Garlic bread seals the meal. From its crunchy exterior to its soft fluffy garlicky interior. It’s definitely a crowd pleaser and always aims to please! This recipe is easy and truly a classic garlic bread. Crunchy on the top, chew on the inside, full with parsley, garlic, and butter flavor. This bread is a stable for cozy comfort meals.
Type of Bread
The ideal types of bread for this recipe are baguettes or French bread. We used a mini baguette, since our garlic bread was for date night. But we are garlic butter lovers…so this recipe is perfect for mini or regular sized baguettes/ French bread. Ohhh doesn’t everyone just love bread?
How to make Garlic Bread
Ingredients Needed
- Baguette or French bread simply cannot make this garlic bread without the bread right? As stated before either baguette or french bread would work for this recipe.
- Butter or extra virgin olive oil are the true contenders to the best bread. It provides the best flavor, unlike margarine. For the best experience, use a combination of both.
- Garlic the key to this bread is the use of garlic of course!
- Fresh Ground Black Pepper makes the bread just taste better overall. Kinda like how some restaurants serve bread with olive oil and pepper for dipping.
- Fresh Parsley the fresh herbs provide color to the bread. If fresh parsley is not available, try dried parsley, basil, or oregano. Even a mixture of these 3 herbs could truly work.
- Optional Cheese if you’re a huge fan of cheese, add grated parmesan or mozzarella to the bread before baking. It leads to an amazingly cheesy bread experience.
Making the Bread
Okay now that we discussed the ideal bread….let’s make garlic happen! First things first, chop up a few gloves of fresh garlic. Since you’re in a chopping mood, go ahead and chop up a handful of fresh parsley as well. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. To make the process easy, use unsalted room temperature butter. Place the butter, garlic, and fresh herbs into a bowl. Mix well together and then season with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Spread the mixture on the french bread. If adding cheese, sprinkle on top of the bread and bake for 10 minutes, or until the edges are toasty and golden.
What to serve with Garlic Bread?
So many dishes could be served along these crunchy amazing breads. Let’s talk options….
- This dish is a classic and it’s always paired with amazing bread…drum roll please its Spaghetti and Meatballs! Nothing like soaking up an amazing sauce with a delicious piece of bread. Amaze-balls!
- Going for a more lighter option? Our kale caesar salad would pair perfectly with this bread.
- Another great option would be our creamy and simply delicious fettuccine Alfredo.
- Our last suggestion would be our garlic shrimp scampi with linguine. YUM!
Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 1 French bread or baguette cut lengthwise
- 5 Garlic gloves minced
- 3 tbsp Freshly chopped parsley
- 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp Fresh ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup Unsalted butter softened
- 3 tbsp Romano optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, mix together the softened unsalted butter, garlic, pepper, salt, olive oil, and parsley. Mix well.
- Spread the garlic butter mixture liberally on the bread. Sprinkle the optional Romano on top.
- Bake the bread for 10 minutes or until toasty and golden brown. Serve immediately.