Uses for left over bread

[Jute]

My family is small and so often we can't eat all the bread I make so I thought it was great to find some recipes for left over bread.

Leftover Bread Recipes"

[Jute]

William wrote: "If we have leftover bagette or something good I like to slice it in half lengthwise and cover the surface with cheddar cheese (the good stuff) and tomato paste, sometimes adding green olive tapenad..."

This does sound awesome!

[Marsha]

If the bread is really hard, too much so to eat or even slice, I grate it on the fine side of a four-sided grater and make bread crumbs.

[Leslie]

I like to prepare bread pudding with leftover bread, but since getting chickens its now much easier to turn it into chicken feed ;-(

[Bob]

Leslie wrote: "I like to prepare bread pudding with leftover bread, but since getting chickens its now much easier to turn it into chicken feed ;-("

Love chickens! Do you have a favorite bread pudding recipe?

[Leslie]

That is a good question, Bob. I used to make a very rich bread pudding with a whiskey-based sauce (lots of butter), but don't think my kids would like it. I was looking at bread pudding recipes yesterday and was surprised to find many savory ones - e.g. including cheese. Have you ever made a savory bread pudding? Or do you have a favorite recipe?

[Bob]

Leslie wrote: "That is a good question, Bob. I used to make a very rich bread pudding with a whiskey-based sauce (lots of butter), but don't think my kids would like it. I was looking at bread pudding recipes y..."

I love bread pudding, but I've never made it. I really don't make dessert that often. I do like a snifter of bourbon occasionally and the whiskey based sauce sounds very good. I'll try to find a recipe like that.

[Leslie]

I found a great-looking bread pudding recipe. Its on serious eats, but taken from the "back in the day bakery" cookbook. You can find it here.

A word of warning, though, - along with delicious, this stuff is calorie and fat dense, and addictive!

so don't say I didn't tell ya so.

[Bob]

Thank you so much Leslie! I'll try it this weekend.

[Bob]

I found "The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook" on Amazon. The reviewers rave about it. I put it on my wish-list. I have so many cookbooks now that I feel guilty buying another one.

[Jute]

Bob wrote: "I found "The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook" on Amazon. The reviewers rave about it. I put it on my wish-list. I have so many cookbooks now that I feel guilty buying another one."

haha I know the feeling. I have to expand my kitchen just for my cookbooks!

[Leslie]

I'm hoping to remodel my kitchen this spring, and bigger space for cookbooks is on the list!
Serious eats did a "cook-the-book" on the Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook, with several featured recipes. I had hoped to win a copy (*sigh*). You can see the various recipes here.