1/8 What do you do with the heels from bread?

[Sharon]

What do you do with the heels from a loaf of bread?

Sometimes we use them in a sandwich or for a piece of toast. Most of the time they get tossed.

Once I was going to let them get stale and make bread crumbs but then got tired of the bread drying on the counter and threw the whole mess away.

[Deleted]

You can throw them into the freezer until you need them... but I'll grind them and make bread crumbs, cube them and make croutons, or sometimes I'll take them for a whirl in my coffee grinder to clean it.

[dancinmama]

We either use them for toast or I make bread crumbs out of them to toss into a meatloaf.

[Deleted]

Also, put one in with your brown sugar and it'll keep it from getting hard as a rock.

[toservewithlove]

I usually leave the first heel in the sleeve until the loaf is at the end to keep the other pieces fresher. I then use the heals for an inside out grilled cheese sandwich or toss them out for the birds. I had a client that loved to make peanut butter sandwiches for the squirrels.

[writer88]

Also, put one in with your brown sugar and it'll keep it from getting hard as a rock.

Thanks, RoseGarden! I never heard of that before!

[toservewithlove]

RoseGarden: My mom would always add them to the tupperware box when she baked cookies to keep them soft.

[Deleted]

Jan 8, 2011 11:33:35 GMT -5 @toservewithlove said:

RoseGarden: My mom would always add them to the tupperware box when she baked cookies to keep them soft.

I guess it's the same theory - I'll try that next time!

[Deleted]

I love to keep the heels for things like sloppy joes, tuna melts, or garlic toast. I'll eat them toasted with peanut butter no problem as well.

[suzwantstobefree]

I live alone and can never finish a whole loaf of bread so it really isn't a problem for me And I cannot stand frozen and then thawed bread - yuck..........

[Deleted]

Try frozen to toasted, straight from the freezer to the toaster. It works.

[Apple]

I usually leave the first heel in the sleeve until the loaf is at the end to keep the other pieces fresher.

I don't like frozen and thawed bread either, I'll try Later's suggestion. My favorite toast is made with bread heels. I don't like them "fresh" (unless it's homemade bread) but toasted with a little butter they are the best

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

I leave the first one there to help keep the loaf fresher. At the end of the loaf, if I need the two heels, I eat them. Otherwise, I toss them and go for a fresh loaf. By then, sometimes that first heel has a bite out of it anyway! (grin)

[Artemis Windsong]

They are like any other slice of bread. I am going to put one in my brown sugar. I had a couple of large lumps in my brown sugar cookies over Xmas.

[pepperdoo]

I also use mine for brown sugar, or I crumble them and use them for neutral breadcrumbs in recipes:) I never toss them.

I make homemade bread though, and haven't bought a loaf of bread in years.

[djmj3284]

I just toast them and eat them like any other slice. Unless I don't eat the bread fast enough and then of course it goes in the freezer or trash if I didn't think of it in time.

[Deleted]

I eat it. Our loaves go in the freezer as soon as they come home from the store and are thawed and used as needed.

[Opti]

I eat them.

[rubyslippers]

We put them underneath a meatloaf before we bake it and it absorbs a lot of the grease. We also keep our cookies fresh by putting it in the Rubbermaid container. I never heard about using it for brown sugar. That sounds like a good idea. If I have a heel left from my favorite ciabatta bread, that's the best to use for dipping into an olive oil mixture.

[gailbon]

Cut it in cubes, then toast in a pan with a little (hot) olive oil and your favorite dried herbs. Or, save and grate to use for breadcrumbs, as others have suggested.

[rumples]

DH and DN really like them, so they eat them.

[motherto2]

the same as everyone else. Save it until the loaf is to the end, toast it with PB. I keep my bread in the fridge. It lasts a whole lot longer and isn't soggy like when it is frozen.

[bobbysgirl]

Jan 8, 2011 10:27:22 GMT -5 Sharon said:

What do you do with the heels from a loaf of bread?

Sometimes we use them in a sandwich or for a piece of toast. Most of the time they get tossed.

Once I was going to let them get stale and make bread crumbs but then got tired of the bread drying on the counter and threw the whole mess away.

Sharon: If you save the ends in the freezer, you can put them in a bowl with milk to let it them soften. I use them in meatloaf and such things.

[marvholly]

Eat like regular slices
Use as topper on baked onion soup
Croutons
Breadcrumbs

Also, I scoop out french bread/rolls when I make pizza, Italian beef or sausage (saves calories & carbs) so I toast the scoopings and make breadcrumbs from them too.

[montanatransplant]

We as one other poster, turn it "inside out" and use it as a regular piece of bread. One sees what looks like a regular slice of bread--maybe a little extra mayo or butter.

Put in with the brown sugar (although I have one of those discs one soaks in water) and/or put in with cookies or some other baked good that is threatening to get stale.

[plugginaway22]

Am I the only one who gives them to our 120 lb yellow lab? He comes into the kitchen when he hears a bag of bread opening!

[montanatransplant]

Plugginaway--if I had a 120 lb yellow lab looking at me with those big eyes as I opened a loaf of bread, I'd give him the crust as well!

[daisylu]

Jan 10, 2011 22:43:08 GMT -5 plugginaway22 said:

Am I the only one who gives them to our 120 lb yellow lab? He comes into the kitchen when he hears a bag of bread opening!

I give them to the dog too. Usually when weekends when I fry bacon, I put the heels in the bottom of her bowl with some bacon grease and regual dog food on top.

[Deleted]

Half of my PB&J is made with the heel today..


I will let you know if I can choke it down.

[Deleted]

Are you kidding? That's the best part of the bread. (Glad DH disagrees with me.)