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It’s so easy to make your own croutons to top salads and soups with just a few simple ingredients. These homemade croutons are seasoned with parmesan, garlic, and herbs and are oven-baked for a wonderful crispy bite.

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If you are looking to jazz up your soups and salads, these seasoned homemade croutons are a tasty choice! Super quick and easy to make, they can be made ahead of time and are a great way to add flavor and texture to your meals. These easy herb garlic crouton recipe will make your mouth water, they are so good!

Add them to Caesar Salad or Chef Salad or add them as a topping to Cauliflower Soup.

Ingredients

Here is what you need to make these easy croutons at home:

ingredients for homemade croutons
  • Parmesan cheese: If you are meat-free, you can use a vegetarian parmesan.
  • Olive Oil: I like to use half extra virgin & half light olive oil, I find that if I use only extra virgin olive oil, the croutons have too strong a taste.
  • Seasonings: Garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper.
  • Bread cubes: You can easily make them gluten-free by using gluten-free bread from Canyon Bakehouse.

How to make croutons

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, add the grated Parmesan cheese, olive oil, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and salt and pepper. Mix everything.
  • Add bread cubes and toss to coat.
  • Spread the bread cubes on the lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated 375 F oven for about 20 minutes turning halfway through.
close up of croutons

How long do they keep?

Homemade croutons will keep well for 3 to 4 days at room temperature and up to a week in the fridge. Let them cool to room temperature and then store in an airtight container or ziplock bag. They will start to lose their crunchiness after this time but will still be good to eat.

homemade croutons on a baking sheet

Can you freeze them?

Yes! These garlic croutons freeze really well and will keep for around 2 weeks frozen. Take the frozen croutons out about 15 minutes before you want to use them and you can toss them straight onto your salad. You can also place them under the broiler for a few minutes if you like to really crisp them up.

making croutons in a bowl

What’s the best bread to use?

Homemade croutons are best made with slightly stale day-old bread and sourdough or a french loaf, a ciabatta also works well for a lighter crouton. You can also use whole-grain bread. I used gluten-free bread from Canyon Bakehouse for these gluten-free croutons and their products are a staple in our house.

croutons in a bowl made with gluten-free bread from canyon breadhouse

Recipe Notes and Tips

  • Cut the bread into similar sized cubes so that they cook evenly.
  • Make them vegan by omitting the parmesan cheese.
  • Be sure to turn the croutons halfway through baking so that they get crispy all over.
  • Let them cool completely before storing so that they stay crunchy.
  • There are only 7 g of carbs in these croutons making them low carb.

Recipes to use homemade croutons in

Croutons add a nice crunch and texture to salads, soups, and stews. Here are some of my favorite recipes that you can add croutons in.

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Homemade Croutons

It's so easy to make your own croutons to top salads and soups with just a few simple ingredients. These homemade croutons are seasoned with parmesan, garlic and herbs and are oven baked for a wonderful crispy bite.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 16 servings (4 cups)

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Ingredients  

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, add the grated Parmesan cheese, olive oil, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and salt and pepper. Mix everything.
  • Add bread cubes and toss to coat.
  • Spread the bread cubes on the lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated 375 F oven for about 20 minutes turning halfway through.

Notes

  • Cut the bread into similar sized cubes so that they cook evenly.
  • Make them vegan by omitting the parmesan cheese.
  • Be sure to turn the croutons halfway through baking so that they get crispy all over.
  • Let them cool completely before storing so that they stay crunchy.

Nutrition

Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 99mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition Disclaimer: Nutritional values are estimates and may vary with ingredients, brands, and portion sizes. For accuracy, use your preferred nutrition calculator.

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5 Comments

  1. Michelle says:

    5 stars
    These homecare croutons were so easy to make! The flavours were spot on!

  2. Claudia Lamascolo says:

    5 stars
    I love that you baked these, I have always fried and burned mine trying this right now! Thanks

  3. Jacqueline Meldrum says:

    5 stars
    So simple, but always so tasty! Especially with soup.

  4. Michelle Boule says:

    5 stars
    Can’t wait to try this recipe! We have salads for lunch every day now that we work from home and this will be a great addition.

  5. Beth says:

    5 stars
    These are perfect and so easy! We love salads to go with out dinners and these homemade croutons are perfect! So excited to make these!