For ¼ cup fine, dry bread crumbs, substitute any of these items: If you have bread on hand, you can always make fresh bread crumbs at home. Use fresh or slightly stale bread. Tear the bread into ...

When bread loses moisture it becomes dry. This dryness is caused by poor storage. According to Bread Bridge, the best way to prevent this loss of moisture is to store bread in an airtight container.

The ends and crusts of bread loaves can be stored in a bag in the freezer and turned into breadcrumbs another time. To dry breadcrumbs, spread the fresh crumbs to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness onto a ...