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5 Ways To Use Leftover Bread

Posted: 01/30/2012 7:50 am
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There's a reason they call it the daily bread -- it's never the same after 24 hours. Fortunately, thrifty cooks are always coming up with ways to make use of whatever's left over. Here are our favorites from the Food52 community. Stale never tasted so delicious.

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There's nothing to making this French toast. But there is one thing that makes it exceptional: cream. This recipe cuts to the chase, forgoing spices and extracts, and focussing instead on eggs, cream and challah. You whip together the eggs and cream, which form a custardy mixture, then dip the eggy bread into this custard -- make sure to gently squeeze the bread with your fingertips to draw the eggs and cream to the center -- and fry them in butter. Outside is a crisp crepe-like shell. Inside, pudding. What are you waiting for? - Amanda & Merrill

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There's a reason they call it the daily bread -- it's never the same after 24 hours. Fortunately, thrifty cooks are always coming up with ways to make use of whatever's left over. Here are our favorit...
There's a reason they call it the daily bread -- it's never the same after 24 hours. Fortunately, thrifty cooks are always coming up with ways to make use of whatever's left over. Here are our favorit...
 
 
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09:26 PM on 02/28/2012
We make large croutons w/leftover bread (baguettes, sourdough, boules or italian style rustic breads) by tossing them in olive oil and herbs/spices and freeze them..I can toss them in salads or soup, make a strata or grind them up in the food processor for bread crumbs. French toast and dessert bread puddings are best with challah or brioche.
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northbronx
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05:18 PM on 01/30/2012
Panzanella, especially in the summertime! In winter, soak up beef stew or carbonnade.
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09:19 PM on 02/28/2012
Love panzanella...so good w/ripe tomatoes off the vine from the garden.
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03:18 PM on 01/30/2012
What about bread soup or bread salad?
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12:54 PM on 01/30/2012
If you don't have it around you don't need to worry about the leftovers- Just a thought -
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