with beer or be an excellent addition to rich borscht. Previously, bread was dried so as not to be thrown away, but today rye crackers with garlic are made in the oven to enjoy their taste. All you need to do is prepare the ingredients and do everything step by step as written in the recipe.

Ingredients:

oil (olive) – 2 tbsp. l.;
dried garlic – 1 tsp;
salt, seasonings - to taste;
rye bread – 0.6 kg;
fresh garlic – 2 cloves.

Cooking method:

Trim the crust from the loaf, cut the crumb into cubes. Transfer the workpiece into a large bowl.
Sprinkle the products with dry garlic and salt. To avoid damaging future snacks, you need to shake the dishes.
Pour oil over the bread cubes and add crushed fresh garlic. Shake the bowl again.
Fry the crackers in a preheated oven for no more than 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Brown bread croutons just like in a restaurant - crispy on the outside and soft on the inside

The first time we fried the croutons until there was a loud crunch, but how to cook them if you want to have a crunch and leave a soft center. There is a little secret to making these croutons. Try roasting them and you might become a real fan. For these croutons we will take a round loaf of classic rye bread, also called Darnitsky. It is light gray inside, brown outside and has a slight sourness, but at the same time we have all loved it since childhood.

You will need:

loaf of rye bread - 1 piece,
garlic - 5-6 cloves,
dill, parsley and green onions - 2 sprigs each,
vegetable oil for bread - 2-4 tablespoons,
vegetable oil for frying,
salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Cook the croutons soft on the inside and with garlic paste on the outside.

Let's prepare garlic paste so that while we fry the bread, it will infuse and give maximum flavor. Place peeled garlic in a cup or flask of an immersion blender, lightly add salt and pepper. Add sprigs of greenery there; you can cut them into 2-3 parts so that they are not too large. Pour in a few tablespoons of vegetable oil and blend with a blender until an almost homogeneous paste is obtained. There may be pieces of herbs and garlic, but very small.

If it turns out too thick and does not grind well, then add a little oil. The final paste should resemble mayonnaise in thickness.

Now cut the round bread into large slices at least a centimeter thick. Don’t use the humpbacks; it’s better to eat them for lunch along with borscht.

Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Place the slices of bread in a frying pan and fry until golden brown on both sides. This usually takes no more than a minute. Don't let the bread turn black.

Place the finished croutons on a paper towel and lightly blot the frying oil. After that, take a butter knife and spread the hot croutons with the garlic paste that you prepared in advance. Spread the entire surface of the slice on one side.

Now take a sharp knife or bread saw and cut the slices into strips slightly diagonally. Arrange beautifully on a plate and serve with delicious sauce. They will crisp up on top but remain soft on the inside.

Bon appetit!

For Caesar

Many housewives who are interested in preparing restaurant food at home are interested in how to make crackers in the oven from bread. Crispy cubes are an additional ingredient for many dishes: broths, salads, etc. For example, drying Caesar breadcrumbs in the oven will not be difficult even for a novice cook, because there is a step-by-step recipe at hand.

Ingredients:

garlic – 3 teeth;
dry basil, Provençal herbs - 2 tbsp. l.;
stale white loaf – 0.5 kg;
oil (vegetable) – 0.25 cups;
oil (drain) - 0.25 cups.

Cooking method:

Cut the bread into not too large cubes.
In a large container, mix vegetable oil, melted butter, add crushed garlic and other seasonings to the mixture.
Pour the products, stir so that they are saturated with this dressing.
Bake at 200 degrees for no more than 10 minutes, or until the snacks are golden brown.
Use the finished crispy pieces when completely cooled.

Delicious crackers at home - cooking secrets

Cooks are happy to reveal some of their secrets to housewives so that they can surprise their households with a new dish.

For example, before making homemade crackers, it is important to familiarize yourself with some tips:

If the bread is too wet, keep the oven door open while drying. This will help excess moisture evaporate faster.
When adding herbs as a seasoning, don't get carried away because spices are meant to enhance the flavor of a dish, not overwhelm it. It is worth noting that garlic does not combine with dried dill.
If you are making croutons that will become additional ingredients for a soup or salad, then think about the combination of spices that are in the croutons and in the prepared dish.
There are many options for vegetable oil for dressing, as long as you don't boil it. Mustard, sesame, peanut or olive are suitable.
Use slices of bread seasoned with butter immediately, because after long-term storage, the polyunsaturated fats contained in the composition become harmful chemical compounds.
If you made the croutons yourself in the oven, but decided to store them for a long time and expect them to remain crispy and tasty, then after baking, place the pieces in a hermetically sealed glass jar.
If you can’t find stale bread and don’t want to dry crackers from white bread, you can fry celery root, and cut each stalk into small cubes. Season with a mixture of melted butter, spices, mustard and salt.

Check out the recipes and make homemade bread in the oven.

Home storage conditions

Rusks should be stored in tight packaging at a temperature of 0° to 20°C and a relative humidity of no more than 70%. For long-term storage, only salt is used as an additive. If these conditions are met, the product remains suitable for consumption for several months.

Products soaked in oil have a much shorter shelf life. Without refrigeration, they can be stored for one to two weeks.

Traditional packaging for crackers is a fabric cotton bag or paper bag. Plastic containers or empty Tetra-Pak milk bags are practical and convenient. It should be taken into account that dry bread absorbs surrounding odors well. There is also a danger of damage by pests.

To dry bread at home, you do not need special equipment. White and black, salty and sweet, crackers are liked by more than one child. They complement many culinary masterpieces well and can serve as an independent treat. The possibility of long-term storage makes them very popular in the household.

Crackers with cheese in the oven

You will need:

300 g white bread
3 tablespoons olive oil
100 g hard cheese
salt, spices to taste

Cut the crust off the bread and cut the crumb into cubes. Mix olive oil with salt. Add herbs and spices you like (curry, dried garlic, chicken mixture, etc.). Add the bread to the mixture, mix thoroughly and place on a baking sheet.

Grate the hard cheese on a fine grater. Sprinkle on bread. Dry in a preheated oven.

Almost everyone loves delicious golden brown croutons. The crispy delicacy can be a snack, then the croutons are served with beer, soup or used as an addition to salads. And sweet vanilla crackers with raisins or poppy seeds are served with tea, milk or coffee.

Of course, today such a delicacy with any flavor can be purchased in every store, but it will be much tastier and healthier if you prepare the croutons yourself in the oven. Moreover, it is so simple that even a child can cope with the task.

You can make croutons in the oven from any bread.

It doesn’t matter at all whether it’s white or black, fresh or the day before yesterday. The only condition when using stale bread is that there are no traces of mold on it

So, how to make crackers in the oven? We cut the bread into cubes. If we plan to use croutons in salads, then make the cubes small. If we just intend to eat them, then it is better to make cubes with a side of about 2-2.5 cm. While we are slicing the bread, turn on the oven to heat up, setting the thermostat to 180 degrees. Pour the bread cubes onto a baking sheet and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes. The time depends on how crispy and browned the crackers you want. This is how simple crackers are prepared, but to make their taste more interesting, you can use a variety of seasonings.

For example, if you decide to cook savory croutons in the oven, then before putting the baking sheet with bread cubes into the oven, you should sprinkle them with finely ground salt, black pepper, dry paprika or curry. Seasonings can be chosen to suit your taste. But if you plan to make sweet crackers for tea, then you need to sprinkle powdered sugar (you can mix it with vanilla sugar or cinnamon) on the ready-made crackers as soon as you take them out of the oven.

Or you can show your imagination and prepare fragrant garlic croutons in the oven, which can be served instead of traditional pampushki. For half a loaf of white (or black, as you like) bread you will need about half a glass of vegetable oil. It’s best, of course, to take olive oil, but pour this oil into a bowl, squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic into it, add dried herbs and add salt. Dried herbs can be anything - dill, parsley, basil. Or you can take a ready-made mixture, for example, “Provencal Herbs” or a set of Italian spices. Roll the pieces of bread in aromatic oil (to prepare this dish, do not cut the bread too finely). Place the bread cubes on a baking sheet and into the oven. Bake until they are browned and firm enough.

You can also make this snack with cheese. To do this, you need to sprinkle the almost finished crackers with cheese, which needs to be grated on the finest grater, and put them in the oven for just a couple of minutes so that the cheese begins to melt.

It must be said that dessert croutons are prepared not only from Sweet crispy croutons, which are given below, but are baked like cookies.

So, break three eggs into a bowl and beat them with a glass of sugar and a teaspoon of salt, add a glass of sour cream and a glass of raisins to the mixture (can be replaced with nuts or poppy seeds). Mix a teaspoon (without a slide) of soda with the same amount of flour, add to the dough and mix. Add another 4-4.5 cups of flour to prepare a fairly stiff dough. Let it rest for about thirty minutes, then divide it into three or four parts and form elongated bars, shaped like French baguettes. Place them on a greased baking sheet and bake at two hundred degrees until done.

Then take them out of the oven, cool them a little so as not to burn yourself, and cut them crosswise into narrow slices. Place them on a baking sheet and put them back in the oven so that the crackers dry and brown. Sprinkle the finished croutons with powdered sugar, cool and serve for tea.

With garlic for a foamy drink

These crispy breads will delight lovers of a foamy barley drink. Bread for them can be cut in any way: cubes, sticks, triangular slices or sticks. But dried slices of bread, cut across the entire cut of the loaf into plates of “lace” thickness, will be maximally saturated with garlic aroma. True, it will be difficult to do this with a regular knife. We'll have to try!

List of ingredients to prepare at the beginning of baking:

300 g white bread;
40 ml vegetable oil;
12 – 18 g garlic;
3.5 g table salt.

To prepare delicious croutons from white bread with cheese, you need to take the ingredients in the following proportion:

500 g white bread;
50 g “Russian” or any other hard or semi-hard cheese.

Preparation:

Grate the cheese on a grater with medium holes. Thinly cut off the crust from the bread, and cut the crumb into cubes with edges 1 - 1.5 cm long. To ensure that the bread crumbles less when cutting the crust and cutting it into cubes, you need to let it rest for a day, and then carry out all the manipulations with a special knife-saw.
Cover a baking sheet with parchment and place crumb cubes on it in one layer. Top the bread with cheese shavings.
Dry the crackers in the oven at medium level at 180 - 190 ° C for about 20 - 25 minutes. As soon as the slices have cooled out of the oven, you can crunch them deliciously with your favorite soup.

How to make crackers in the microwave

To prepare, we need bread or a loaf. It is necessary to cut the cubes so that they are approximately the same size. Simply, cubes of different sizes will bake unevenly. Croutons in the microwave lose moisture first inside and then around the edges. If you break such a cracker, it will be darker inside than on top. This must be taken into account when checking readiness.

The crackers are prepared in stages, turning off and stirring periodically:

Cut one loaf of bread or loaf into cubes 1-1.5 cm in size, leave to air for half an hour.
We spread the workpiece onto a dish in a thin layer. Turn on the oven at the lowest power and dry the crackers for 2-3 minutes, depending on the characteristics of your appliance. We make sure it doesn't burn.
While the crackers are baking in the microwave, mix 185 ml of olive oil (sunflower oil is possible) with salt and 6 cloves of garlic, passed through a press (you can add your favorite seasonings instead of garlic).
Remove the crackers from the oven and pour the resulting butter sauce over them, mix and bake for 1.5 minutes.

The most important thing when baking crackers in a microwave oven is to constantly monitor the process and periodically turn off and stir the dish.

How to cook croutons in the microwave

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Cut the bread into large slices.
Pour oil into a bowl and add chopped garlic.
Dip strips of bread into the mixture on both sides and salt the crackers to taste.
Place on a flat plate in one row.
Bake for 1-2 minutes at full power.
You can taste them. You can eat them hot or cold.

Crackers are a very tasty, salty, homemade snack for beer with a spicy taste. You can make crackers from black bread and white bread.

Crackers for beer at home from black bread

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Cut the bread into small cubes or thin strips and place in a plastic bag.
Make the sauce: mix vegetable oil with chopped garlic, pepper, salt and herbs.
Pour the sauce into a bag with sliced bread and mix thoroughly (you need to shake the bag) so that the slices absorb all the liquid.
Then place on a baking sheet and bake, stirring occasionally and testing for doneness.

Beer croutons made from white bread “Kirieshki”

Let's look at how to make “kirieshki” at home. To prepare “kirieshki” you will need white bread or a loaf, but since it is more porous than black bread, cutting it into even cubes is not easy. Therefore, it is better to take a stale one, but from a fresh one you can get a mountain of crumbs when cutting.

Cut 1 loaf of white bread into even portions.
Take 70 grams of sunflower or olive oil, mix with 1 teaspoon of paprika and 0.5 teaspoon of salt. You can add red pepper or a mixture of peppers if you like it spicy.
Mix the resulting mixture with the croutons.
Place on a baking sheet in one layer and place in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Bake until beautiful golden color.

Beer croutons can be made with different natural dressings: with tomato, dill, cheese and other favorite seasonings.

Homemade crackers are very tasty, and if they are freshly prepared, they have a pleasant crunch. You can make crackers of different sizes and different tastes. They can be consumed simply with tea, or added to soups and salads. The most delicious croutons for soup with garlic. Let's consider the process of their preparation.

Crackers with garlic

Bread with garlic is incredibly appetizing, a favorite taste since childhood.

Let's make a dressing for crackers with garlic: mix 3 tablespoons of oil with 7 cloves of garlic, passed through a press, and salt, leave to infuse for half an hour.
Cut one loaf of rye or wheat bread into thin slices and place in a plastic bag.
Add the infused oil-garlic mixture to the slices and shake the bag vigorously.
Place the slices on a baking sheet and roast in an oven heated to 100-120 degrees.
Bake until crispy, remembering to turn the slices periodically.

Crackers were invented for military personnel, but then all civilians liked the crackers. Rusks are economically beneficial; in dry form, bread is stored longer. They are also good for health, they are easier to digest than fresh bread and do not put a strain on the digestive system. Crackers are a unique product.

Which bread to choose for crackers?

Appetizing crackers can be made from any bread. Many families try not to throw away the leftovers, but cut them up and dry them on a baking sheet in the oven.

Products made from old bread are tougher and are well suited for soups. Fresh bread will make crackers more crumbly. They are put in salads, served for tea or with milk for an afternoon snack.

Both rye and wheat varieties can be used with equal success. Dark bread itself has a sharper taste. Additionally, it is sprinkled with salt or seasonings.

The crackers are hard and crunchy. The taste of the white bread is rather neutral; the dried pieces crumble easily. Especially delicate tea crackers are made from butter dough.