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Take your Homemade Garlic Bread recipe to a whole new level! This recipe uses minimal ingredients, and makes a perfect side dish option. It is so simple and yet so delicious! This roasted garlic with butter and herbs on a crusty golden French baguette, will become a staple on dinner table!
Roasted Garlic Bread recipe is my take on the classic side dish. Great with a whole host of mains, homemade garlic bread is a breeze to make and tastes so much better than store bought. You’ll get a richer flavor and that buttery garlic taste in every bite!
Looking for more side dishes? Why not also try my Garlic Butter Mushrooms and my Crispy Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries!
Why this Garlic Bread Recipe is so good
- Roasted garlic. This homemade garlic bread is made with roasted garlic. Roasting garlic gives a much deeper flavor, utterly delicious!
- An easy side dish. Only a handful of ingredients needed, this is so easy to whip up!
- A hearty side dish. This golden baguette of deliciousness is super filling.
Ingredients
- Bread: I like using French Baguette or Italian Bread. Avoid any hard bread choices.
- Butter: You can use either unsalted or salted butter. I used unsalted butter. If you use salted, skip adding any extra salt.
- Olive oil: I prefer using extra virgin olive oil.
- Parsley: A key ingredient to making garlic bread. Do not swap for dried parsley.
- Salt and Pepper– Best additions to taste.
How to make Roasted Garlic Bread from Scratch
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Roast the garlic: Cut the top of the garlic bulb, drizzle with olive oil, wrap in foil and bake for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
- Make the garlic butter: Squeeze the garlic out of the bulb and mix with butter, herbs and seasoning. Rub the butter into the sliced baguette.
- Cook: Bake the baguette for 10 minutes covered with foil. And then unwrap it and cook for another 5-10 minutes until golden brown.
- Allow to cool, serve and enjoy!
Tips to make the Best Roasted Garlic Bread
- It’s very important to bake the garlic until it caramelizes to get the delicious garlicy yet sweet flavor.
- Use different fresh herbs if you like. I prefer parsley as it’s the perfect option for garlic bread.
- Use unsalted butter and add salt to taste this way you can adjust the salt to your liking. Some salted butters can be very salty depending on the brand.
- It is important to cover with foil wrap for first half of the cook time, this way the bread stay soft and only cooked uncovered until a little golden for the second half of the time.
- If you love cheese, add some grated parmesan cheese between the pieces of bread. It comes out incredible.
- Leave skin on garlic when you roast them to prevent them from burning and drying up.
Frequently Asked Questions About Homemade Garlic Bread
This recipe is a great staple side. It’s something that can bulk up a meal and satisfy even the hungriest of customers. Here’s some ideas for mains:
The Best Beef Stew
Creamy Tomato Soup
Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole
Creamy Chicken Florentine
The best and easiest way to do this is to squeeze them out straight onto the bowl. But if you have the time, you can always wait until they are cool enough and carefully peel them out.
You can use any herbs you like depending on your preference. But I like using something less intense in flavor like parsley so it does not over power the flavor of the roasted garlic and butter.
Part-baked French baguette is my favorite bread for making garlic bread. They are usually found at the bakery section. If you can’t find part baked, make sure you grab a soft baguette always. Italian bread also works well because they are soft.
Absolutely. This homemade garlic bread is a great recipe to make ahead of time and great for freezing. Just make the recipe as directed, without cooking, wrap in foil and then plastic wrap. When you want the bread, allow it to thaw or remove the plastic wrap and bake as directed.
You can prep the garlic bread ahead, without baking, and store it in the fridge wrapped up for up to 3 days.
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Homemade Roasted Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 1 large half baked French baguette, 17 oz.
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 small garlic bulbs, roasted
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- ¼ cup parsley, chopped
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper, fresh cracked
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degree F
- Cut the garlic bulbs on the top and drizzle 1 tsp. of olive oil on each garlic bulb. Wrap the garlic bulbs with foil wrap and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
- In the meantime chop the parsley. Place the baguette onto a sheet pan lined with foil paper and slice the baguette.
- Once the garlic has roasted, open up the foil and let it cool for 5 minutes.
- Keep the oven on.
- Squeeze out the garlic bulbs to remove the flesh onto a plate. Add in the softened butter, chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Mash everything together to form a paste. It does not have to be super creamy.
- Rub the butter paste between the sliced baguette bread pieces. Brush a little bit of the leftover paste on the outside of the baguette bread.
- Wrap with foil wrap and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, open up the foil wrap and cook for another 5-10 minutes uncovered to allow it to get golden in color.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool for a couple of minutes before serving.
Notes
- It’s very important to bake the garlic until it caramelizes to get the delicious garlicy yet sweet flavor.
- Use different fresh herbs if you like. I prefer parsley as it’s the perfect option for garlic bread.
- Use unsalted butter and add salt to taste this way you can adjust the salt to your liking. Some salted butters can be very salty depending on the brand.
- It is important to cover with foil wrap for first half of the cook time, this way the bread stay soft and only cooked uncovered until a little golden for the second half of the time.
- If you love cheese, add some grated parmesan cheese between the pieces of bread. It comes out incredible.
- Leave skin on garlic when you roast them to prevent them from burning and drying up.
Great taste! Goes well with spicy cream soups
Hi Jen!
Thanks for the review. Glad you enjoyed it.
The pictures show the bread wrapped in foil before baking, but the recipe does not mention this at all. How does it brown if wrapped in foil??
Hi Barbara,
Yes you bake in the foil. It will get brown because of the butter you rub. But if you want it more brown, you can open it up during the last 5 minutes or broil the top. If you bake open the whole time it will get hard.
I forgot how much I love roasted garlic. It really makes a huge difference. I bought a bunch of bulbs yesterday to roast.
Yay! Hope you enjoy it