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How To Turn Leftover Pizza Crust Into An Ingredient A Lot Of Dishes Call For By Ashley M. Jacobs Oct. 27, 2025 2:00 pm EST

There are two types of people in the world: those who eat their pizza crusts and those who don't. I fall into the first camp and am used to being offered people's barren crusts. I decline because it's too much bread at a time, but I feel guilty when the excess crusts slide into the trash. Not anymore, though, because leftover pizza crust can be transformed into an important pantry staple, with nary a crumb going to waste: breadcrumbs.

To make homemade breadcrumbs from pizza crust, you need to cut away any leftover sauce or baked-on cheese so you're left with just the crust. Then cut it into chunks and throw those in a food processor or blende

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