Garlic Bread

Garlic bread is a great for weeknight dinner, especially when you make pasta recipes such as one pan pasta, easy spaghetti, seafood pasta, shrimp pasta or spaghetti carbonara.

While you can buy it ready-made from grocery stores, it’s so much better when the bread is homemade from scratch.

Garlic Bread Recipe

This is an easy recipe from scratch, by Ina Garten at Food Network.

The recipe has amazing reviews because it is the best and absolutely delicious.

Every slice of the French baguette bread is crusty, buttery and infused with the garlicky aroma.

Garlic Bread Spread Ingredients

The spread is the soul of the recipe. It calls for simple ingredients below:

• Fresh garlic
• Chopped Italian parsley
• Salt and ground black pepper
• Olive oil
• Unsalted butter

For the best results, DO NOT use garlic powder.

How to Make Homemade Garlic Bread?

You can use regular bread, French bread or French baguette to make this recipe.

The recipe is quick, easy and takes 10 minutes to prep the garlic bread spread.

Next, spread the mixture on the baguette, wrap with aluminum foil and bake it in the oven.

To serve, slice the bread with a sharp bread knife and enjoy immediately.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can You Freeze Garlic Bread?

Yes, you can freeze them in the refrigerator.

Before serving, reheat the bread in a toaster oven until they become warm.

You can also reheat the bread in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, for about 5-10 minutes or until the inside of the bread becomes warm again.

Can I Use Regular Bread?

Yes, you sure can. If you use regular bread, you don’t have to bake them in the oven.

You can make the bread on stove top with a skillet. Please follow my recipe.

Can I Add Cheese to the Spread?

Yes, absolutely. Cheese will make the spread tastier and packed with flavors.

I recommend adding 1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese or Pecorino Romano cheese to the spread.

Can I Add Mayo to the Bread?

No. I don’t recommend mayonnaise in this recipe. The spread recipe is tasty and do not need any mayo added to it.

How Many Calories Per Serving?

One serving of this bread is 422 calories.

What to Serve with this Recipe?

This dish is best served with a main dish. For a healthy meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.

Creamy Garlic Chicken

Cioppino

Creamy Lemon Garlic Chicken

Garlic Butter Sauteed Clams

Yield: 8

Garlic Bread

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Garlic bread homemade from scratch is so much better than store-bought! This garlic bread recipe has the best spread, it's buttery and takes 20 mins to make.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 loaf country-style French bread or French baguette

Garlic Bread Spread

• 6 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C).
2. To make garlic bread spread, process the garlic in a food processor until fine. Add the parsley, salt and pepper and pulse twice.
3. Heat the olive oil and butter in a medium saute pan. Remove the pan from the heat and add the olive oil and butter mixture to the spread.
4. Slice the bread in half horizontally, and spread Garlic Bread Spread on the bread and put the halves together. Wrap the bread in aluminum foil.
5. Place the bread in the oven and bake for 5 minutes. Open the foil, and continue baking for an additional 5 minutes. Slice into pieces and serve immediately.

Notes

Recipe Source: Food Network

Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 422Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 13gCholesterol 8mgSodium 735mgCarbohydrates 53gFiber 3gSugar 5gProtein 11g