Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Croutons w/Olive Oil takes several minutes to prepare.

Croutons w/Olive Oil takes 15 minutes to cook.

Croutons w/Olive Oil makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Croutons w/Olive Oil are:

8 oz Bread, french or vienna (includes sourdough)
4 tbsp Olive Oil

Here is how you make Croutons w/Olive Oil:

1. Prep the bread2. Preheat the oven to 375?F.Tear into uniform size pieces or Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes.2. Place on jellyroll pan. Drizzle a little olive oil onto your jellyroll pan, optionally lined with tin foil. Add your bread. Drizzle remaining fat on top, tossing bread lightly to totally coat. Spread the bread out in a single layer and no longer touching so they brown instead of steam. 3. Bake3 in the oven. Place the jellyroll pan in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes. Half way through the baking time, shake the pan and toss or stir the croutons. Bake until done.4. Store. Remove and cool on the pan. Store croutons for 3 days in an airtight container/bag.1 Bread ex. French, sourdough, baguette, batard, whole grain?Removing crust is optional; Heel of bread, remove more.2 Prep the bread. Prep the bread according to the kind of crouton you need: thinly slice a baguette into 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices for French croutons; pull rough pieces from a loaf of bread for rustic croutons; or using a knife, cube slices for more uniform bread cubes.3 Baking time ? watch carefully. Time depends on how dried out the bread is, how dense the bread is, the size of the croutons, etc. Croutons are done when they?re a light golden brown and are starting to smell good. They?ll be crispy or will crisp up as they cool.Serving Size: 5 servings or 3 CNumber of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DATAGATHERER.

The nutritional information for Croutons w/Olive Oil is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 219.8

• Total Fat: 12.2 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 276.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
• Protein: 4.0 g