Skip the pre-made or frozen garlic bread and make this delicious recipe in the comfort of your own home- ready in only 15 minutes! Try now!
Garlic Bread is the perfect Bread pairing for all your favorite Italian recipes. You will never want to buy the pre-made frozen bread again. You can also trying making Garlic Bread with Sliced Bread or combine the meat and the bread like in my Garlic Bread Meatball Bites.
Sabrina’s Garlic Bread Recipe
What makes this recipe stand out is the balance of flavor and texture. The garlic butter is evenly spread so every slice is flavorful (no dry spots), and baking at the right temperature ensures that golden, slightly crunchy crust while keeping the inside tender. A quick broil at the end takes it over the top, giving you that irresistible lightly toasted finish.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons parsley , minced
- 1 loaf French bread , not baguette
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mash together the butter, garlic, salt and parsley.
- Cut the French Bread in half lengthwise.
- Brush the mixture onto the french bread and bake for 10 minutes or until browned.
- To crisp and brown topping, change heat level to broil and add the garlic bread back in for up to 1 minute until the bread starts to turn a golden brown.
- Slice into pieces and serve.
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Sabrina’s Tips
Wait 2-3 minutes after baking to cut into your bread. This lets the butter set slightly and keeps everything from sliding off- making cleaner, bakery-style pieces.
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About this Recipe
Garlic Bread may seem like a no brainer right? Garlic, butter and salt? Yes, of course, but getting the right methods down are key to the perfect crispy and chewy garlic bread. Using fresh French Bread, real butter, and lots of chopped garlic will result in that toasty, comforting garlic bread you love, perfect on its own or used to sop up any sauce from your dinner.
Pairing Suggestions
Garlic bread is a staple with most Italian meals. Pair it with your favorites like Chicken Alfredo Pasta, Chicken Parmesan, or keep it simple and enjoy it with Spaghetti and Meatballs. You will love dipping this in all the extra sauce!
How to Store
- Serve: Serve bread warm from the oven, it is safe to keep at room temperature.
- Store: Store bread in a plastic storage bag with the air squeezed out and keep at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Freeze: Tightly wrapped in plastic wrap and foil, bread will keep in the freezer up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature and reheat in the oven at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
Frequent Questions
Fresh bread is best in Garlic Bread recipes because you’ll preserve the chewy texture of the bread. Using older bread will result in overly messy and crunchy garlic bread.
You can use the garlic butter in place of regular butter when cooking steak or fish if you want that extra garlic kick. You could also sometimes serve plain pasta tossed in garlic butter, use it on baked or mashed potatoes, or on these Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots.
Variations
- Bread: A classic French loaf is perfect for this recipe, but the homemade garlic butter would also be wonderful toasted onto a sourdough, a rustic wheat loaf, or even pretzel bread.
- Salt: If you want a more frozen garlic bread flavor use Lawry’s Garlic Salt in place of regular salt.
- Red Pepper: If you like a hint of spice use some crushed red pepper.
- Cheese: If you’d like Cheesy Garlic Bread use mozzarella and Parmesan on the bread just before baking.
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This was the best garlic bread I’ve ever made. It was quick and easy. I ended up adding mozzarella and parmesan. I baked it 5 minutes at 350 and switched to broiling for the last 5. I did not move the oven rack so it wouldn’t burn. It was perfect! Thank you for a great bread.
Wow! This is the closest I’ve ever seen to my own garlic bread recipe. Best of all yours sounds good and like it will taste like garlic!
I love garlic and garlic bread is my favorite way to eat it. I love that your recipe is so simple and doesn’t have a dozen ingredients or more. Using sourdough bread in place of French bread makes a really yummy exchange.
Thanks, Dawn.
We adore garlic bread. Yum — This looks terrific!
Enjoy!
I love garlic bread – such a classic app!
Hard to beat a classic for sure!
Wow!! this is the first time I’ve looked at your blog–there are some great recipes here…I’m going to look each day for my next breakfast idea. Thanks for letting me know about your blog!
Oooooh! This is absolutely mouthwatering! I LOOOVE garlic bread and this is just what I need!
Thanks Jessica!
I’m a sucker for garlic bread and this looks absolutely heavenly. Gonna whip this up this weekend.
Enjoy!
I mean is there anything an Italian guy needs with his meal more than garlic bread? Simple and delicious as always!