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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Bread / Garlic Bread Recipe

    Garlic Bread Recipe

    BY: Courtney PUBLISHED: Nov 27, 2016 6 Comments UPDATED ON: Nov 7, 2024

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    Looking for the BEST Garlic Bread recipe? You’ll love our homemade garlic bread that’s easy to make using simple ingredients. Step-by-step photos, plus a video on how to make garlic bread.

    garlic bread with fresh garlic cut into pieces on a cutting board.

    This is a super simple recipe that my mother used to make all the time. She would use regular garlic salt instead of real chunks of garlic. Baking your homemade garlic bread covered in foil allows the bread to heat up fully and the garlic to cook a bit too. Finishing it off in the broiler allows for that golden brown and crispy garlic bread we all love!

    slices of garlic bread on a cutting board.

    The result is loaded garlic bread, and it goes fast! Whenever I make it while entertaining and at parties, I make at least two full loaves. It’s always a hit.

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    Garlic bread ingredients

    • Italian Bread or Baguette – We love using a fresh loaf of bread from the bakery section, or you could use our French Bread Recipe.
    • Garlic – We use an entire bulb of garlic. You could also use granulated garlic instead.
    • Butter – To make this dairy-free, we use Country Crock plant butter.
    • Olive Oil – Don’t have olive oil? We’ve also used avocado oil in a pinch.
    • Salt, Parsley, Oregano, Basil – These herbs and spices add a ton of flavor to garlic bread.

    How to make Garlic Bread

    For the full ingredient amount and full instructions, see the recipe card below.
    Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

    hand slicing open French bread for garlic bread.

    Next, you’ll slice the loaf of bread in half lengthwise.

    sliced open French bread.

    Mix the remaining ingredients in a bowl and then spread both sides of the bread.

    garlic bread spread in a bowl.
    garlic bread spread on bread on a baking sheet ready to bake.

    Place the bread back together and then wrap it in foil and back.

    garlic bread in tin foil.

    Sandwich the bread together, and bake the bread wrapped in aluminum foil for 10 minutes.

    After the 10 minutes are up, you can carefully remove the bread from the oven and carefully take the foil off about 5 minutes after to allow the food to cool.

    Remove the bread from the foil and place it inside up on the baking sheet without foil.

    Place bread under the broiler until the garlic is slightly browned and the bread is crisp, about 1-2 minutes.

    homemade garlic bread on a cutting board.

    Recipe tips and variations

    • We love to enjoy this on it’s own, but it’s great dipped in sauce or used for a delicious and flavorful garlic bread meatloaf sandwich!
    • You could also use this on slices of bread to make garlic bread toast.
    • Don’t want to use raw garlic? Use about 3/4-1 teaspoon of granulated garlic.
    • Do not use jarred garlic, it will not produce a pleasant garlic flavor.

    Storage and reheating tips

    • Refrigerate: Store any leftovers in an air-tight container in the refrigerator and enjoy within 2-3 days.
    • Reheat: To reheat garlic bread, you can use your oven or air fryer at 375 degrees F for about 5-8 minutes or the oven at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes.

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    Garlic Bread Recipe

    Author: Courtney
    Looking for the BEST Garlic Bread recipe? You'll love our homemade garlic bread that's easy to make using simple ingredients. Step-by-step photos, plus a video on how to make garlic bread.
    4.72 from 21 votes

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    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: Italian
    Keyword: garlic bread, garlic bread spread
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 11 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 16 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 servings
    Calories: 63kcal

    Ingredients

    • 1 large French bread
    • 1 bulb garlic cloves , chopped
    • 3 tablespoons butter , softened
    • 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon parsley
    • ½ teaspoon oregano
    • ½ teaspoon basil
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
    • Cut your loaf of bread in half, lengthwise.
    • Mix together all the remaining ingredients and spoon over the bread.
    • Sandwich the bread together, and bake the bread wrapped in foil for 10 minutes.
    • Remove the bread from the foil and place it inside up on the baking sheet without foil.
    • Place bread under the broiler until the garlic is slightly browned and the bread is crisp, about 1-2 minutes.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 63kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 160mg | Potassium: 5mg | Vitamin A: 105IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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    Family, Food, and Photography are Courtney's passions and you'll see all of that on this blog. She is happily married to her husband Chris and together they have two amazing kiddos!

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    Comments

    1. Annie

      October 20, 2019 at 8:15 pm

      Do you put bread back together when wrapping in foil?

      Reply
      • Courtney Lopez

        October 21, 2019 at 11:47 am

        Yes, you’d put it back together when baking in the foil. 🙂

      • Annie

        October 25, 2019 at 12:06 pm

        Thanks!

      • Courtney Lopez

        October 29, 2019 at 10:19 am

        You’re welcome! We hope you enjoyed 🙂

    2. Terry

      June 14, 2025 at 11:14 pm

      Made this tonight to go with some bolognese sauce. It was absolutely wonderful. Everyone commented about how good it was. Followed the recipe exactly.

      Reply
      • Courtney

        June 21, 2025 at 6:37 am

        That makes me so happy to hear! I’m thrilled everyone enjoyed it with your bolognese, thank you so much for trying the recipe and taking the time to leave a comment! ❤️

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