We hosted a party last weekend and served, among other things, sloppy joes. We way over estimated the amount of buns we needed and were left with 2 whole packs of quality sandwich buns that we were not going to use.
You may be thinking that we could have froze them, but honestly we never like the taste of buns that have been frozen and then defrosted. We have tried it, and it just isn’t for us.
I did not not want them to go to waste and after a few meals of hamburgers and pulled pork sandwiches we were still left with 1 whole pack left. I made my own bread crumbs!
How to make your own bread crumbs
Heat your oven to 200 degrees and lay the bread (or buns) on a cookie sheet. Bake for 1 hour at 200.
Let the bread cool and then break it into pieces and place them in a blender (or food processor if you have one).
Cover and use a medium setting to turn the chunks into crumbs. It only takes a little bit to accomplish this task. I put in 3 or 4 halves per blending.
When you are done you will have nice even bread crumbs that you can use when you make meat loaf, fry chicken or pork, etc.
If you keep them in the fridge they will last about a month; you can also freeze them in recipe size bags and they will last much longer.
