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Ingredients

• 6 cups bread crusts (enough to spread out over 2 baking trays), preferably stale)
• 7 - 8 tbsp olive oil
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese (, grated)
• 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
• Black pepper
• Optional - fresh thyme to garnish

Method

1. Heat the oven to 350°F while the crusts are seasoned.
2. Place the bread crusts in a large bowl and drizzle the olive oil over them a little at a time, tossing the pieces with the other hand so the oil spreads as evenly as possible.
3. Add the grated Parmesan, dried thyme, salt and black pepper and toss that seasoning through the oiled crusts by hand.
4. Spread the seasoned crusts across two baking trays in loose, even layers.
5. Taste a crust for seasoning and adjust the salt if the mixture needs it before the trays go in.
6. Bake the bread crust snacks for 5 to 8 minutes, until the pieces turn golden brown and crunchy, checking the middle of each tray, with the top tray finishing a couple of minutes before the lower one.
7. Scatter fresh thyme over the baked crusts if using it and serve the snacks once they are cool enough to handle.

Prep: 2 min · Cook: 8 min · Total: 10 min

Nutrition not computed — the ingredients could not be matched to USDA FoodData Central data.