I don’t “screen” mine, but make a little effort with the shaking to leave behind the finest of the crumbs. Panko crumbs are “screened” so the finest crumbs aren’t included and ones left behind are rather large and uniform. They don’t have any color and they are made up of very hard, jagged crumbs. Two things really separate Panko Crumbs from our typical American style bread crumbs. The finer crumbs may be saved and used as desired. Make as many as you’d like, working in batches. Time varies depending on the amount of crumbs. Stir often and remove when crumbs are dry but haven’t picked up any color. Remove the larger crumbs from the bowl and spread thinly on a large cookie sheet and place in oven to dry. Remove from food processor, place in a large bowl or pan and shake so the fine crumbs fall to the bottom. My directions are for a food processor but a large holed grater or a blender work well, too.įill food processor about half full with bread in about 1″ cubes (without the crust) and pulse until uniform in size and crumbs are formed. They can be fresh, dried, toasted, flavored or a marvelous breadcrumb topping can be made for casseroles or crusts. There are different breadcrumbs for different usages.

If your bread is really dry, try breaking it down by using your rolling pin instead of breaking it down with the food processor.If your bread is too hard, but still good just cover with a damp paper towel and microwave at 20 second intervals, then proceed.Remove the crust for the best breadcrumbs (the crust often does not cook up uniformly for some applications) or leave it on if you’d like to be more frugal.Three slices of bread will give you about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of bread crumbs, depending on how finely they are processed.Get in the habit of making breadcrumbs with leftover or stale bread and toss them in the freezer.Seriously better than any store-bought crumb.

First of all, they’re pricey at the store! I was asked to pick up some once for a friend while I was on the way to dinner and about had a heart attack!! Besides, home-made breadcrumbs are far superior.

Bread crumb topping recipe