The best homemade garlic bread

This is the very best homemade garlic bread recipe. It is a wonderful, mouth-watering garlic bread recipe that’s better than the store-bought variety.

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Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: Italian

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 12

Servings:

Calories: 273kcal

Author: Nellie Kerrison | Relish Mama

Cost: 6

Equipment

1 Baking tray
1 Small Bowl
1 Oven

Ingredients

1 loaf of bread or baguette see notes above
125 g unsalted butter softened
4 cloves garlic peeled and finely grated or minced
2 tablespoons of flat-leaf parsley finely chopped, plus extra to serve
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Optional:
¼ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese mozzarella cheese add more if you prefer

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200oC.
Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Cut the bread loaf or baguette in half.
Mix together the butter, garlic, salt and parsley. Taste-test it. Are you happy with the amount of garlic? If not, you could add another clove.
Spread the garlic butter evenly over the bread.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until a little golden. If you choose to add cheese, add this in the final 2 minutes of baking.

Notes

To make this vegan, swap the butter for vegan butter.

If you would like your garlic bread a little crispier, please cook for an additional 2 minutes.

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