A few years ago Tony and I started making homemade garlic bread to go with my favorite turkey meatballs.
Of course a classic, easy spaghetti and meatballs dinner needs garlic bread for dipping so I went on a quest which involved several loaves of bread, chopped garlic, real butter and herbs. It also involved a few stomach aches (heym I’m human and sometimes you can’t stop at one slice)!
But alas, we landed on a delightful, mouth watering garlic bread recipe that I can’t stop making.
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Here are just a few:
and now…
THE BEST GARLIC BREAD RECIPE
This garlic bread is EASY and simple to make. Just take a loaf of Italian or French bread, slather butter, garlic, parsley and salt all over and BAKE.
If you’re feeling like you love a little cheese on your bread, you can sprinkle it on at the end.
This garlic bread is worth making. I like to use 1/2 cup butter, but you can always reduce it to 1/3 cup and still get AWESOME results.
I hope you LOVE this recipe as much as we do here.
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You can also make the recipe, then leave a comment below. Enjoy this bread. xo!
The Best Garlic Bread You'll Ever Have
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian loaf or French loaf
- 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter (can also use salted)*
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
- Optional:
- ¼ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- OR
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- For garnishing:
- Extra parsley and chives
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. Slice bread in half lengthwise and place on a large baking sheet, cut sides up.
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In a medium bowl, mix butter, garlic, parsley and salt together until well combined. Spread evenly over bread.
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Bake for 10-15 minutes or until slightly golden brown on the edges. If you want to add cheese, add it the last 2 minutes of baking. If you like a crispier garlic bread, bake for 3-5 minutes more, watching carefully until it is as golden as you like.
Recipe Notes
TO MAKE VEGAN: Feel free to use a vegan butter.
32 comments
Delicious! I just want to say how much I (and likely all your readers) appreciate not only the variety of your posts and recipes, but also the frequency! I can imagine that coming up with so many new things every week would be challenging, but it is part of what makes reading your blog fun. Thank you for your hard work!
Thanks so much, Kelly! I’m so glad you’re enjoying all of the different posts and recipes. It’s definitely challenging, but I love to share these with you guys!
yes pllllease! I usually wing it when I make garlic bread, but I’m totally using this recipe next time!
This is a great go-to! So easy and delicious 🙂
Garlic bread without cheese always feels a little sad to me. Glad you included it! I’ll definitely be making this next pasta night (caaaaaaaarbs!)
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Cheese is always a great option! And yes pasta night + THIS = amazing 🙂 Enjoy!
I agree. Cheese on garlic bread is the equivalent of icing on cake!
THIS RECIPE IS AMAZING! I’ve placed it in my cook book and will use it from now on!
It’s just as delicious the next day!!!!!!
So glad you loved it! <3
I want to make some amazing garlic bread for dinner this week, so thanks for the recipe! I like your point about adding cheese at the end and giving it about 2 minutes to bake. I’ll definitely do this to make the bread even tastier.
Perfect! Love this with a little cheese 🙂
A definite Best Ever garlic bread and crowd pleaser… thank you so much for sharing:-)
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Hi. I want to have them right now. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to Italian or French or any other kind of loaf. Can I make the loaf at home. Any good recipe for the loaf? Thanks a lot.
P.S. Your recipes are amazing
Hi! I don’t have a loaf recipe that’s great for making into garlic bread, but let me know if you find out! Glad you’re loving the recipes here 🙂
I made this bread this evening and have to say it’s delicious. will make again
So happy you liked it!
I made this to serve with spaghetti dinner, my family loved it. I substituted the salt with garlic salt and added fresh chopped parsley, the fresh parsley added beautiful color to the bread. My youngest son showed up just before dinner, he said the house smelled heavenly, he decided to stay for dinner. This bread was a huge success with my family and my youngest son took what was left home to eat with his morning scrambled egg breakfast.
Amazing! I’m so glad everyone loved it 🙂
Yes, this was the absolute best garlic bread! Whole family loved it. We had it with soup, but I don’t think anyone could tell you what kind of soup it was, they all went crazy for the garlic bread! Thank you.
Perfect! So happy to hear that!
I made this garlic bread to go with the minestrone soup and I have to say it was a good call. While it goes great with the soup, I feel like this would be a crowd pleaser on its own. Will definitely make this again for myself and for a dinner party once that’s a thing 🙂
The perfect combo! And yes, such a crowd pleaser 🙂
Easiest and most delicious garlic bread! Ingredients are inexpensive which is a plus. I’m going to try adding cheese next time!
This really IS the best garlic bread ever! I just double on garlic because we are a garlic-loving household 😀 I also love the crunchy leftovers the next day. Many thanks for this terrific recipe, Monique!
So good! Glad you love it!
Wow! This garlic bread lives up to its name. I can’t believe how good it is for how easy it is too.
Absolutely! Glad you loved it!
This bread is fantastic! I used French bread and sprinkled freshly grated Parmesan cheese at the end. Flavor is so good and it melts in your mouth. This recipe is a keeper, adding it to my collection of recipes as I write this!
Woohoo! So happy you enjoyed it, Jill! 🙂
I used 1/8 tsp of seasalt all else as instructed. very Good!!