italian style bread crumbs
categories:  Bread     

Prepared: 2009-01-29

ingredients:

• 3 cups crumbs
• 2 tablespoons dry milk
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• dash of salt & pepper
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon 100% pure virgin olive oil (optional)

Preparation:

• Save in an airtight container, all the crusts from your loaves of bread, especially the wheat! Include the heels of store-bought sandwich bread.
• Dry them in the oven, at a low temp. and then grind them with one of those old fashioned food grinders.
• Add to 3 cups of the crumbs the dry milk, brown sugar, salt, pepper, parsley, onion and garlic powder and Italian seasoning.
• If you want a slightly more moist texture to your crumbs, add 1 Tbsp 100% pure virgin olive oil.
• Use bread crumbs as you would the store-bought varieties.