The BEST homemade garlic bread!

Ok, so really, I don’t know that it’s the best–but every­one in our fam­ily sure seems to think so (and many friends could attest to it too!) :) It’s def­i­nitely a fam­ily favorite and always a part of our favorite cel­e­bra­tory meal–steaks, salad, and this gar­lic bread! 

Here’s what you’ll need (just gen­eral ingredients–amount will depend on how many slices you make):
french bread loaf
but­ter 
minced gar­lic or gar­lic powder
parme­san cheese (grated fresh or the pow­der kind)

Direc­tions:
- set the oven to broil (make sure that your oven rack is not too close to the top)
- cut bread into slices about 1 inch thick & place on a bak­ing sheet

 - in a pan, melt but­ter (for this one sheet of slices, I used about 3/4 of a stick). Add gar­lic or gar­lic pow­der (I used one pressed clove & a lit­tle sprin­kle of gar­lic pow­der).

 - place your sheet of bread slices into the very hot oven. DO.NOT.WALK.AWAY (ask me how I know)! In fact some­times, I stand there and leave the oven door just cracked open a bit. You just want to barely toast the top of your bread. This doesn’t take long.

 - as soon as they start to toast, remove the pan from the oven–let cool just until you can han­dle each slice. Leave the toasted side up and dip into your melted gar­lic but­ter. I just barely dip–NOT soak!

 - put slices, but­tered side up, back on the bak­ing sheet. Gen­er­ously sprin­kle each slice with parme­san cheese.

  - put them back in your very hot oven and again–DON’T walk away! Watch as the parme­san cheese starts bub­bling (mmmm) and the edges start to brown a bit. Then, remove imme­di­ately. 

Mmm­m­mmm.…fresh, home­made gar­lic bread that is not too greasy, not full of preser­v­a­tives like the frozen kind, not too cheesy, and is just a bit crispy on both sides! It’s seri­ously SO good!!! 

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Comments

  1. 1
    Leda says:

    Umm! Can’t wait to for pasta night to come so I can try this! Thanks, Leda

  2. 2

    This sounds great! Thanks for link­ing to Sat­ur­day Swap.

  3. 3
    The Answer Is Chocolate says:

    Oh yum. I could eat gar­lic bread every day if left unsu­per­vised lol. Saw your recipe on Tip Junkie!

  4. 4
    Lisa says:

    yum! I can see how this could be the best! Looks delicious!

  5. 5
    Heather says:

    That looks fab! Thanks so much for sharing…yumo!

    Heather
    http://www.thegiftcloset.blogspot.com
    http://www.realhousewifega.com

  6. 6
    Lyssa says:

    This looks del­ish! Thanks for shar­ing.
    I just started a recipe party on my blog, born-again crafter and would love for you to join!
    Lyssa

    http://bornagaincrafter.blogspot.com/2011/02/scrumtrulescent-saturdays-party-green.html

  7. 7

    Yum! I might need to do a bit of dou­ble dip­ping — these sound wonderful!

  8. 8
    Chocolate Drool and Kisses says:

    Oh looks so yummy I have to try it this week! I love the design of your blog!
    Crys­tal

    http://www.chocolatedroolandkisses.blogspot.com

  9. 9
    Erica says:

    This looks so deli­cious. Def­i­nitely going to make this tonight with some pasta!!

    Found you on tip junkie

    http://www.the-polka-dot-umbrella.blogspot.com

  10. 10
    MrsJenB says:

    SO impor­tant to remind peo­ple not to walk away from the bread — I made that mis­take recently and ruined my beau­ti­ful gar­lic bread! :-(

    Vis­it­ing from Tasty Tuesday

  11. 11
    Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect says:

    This looks so good! You had me at “best”…and then again at “gar­lic bread”! :)

  12. 12
    Robyn says:

    Oh yum!!! Gar­lic bread and I are such good friends, too!

    Thanks so much for join­ing in this week’s Min­gle Mon­day. Can’t wait to see what you share next week!

  13. 13
    shopannies says:

    love home­made gar­lic bread I am going to try some of your tips next time

  14. 14
    Taniaa says:

    I got here by googling “home­made gar­lic bread,” and I’m sure glad I clicked! This was sim­ple and I made it as my lasagna cooled enough to eat. I did not walk away from the stove! I used din­ner rolls that I had on hand. My kids and I loved it. We had a bit too much gar­lic but­ter left over, so I spooned it into lit­tle tiny serv­ing dishes and the kids dipped their gar­lic bread into it. Who am I kidding–I dipped mine, too! Deli­cious. Thanks!!

    • 15
      Sara @MomEndeavors says:

      Thanks so much for com­ment­ing, Taniaa! So glad you stum­bled upon it! Sounds like your gar­lic din­ner rolls turned out super good! :) Hope you’ll come by again!

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