How To Make Garlic Bread

Garlic bread can be made with either butter or oil. If you'd like to learn how to make garlic bread, read on! This guide to how to make garlic bread will get you started making garlic bread that your friends and family will love!.

Garlic bread is a great accompaniment to many great meals. It can stretch a pasta dinner to help it serve more people, or serve as a tasty side dish to a Caesar salad. This page presents several alternatives you can use to prepare garlic bread for your friends and family.

• Add extra ingredients to garlic bread to taste such as chili, ham, parsley, onions, oregano, shallots, sliced cooked sandwich meats etc.

• Instead of cutting open ready baked bread, consider trying various ready made or not yet baked doughs such as flatbreads, pizza bread, naan, Texas toast, various rolls etc. and make any adjustments as needed to time in oven/temperature.

• Try adding any cheese or combinations of cheeses to vary the taste and texture of your garlic bread.

You'll need a pound loaf of crusty Italian bread, 1 stick of unsalted butter, 2-4 cloves of garlic (depending on how strong you'd like your garlic bread) and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to make this recipe.

1. Preheat the broiler
2. Slice the bread in half horizontally, and place on a rimmed cookie sheet.
3. Place the butter in a small saucepan.
4. Using a garlic press, press the cloves of garlic onto the butter.
5. Melt the butter and garlic.
6. Add salt to the butter mixture.
7. Spread the melted butter on the bread.
8. Broil for 5 minutes, until the bread begins to brown.

You can whip up garlic bread in a hurry, by spreading the cut bread with softened butter or margarine, and sprinkling with garlic powder to taste, then broiling as above.

You'll need crusty Italian bread, garlic, sea salt, and extra virgin olive to make grilled garlic bread, which can be eaten on its own, or used as the foundation for bruschetta.

1. Slice bread 3/4 inch thick.
2. Peel one garlic clove for each slice of bread. Mash the clove with the flat side of a knife.
3. Grill the bread 2-3 minutes on each side, until warm and beginning to brown.
4. Rub one side of each slice of bread with a mashed garlic clove.
5. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt, if desired.
6. Drizzle olive oil over the bread and serve immediately.