The Best Garlic Bread
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Cooking:
5 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - The Best Garlic Bread

1. 1 16-ounce (450 g) loaf of Italian bread or French bread -
2. 1/2 cup (1 stick, 112 g) unsalted butter, softened -
3. 2 large cloves garlic, smashed and minced -
4. 1 heaping tablespoon of freshly chopped parsley -
5. 1/4 cup (25 g) freshly grated Parmesan cheese (optional) -

How to cook deliciously - The Best Garlic Bread

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

2. Stage

Prepare the garlic bread: Cut the loaf in half, horizontally. Mix the butter, garlic, and parsley together in a small bowl. Spread butter mixture over the the two bread halves.

1. Stage. The Best Garlic Bread: Prepare the garlic bread: Cut the loaf in half, horizontally. Mix the butter, garlic, and parsley together in a small bowl. Spread butter mixture over the the two bread halves.

3. Stage

Heat in the oven for 10 minutes: Place on a sturdy baking pan (one that can handle high temperatures, not a cookie sheet) and heat in a 350°F (175°C) oven for 10 minutes.

4. Stage

Sprinkle with Parmesan (optional) and broil: Remove pan from oven. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over bread if you want. Return to oven on the highest rack. Broil on high heat for 2 to 3 minutes until the edges of the bread begin to toast and the cheese (if you are using cheese) bubbles. Watch very carefully while broiling. The bread can easily go from un-toasted to burnt.

5. Stage

Slice: Remove from oven, let cool a minute. Remove from pan and use a bread knife to cut into 1-inch thick slices. Serve immediately.

1. Stage. The Best Garlic Bread: Slice: Remove from oven, let cool a minute. Remove from pan and use a bread knife to cut into 1-inch thick slices. Serve immediately.

6. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Make the butter, garlic, parsley mixture as above

7. Stage

Slice the bread and insert butter mixture: Make 1-inch thick slices into the bread, but do not go all the way through, just to the bottom crust. Put a teaspoon or two of the butter mixture between each slice, or between every other slice if you only want the garlic mixture on one side of the bread.

1. Stage. The Best Garlic Bread: Slice the bread and insert butter mixture: Make 1-inch thick slices into the bread, but do not go all the way through, just to the bottom crust. Put a teaspoon or two of the butter mixture between each slice, or between every other slice if you only want the garlic mixture on one side of the bread.

8. Stage

Bake the garlic bread: Wrap the bread in aluminum foil and heat for 15 minutes in the 350°F (175°C) oven, until the butter has melted and the bread is warmed.

9. Stage

Serve: To serve, remove from foil and present the loaf wrapped in a clean tea towel. Tear off slices to eat. Which method do you prefer? Let us know in the comments below!