Making bread cubes for stuffing

I participated in a bread CSA this summer.  The bread was fantastic, but I travel a bit, and a fair amount of it ended up being frozen.


Turkey dressing for Christmas day dinner seemed like a good opportunity to use up all this bread. Surprisingly, I have never made my own bread cubes.  I usually just buy the cubes from the bakery.  So, naturally I went online, then I conferred with friends, then decided upon cubing them with crust on, and toasting them in the oven.

First, I sliced the bread in 1/2 inch slices.


Then strips.


Then cubes.


The oven was preheated to 300 Fahrenheit.  I spread the cubes in a single layer and popped them in the oven.


I stirred them every 5 minutes until they were very dry.  It  ended up taking about 20 minutes total, and I ended up with 5 sheets of them!


And I guess we will know on Friday how good they are in the dressing.



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