There are several methods and twists for making garlic bread, the easiest being just rubbing a cut clove of garlic over toasted slices of Italian or French bread, and spreading the toast with olive oil or butter. Here are a couple of methods that make wonderful garlic bread, depending on how you like it, either toasty or soft.
Toasty or Soft Garlic Bread?
The methods for making toasty garlic bread or soft garlic bread are slightly different:
Crispy, toasty garlic bread gets sliced in half down its length, spread with butter and garlic, and then baked open-faced in the oven. Broil it at the end for extra crispiness.Soft garlic bread gets sliced like an accordion (slice as if cutting slices, but don’t go all the way through), then slather the butter mixer between the slices. Wrap the bread up in foil, then bake. This will keep the bread soft while infusing garlicky-butter into each slice.
Storing and Freezing Garlic Bread
Crispy or soft, garlic bread is really at its best eaten right out of the oven. The leftovers don’t keep particularly well. If you’d like to make garlic bread ahead, you could prep the garlic bread up to the baking stage, then wrap in foil and store in the freezer for up to three months. This makes a great housewarming gift or for new parents, especially paired with a batch of frozen meatballs and sauce.
To reheat crispy garlic bread, unwrap the bread and place the halves buttered side up on a baking sheet. Cover loosely with foil and bake until the bread is warmed through and the butter starting to melt. Remove the foil and continue baking and broiling as directed.To reheat soft garlic bread, loosen the foil a little bit so it’s not so tightly wrapped but still enclosed in foil, then place the bread in the oven and bake until warmed through.
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Broil on high heat for 2-3 minutes until the edges of the bread begin to toast and the cheese (if you are using cheese) bubbles. Watch very carefully while broiling. The bread can easily go from un-toasted to burnt.
