My easy garlic bread recipe starts with mincing garlic for a herby softened butter to spread on loaves of bread. It bakes up like a dream y’all!
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Garlic Bread Ingredients
- Baguette: Grab a crusty loaf from the bakery section. French bread, Italian bread, gluten-free bread or ciabatta work too.
- Butter: A rich, high-fat butter (like French-style) gives the best flavor. Unsalted works too, just add a pinch of salt. You can also replace the butter with your favorite vegan margarine, butter substitute or olive oil!
- Garlic: Fresh is best, minced up fine.
- Garlic Powder: You can use onion powder instead.
- Parsley: Thyme, basil, or oregano make great substitutes. Dried parsley works too, just use less.
- Olive Oil: Don’t have it or don’t like it? Use more butter, boos!
- Parmesan: Optional. Pecorino romano is a good swap.
How to Make Garlic Bread
Prepare the Garlic Butter Spread
Step 1: Add butter, minced garlic, garlic powder, parsley, olive oil and parmesan cheese (if using!) to a medium sized bowl.
Step 2: Whisk together until well combined.
Spread and Bake
Step 3: Cut bread roll in half lengthwise.
Step 4: Liberally spread garlic butter mixture on each half of bread.
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Step 5: Bake until bread is crisp and top is golden brown.
Step 6: Cut bread into slices and serve.
Garlic Bread Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 baguette
- 1/2 cup salted butter room temperature (1 stick)
- 4 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp parsley chopped
- 1/2 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup parmesan optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut bread roll in half lengthwise.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together butter, minced garlic, garlic powder, parsley, olive oil and parmesan cheese if using until well combined.
- Liberally spread garlic butter mixture on each half of bread.
- Bake bread for 10-14 minutes or until bread is crisp and top is golden brown.
- Cut bread into slices and serve.
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Notes
How to Store
- Fridge: You have leftovers? I’m impressed, boo! Let the garlic bread cool completely first. Then wrap it tightly in plastic wrap or foil, or place it in an airtight container. It will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Freezer: You can freeze garlic bread before or after baking. For unbaked bread, spread on the garlic butter, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and freeze up to 3 months. For baked bread, wrap slices well and freeze up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating.
- Reheating: Warm it in a 350°F oven for 10-15 minutes until heated through and crisp again. For a quick fix, wrap a slice in a damp paper towel and microwave for about 20 seconds.
Nutrition
Recipe Tips
- Use fresh garlic. Do not, I repeat, do NOT use garlic. It’s packed with preservatives and lacks that bold, fresh flavor. Grab a bulb and mince it yourself boos!
- Mince it fine. Big chunks of garlic can be too much for chewing. Chop it down real fine so it melts right into the butter.
- Soften the butter. Room temp butter blends everything together smoothly.
- Toast the bread perfectly. If you want to brown the top even more, turn your broiler on for 1-2 minutes but watch carefully so your bread doesn’t burn!
Recipe Help
For sure boos! Just assemble the bread with the garlic bread spread, wrap super well and pop in the fridge or freezer. Follow the rest of the baking instructions when you are ready to bake. It will need to bake a bit longer if you are baking from frozen however.
Y’all gotta make sure you bake it long enough so it gets crispy. Check to make sure the bread is super toasty on the sides and golden brown on top before removing from the oven.
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I made 2 loaves 2 weeks before our family Christmas gathering and froze it according to your suggestion. It was easy to prepare, easy to thaw & cook and it was delicious! Not one piece was left~a keeper!