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3 slices of cut garlic bread on a wooden cutting board

Make your own Garlic Bread

Claudia
It's easy to make your own garlic bread at home.
4 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 14
Calories 224 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 stick butter softened or ¾ cup margarine
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese finely grated
  • 2 tablespoons shallots or any onion finely minced
  • 1½ teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder or granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder or granulated onion
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 loaf Italian bread or French bread

Instructions
 

Prepare Ingredients

  • Finely mince the shallot.
  • Mash up softened room temperature butter in a small bowl then mix in the olive oil.
  • Add the minced shallot and all the other ingredients to the bowl of butter and olive oil. Mix until everything is combined well. If you have time, let the butter mixture sit for a while.
  • Cut the bread lengthwise. Put the bread, crust side down, on a baking rack with a pan underneath. Spread the butter mixture evenly over the top of each open side of the bread.

Cooking Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Put the buttered bread in your preheated oven. Bake for 10 minutes then check to see if your garlic bread is lightly browned on top. If not leave the bread in for another 5 minutes.

Cut and serve

    Notes

    When you spread the garlic butter on it is pretty easy to tear the bread. One way of making it easier not to is to spoon the butter mixture on and spread it around with the back of the spoon. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 224kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 3gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 149mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 15IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword 30 minutes or less, cheese bread, flavored butter for bread, Italian side dish, using a bread knife
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