Outback Croutons Food

BEST EVER CROUTONS

Steps:

• Cube Bread (large) 1 Slice makes approx 12 - Set Aside.
• Melt butter, garlic and seasoning in microwave for about 45 seconds.
• Add Parmesan cheese to butter mixture.
• Toast bread cubes in a toaster oven on Dark, or in the oven at 375 degrees for about 7 or 8 mins until browned.
• Allow your cubes to cool for a just a moment before tossing them in the butter mixture.

OUTBACK CROUTONS

Steps:

• Cut bread into bite sized pieces -- melt butter until it looks like mayo.do not melt to a liquid.croutons will NOT turn out.
• Add garlic and seasoning to butter and blend well and set aside.
• Put bread on a cookie sheet and toast till golden brown.
• Be sure and let cool completely.
• Place butter mixture into a large bowl -- coat bread cubes gently --
• put croutons back on baking sheet and bake at 8-10 minutes.at 350*.
• Gently shake the pan to make sure all are browning correctly.

EASY OUTBACK CROUTONS

Steps:

• Take any amount of bread. Get an electric bread knife and then you can cut three rows one way four rows another. Let sit in open air overnight--the more stale they get the better to cook.
• Take a cookie sheet and evenly spread over so that none overlap.
• Heat oven to 250°. Place in oven for 30-45 minutes. They should have a yellow tint all the way through. Some will burn on edges. Shake cookie sheet to check evenness.
• Take 1 lb of butter and melt to mayo consistency--no more, no less--this is very important! Add to 1/2 cup of house seasoning.
• House seasoning from Outback is mostly paprika, dash of salt, some onion powder and garlic powder and a little bit of cayenne pepper.
• Then mince 1/4 cup garlic. The easy way is to buy cloves that are skinned and use a cheese shredder blade so that its flaky.
• Mix together in melted butter.
• Let crouton bread get room temperature and mix butter and toasted bread gently and evenly coat. Then stick it back in the oven at 275°F Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes or until most butter is cooked. It will always look like it is wet until it cools down for 20 minutes. Shake cookie sheet to see that it evenly coats.

CINNAMON OBLIVION

Steps:

• For candied pecans, combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons water, 1 teaspoon butter, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium heat.
• Heat until mixture boils and all sugar granules are dissolved.
• Add chopped pecans to mixture and stir for 1 to 2 minutes over heat.
• Be sure that all pecans are well-coated.
• Pour mixture onto a large plate and continue to stir until mixture hardens and begins to break up.
• You should be able to separate all of the nuts.
• For the croutons, preheat the oven to 300°F.
• Pour the slice bread cubes onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the bread has turned light brown.
• Stir halfway through cooking time.
• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• Pour baked croutons into the pan and sauté until the bread is well-coated with butter.
• Combine the 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Sprinkle this mixture over the croutons while stirring so that the croutons are well-coated with cinnamon/sugar.
• Remove croutons from the heat and pour them onto a plate to cool.
• Prepare apples by carefully mixing them with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar in a large bowl.
• You want to be sure you don't stir hard enough to break up the apples.
• Microwave the apple for 1 to 2 minutes or until hot.
• To assemble the dessert for serving, first roll four cup-size scoops of ice cream in the pecan pieces.
• You can do this step ahead of time if you like, keeping the pecan-covered scoops in your freezer.
• Place an ice cream scoop onto a small plate, then pour about a tablespoon of caramel over the ice cream.
• Dribble another tablespoon around the base of the ice cream onto the plate.
• Spread the hot apples around the base of the ice cream being sure to divide them evenly amongst the four servings.
• Divide the croutons into four portions and sprinkle them on the apples around the base of the ice cream scoop on each plate.
• Spread a generous portion of whipped cream onto the top of each scoop of ice cream.
• Top off each dish with a fresh strawberry.