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
- 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 & reheat Garlic Bread
If you somehow manage to have leftovers (I’m impressed, boo!) simply wrap that garlic bread in foil or put it in an airtight container. If you want to refrigerate it, make sure the bread has cooled completely, then wrap tightly in plastic wrap before popping in the fridge. To reheat, you can just pop back in the oven at about 350 F for 10-15 minutes or until warmed and crispy again. Or wrap a slice in a damp paper towel and heat it for about 20 seconds.How long will Garlic Bread last in the fridge?
At room temp, your garlic bread will stay fresh for up to 2 days. After that, it starts to lose that golden magic. If you pop it in the fridge, you can stretch it out for up to 3 days.Can I freeze homemade garlic bread?
Yes! It’s actually best to freeze your garlic bread BEFORE you bake it. Just assemble with the garlic spread and wrap tightly in plastic wrap and freeze up to 3 months. You can also freeze after baking the same way, and it should last about 2 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before heating.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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It’s great to have a good recipe for garlic bread, Jocelyn. I’ll let you into a secret. I don’t like neat butter, but I can eat it on garlic bread for some reason. Your pictures have really captured how delicious it is!
Hahahah that is such an awesome secret Helen! I think I think I need garlic bread now!
I think the simplest recipes are the absolute best, and you don’t get any simpler than garlic bread! I loveeeeeeeee this, Jocelyn! Pinned!
Agreed Justine and thanks so much for the pin dear!
We love eating garlic bread with our pasta dinners. This bread looks SO good!
Thanks so much Marcie! I am the same way!!
Yum!! My husband has Celiac so we have to follow a gluten free diet, but I recently found some gluten free baguettes, and I have been thinking of all the things I can try with them. Definitely making this our next pasta night!
Oh that sounds awesome! I think I might need to try those gluten free baguettes as well!
I love that you would hide the loaf in your mom’s grocery cart… I totally did that with my favorite foods, too (though, shamefully, mine were more of the Chips Ahoy cookie and Froot Loops cereal variety ;)). This bread looks scrumptious — making soon!
Haha yes I was such a sneaky little girl right? Thanks so much Stephanie!
I have to try your easy garlic bread, Jocelyn – so much easier than my homemade version haha. This is a great side when you put all the time and energy into the main dish!
Yes I totally pull this out when I seriously don’t have time to devote to the sides haha.
There is nothing like homemade garlic bread! So buttery and delicious!
Agreed Ashley! Totally agreed!
I love homemade garlic bread, so buttery and delicious and yours looks like its full of garlicky flavour. Yum
Thanks so much Rochelle!
How many slices does this makes?
It really depends on the length of the bread and the slices you make so its hard to give a true estimate.
Yeah girl, homemade garlic bread is the bomb! I love it from the bakery but nothing beats homemade. I think it is partially mental. Everything tastes better when you put love it to it!
But don’t get me wrong. That Texas Toast from the box is pretty darn delicious too… Haha.
Ha good point. I loved that texas toast for years hahaha!
I’ve never made homemade garlic bread before, but now I NEED to!
Yes it is so easy and you won’t regret it Chloe!!