How To Make Garlic Bread

  • October 22, 2009
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Don’t reserve this delicious bread for Italian meals; it goes well with almost everything.

You Will Need

  • Four medium garlic cloves
  • ½ stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil
  • A loaf of Italian or French bread
  • 4 tsp. garlic paste or 2 tsp. garlic powder (optional)
  • 2 tbsp. chopped parsley (optional)
  • 2 tbsp. Parmesan or Romano cheese, grated (optional)
How To Make Garlic Bread: Preheat broiler

Step 1: Preheat broiler

Preheat your broiler.

How To Make Garlic Bread: Prepare the garlic

Step 2: Prepare the garlic

Mince the garlic gloves with a knife or put them through a press, and then mash them with the side of a heavy knife blade until they are the consistency of paste.

You can substitute one teaspoon of garlic paste or one-half teaspoon of garlic powder per garlic clove.

How To Make Garlic Bread: Combine garlic and butter

Step 3: Combine garlic and butter

Mix together the garlic, butter, oil, and parsley, if using, until smooth.

How To Make Garlic Bread: Spread on bread

Step 4: Spread on bread

Cut the bread in half, lengthwise, and spread the garlic-butter mixture on both halves.

Sprinkle grated cheese on top if you like.

How To Make Garlic Bread: Broil

Step 5: Broil

Broil until golden brown, about five minutes.

Since 1979, Gilroy, California has hosted an annual garlic festival that includes the crowning of a “Miss Gilroy Garlic” queen.

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