Total Steps
4
Ingredients
5
Tools Needed
4
Ingredients
- bread
- bagel
- stale potato chips
- stale crackers
- water
Instructions
Step 1
Re; refreshing <a href="/technique/482ZKJDV/bread">bread</a>, I <a href="/technique/YCPJKCW5/freeze">freeze</a> <a href="/technique/482ZKJDV/bread">bread</a> tightly <a href="/technique/X75YQJ6B/wrapped">wrapped</a> in aluminum foil and placed in a plastic bag with other <a href="/technique/X75YQJ6B/wrapped">wrapped</a> loaves. To refresh <a href="/technique/YCPJKCW5/frozen">frozen</a> <a href="/technique/482ZKJDV/bread">bread</a>, remove from plastic but leave loaf <a href="/technique/X75YQJ6B/wrapped">wrapped</a> in foil, thaw in 350 F oven or toaster oven for 20 minutes (baguettes), 25 or more if thicker. The crust is usually fine but if it is a little soft, unwrap the foil, <a href="/technique/B52FHCF2/turn">turn</a> off the oven and leave the loaf in the oven for 2 minutes more.
Step 2
To refresh unfrozen <a href="/technique/482ZKJDV/bread">bread</a>, 5 minutes in a 350 F oven (turned off) will usually do it but the crust might get brittle and "crumbly". ["Werner Gansz" (dwgansz@prodigy.net)]
Step 3
To refresh <a href="/technique/482ZKJDV/bread">bread:</a> My mother used to put bagel, or anything else with a good crust, in a <a href="/technique/D434P8MH/brown">brown</a> paper bag with the end <a href="/technique/8M4FMXQ6/folded">folded</a> over & stapled, then sprinkled with water. That went into a 300 F oven for about 10 minutes...longer if frozen... [Epwerth15@aol.com]
Step 4
In reading recent postings regarding ways to refresh <a href="/technique/482ZKJDV/bread">bread</a>, I was reminded of something I recently read in my Rival Crockpot Cooking cookbook that dealt with reviving stale potato chips and crackers. Use your crockpot instead of one of those expensive crispers you see in catalogs and on the net. Place them in the crockpot but DO NOT cover. <a href="/technique/XZFHRHHF/heat">Heat</a> on the Low setting for 2 to 4 hours, and you have <a href="/technique/8J3RJ3MF/crisp">crisp</a>, <a href="/technique/FVYNJCCW/warm">warm</a> crackers or chips (not to mention a wonderful smelling kitchen!). [Corinaesq@aol.com]