Croutons

I had some left over baguette, that was going stale. So I made croutons. This is a pretty standard recipe that I use to repurpose old bread.

Preheat oven to 350. While the oven is preheating, cut bread on the bias into thin slices. Rub a peeled and semi-smashed garlic cloves on the slice. Mince garlic, and herbs (I used oregano here), and mix both with some olive oil, salt, and pepper. Let the olive sit with the aromatics while the oven heats in order to infuse the oil with some more of the flavor. Use a pastry brush to spread olive oil the slices, and also the herbs. I topped this off with a tiny bit of freshly and finely grated Parmesan-Reggiano.

Bake until the croutons are crispy and starting to brown on the edges, but are not burnt.