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Garlic Bread
Breads & Pastries

Garlic Bread

A baguette cut into thick slices that stay attached at the bottom, soft butter with crushed garlic (plus herbs and cheese) between the slices, baked wrapped in foil and then uncovered, until the bread is golden and crisp.

⏱ 40 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Mix the butter and garlic into a smooth spread.
    Bowl
  3. 3
    Slice the bread 2–3 cm thick, without cutting all the way through, so the slices stay attached at the bottom.
    Serrated knife (bread knife)Cutting board
    💡The attached bottom holds the bread together in the oven, and at the table everyone pulls off a slice with its butter.
  4. 4
    Spread the butter mixture between all the slices.
  5. 5
    Wrap the bread in foil and place on a baking sheet.
    Aluminum foilBaking sheet
  6. 6
    Bake 15 minutes, until the butter has melted and the bread is hot.' Open the foil and bake 5 more minutes, until the bread is golden and crisp.'
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking sheet
    💡The foil traps the steam: the butter melts and soaks into the slices before the crust dries out, and only at the end, uncovered, does the bread turn golden.
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
355calories
6 gprotein
36 gcarbs
21 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 40%● fat 54%

Per serving (95 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking sheet · Also works: Baking pan (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Serrated knife (bread knife) · Also works: Chef's knife (Squashes soft bread/tomatoes)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Aluminum foil

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Parsley · Parmesan · salt · Olive oil in the spread · Oregano · black pepper · Chili pepper · Feta cheese between the slices · Mozzarella between the slices · Parmesan between the slices · Salt and pepper · basil · Dill · Yellow cheese in the cuts
  • Slice thickness (cm): 2–3
  • Baking in foil (minutes): 15
  • Baking uncovered (minutes): 5
  • Sign the uncovered baking is done: the bread is golden and crisp

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