Are You Sure You Know How to Make Croutons?

In our recent initiative to to Save the Leftover Bread, we suggested making homemade breadcrumbs, the starting point for the rustic Italian spaghetti with crispy breadcrumbs, Irish brown bread ice cream, and spicy French mayonnaise, rouille.

Now, how about some croutons? Oh sure, you make croutons with your eyes closed. You probably wriggle free of a straitjacket and emerge from a steel box locked down to the bottom of a swimming pool with a tray of dry croutons in hand, to wild applause. I insult you with my banal suggestions. Well, even a good trick can go wrong.

Keep reading to learn the top three crouton-making pitfalls, which you, of course, already avoid.