Bread Crumb Cookies Recipes

BREAD CRUMB COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients in large bowl.
• Combine liquids and add to dry.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from pan while still warm.
• Cool on rack.
• Variations: Mexican Chocolate Cookies: add 1 tsp cinnamon and almonds.
• Cinnamon Sugar Cookies: omit cocoa add 1 tsp cinnamon.
• Cappuccino Cookies; add 1 tsp cinnamon, and 2 Tbsp instant coffee.

BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• There is a real advantage to making bread crumbs instead of using pre-packaged ones, with their unpleasant preserved taste. Full tasting bread, like a sourdough or herbed bread makes for delicious crumbs. When made from fresh bread the crumbs absorb less fat or liquid than a dry crumb, making them ideal for topping off gratins, or breading meat and fish when frying. Dry crumbs are better suited for stuffings since they absorb moisture just like a sponge. Most breads can be turned into bread crumbs by simply grinding them in a food processor. Trimming crusts makes for a more delicate crumb and for very fine crumbs, strain them through a fine-mesh sieve. Store bread crumbs in a tightly sealed plastic bag in the freezer.

TOASTED BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Using tongs, place bread slices directly on oven racks. Leave in oven until hard and golden brown, about 30 minutes; darker if you prefer. Remove and cool on wire rack.
• Crumble slices into a large bowl until reduced to fine crumbs, or place in bowl of food processor and process until fine.

HOMEMADE BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• Use a food processor or blender to crumb the bread evenly.
• Crumbs should not be like sand.
• Leave some texture-don't overprocess.
• Melt butter in a large pan and add crumbs and salt and pepper.
• Stir until evenly coated.
• Continue stirring over medium heat until the crumbs sound like sand when they hit the bottom of the pan.
• Cool thoroughly.
• Then store in heavy duty plastic bags with zipper seals.
• Don't put them in the refrigerator-they won't keep.
• Store them in a cabinet for up to six months.

HOMEMADE BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• To make fresh breadcrumbs, tear the bread into pieces and drop into a food processor fitted with a blade attachment. Pulse until you have breadcrumbs of the size you want. If you want to make very even breadcrumbs, push them through a coarse sieve. Will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
• To make dried breadcrumbs, tear the bread into pieces and bake in a low oven until the pieces are completely dried out. Pulse in a food processor as before. Will keep chilled for up to two months, or frozen for six months.