Turning dried-out bread scraps into homemade bread crumbs is a simple way to minimize waste, but pulsing bread chunks in the food processor can be a messy chore. Melissa Clark discovered an ingenious way to easily transform stale bread into mounds of bread crumbs without the usual overheating processor or gunked-up blade:
Use the grater attachment! She dries out slices of day-old bread in a 300°F oven, then pushes them through the feeder tube on her food processor. The bread is "grated" into crumbs without the usual fussing with the blade. She says the crumbs are a not uniform in size, but they can be processed a little with the regular blade once everything is grated for a finer, more uniform crumb.
We love homemade bread crumbs crisped up and sprinkled over pasta, salads and vegetable sides. This method makes it easy to always have a jar on hand.
Check it out: Kitchen Hip Tip: The Easiest Homemade Breadcrumbs - Melissa Clark
What is your method for making homemade breadcrumbs?
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Making breadcrumbs is a messy chore?
I toss my bread in the food processor, and pulse a few times, then dump it out. How does using a second attachment make this easier?
Wrap the dry bead in a tea towel & bash it with something. Unwrap and presto! No need for a machine at all...
I agree with @NINEONE it doesn't seem that messy to me, breadcrumbs are actually one of the easiest things to clean in my food processor. I do usually process it fresh, to store in the freezer, and if I need it toasted, I'll toast it after it's already in crumbs.
Using the grater on toasted bread does seem like a good idea though.
Put the dried out bread in a freezer bag, and bash with a rolling pin.
I've never had a problem blitzing cubed up bread into breadcrumbs either. Attach steel blade, fill up the work bowl, and pulse till I get the consistency I want. No big deal, and I have the standard, run of the mill KA food processor.