LACTOSE FREE CROUTONS!

This recipe is for lactose free croutons.  It may not sound that exciting, but for someone who is lactose intolerant, finding lactose free croutons is a BIG DEAL! If you go to a restaurant, they are always slathered with butter. If you try to buy them in the store they alway have some form of milk product lurking in their ingredient list whether it be whey, milk fat, milk solids, etc. So, I've created my own. I've included a recipe below, but feel free to tweak it. You can add different herbs, your favorite seasonings, extra salt or less salt, onion salt instead of garlic salt, white pepper instead of black pepper, etc. The possibilities are endless. Or, if you want just garlic croutons, just omit the herbs and use olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic salt.

 

 

RECIPE:

8-10 sliced Italian lactose free bread
2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
a generous amount of salt (I can't measure the amounts of the salt, pepper, herbs or spices here)
pepper
dried basil
dried parsley
generous amount of garlic salt


Cut your bread into cubes and place in a bowl. Drizzle with the olive oil and mix together. Sprinkle on your salt, pepper, basil, parsley and garlic salt. Mix well. Spread on a cookie sheet. You just want one layer of croutons here so they have a chance to get crispy. Preheat oven to 320F and cook for 10 min. Take out cookie sheet and flip croutons over with a spatula and cook for 10 more minutes at 320F so that the other side can get crispy too! When the timer goes off, take them out and you now have homemade, crispy, flavorful LACTOSE FREE CROUTONS!

Side note: I didn't include exact meausements of the salt, pepper, spices, etc. because you just have to tweak it. Some people like theirs salty, other like their less salty. Just see what works for you! You can even sample them before they go into the oven to make sure they taste right! You may also need to cook them for an extra 5-10 minutes....it all depends on your oven!