Easy Homemade Garlic Bread
Thank goodness it’s Friday!
Especially after this crazy week. My work closes between Christmas and New Year’s, which is a-maz-ing. But after almost 2 weeks off, it sure is tough going back. It’s Friday, and I am just now caught up at work. Today I finally answered my last email of a very full inbox that was waiting for me on Monday. Is there anything better than an empty inbox? You almost feel lighter.
Not only has it been busy at work, but our little videography business has really been taking off. Did I ever tell you guys my husband and I started a videography business a few months ago? Because we did! It’s been something we’ve been dreaming of doing for a while, and with my sister’s wedding in October and his cousin’s wedding just a week later, it was the perfect opportunity to try our hand at filming and editing. It has been great! Shawn is beyond talented at editing films and making sure we get all the important shots. I’m his second camera girl, and I’m in charge of the website and communicating with clients. We make a great team.
So along with a busy week at work we have gotten a ton of emails from potential clients asking us to film their wedding this summer. It has been wonderful! When I was a bride-to-be I remember hitting wedding planning hard as soon as the holidays were over. Seems I wasn’t the only one to do that, *wink*.
It’s on busy weeks like this that I rely on quick and easy dinners. Enter in my easy homemade garlic bread. This cheesy garlic bread is only 4 ingredients, and comes together in minutes. I’ll whip up a quick pasta dish, and while the noodles are boiling this garlic bread is toasting up. Add in a little caesar salad on the side and bam! Simple and delicious dinner on the table in less than 20 minutes. You would think I’m Superwife.
If I’m really good, there may be enough time at the end of the night to watch an episode of Orange is the New Black, which I am obsessed with at the moment. After watching it, I am terrified to go to jail. They would sense my weakness instantly. I just hope I’d get along great with Red and she’d let me join her in the kitchen for cooking duty. Highly recommend you watch if you haven’t yet.
Easy Homemade Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 1 baguette sourdough or Italian bread
- 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 4 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- 1. In a preheated 350 degree oven, toast the baguette for 10 minutes.
- 2. Remove the baguette from the oven, turn the oven up to broil, cut the baguette in half lengthwise, spread each side with half the butter, sprinkle with half the garlic powder and top with half the Parmesan cheese.
- 3. Broil the garlic bread on a baking sheet on high on the top rack of the oven for 3-5 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
- 4. Remove from the oven and cut into 2" thick slices. Best served warm.
- 5. Will keep in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Can be eaten at room temperature, or by reheating in the oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees.
54 Comments on “Easy Homemade Garlic Bread”
Just discovered your site through Arkadi & Sarah @ sprinklesandsaucees.
Lovely blog, great recipes and amazing pictures.
Looking forward for your next post.
I’m so glad you found my site Daniela! Thanks for your compliments, and hope you come back. You’re too sweet : )
This garlic bread looks like pure heaven! I have such a weakness for garlic bread and I can’t wait to try this one!
Garlic bread is definitely a weakness for me too Rachel. Especially cheesy garlic bread. Mmm, wish I had some now : )
Oh this KEEEEEELS me! Between your garlic bread and the spoon bread miss Stephanie posted on my site today, I’m ready to go into carb overload stat! Bring it on!
Let’s eat all the carbs! I’ll join you!
This looks delicious! On my to do list :)
It is delicious. I love when food is on your To-Do list, those are the funnest to cross off.
Congratulations on the business, that sounds really exciting! And I’m definitely making this garlic bread.
Thanks Claire! It’s been such a dream come true with our business. I hope you enjoy the garlic bread : )
Wow, that’s great that your business is taking off! It’s wonderful to be able to work with your spouse. And this garlic bread looks so tasty! Yum.
Thanks Kelly! I’m so happy that we’re getting gigs booked. So exciting! It’s great working together, we make a great team : )
The amount of times I crave garlic bread… many! Pinning, looks great!
Thanks Pamela! Garlic bread is so good. I could eat a basket full : )
Love your garlic bread!
Thanks Sarah!
Love all the Parmesan cheese on this garlic bread! I will definitely have to try this version in the near future!
Thanks Sarah! The cheesier the better, right? Hope you enjoy it!
I know how you feel about going back to work after a break! I’ve been relaxing the past few days and I know it’s going to be hard to get back on track! About the garlic bread, DELICIOUS!! I can’t belive how easy this recipe is. Maybe my husband can even make it ;)
Going back to work after break is the worst! But it is nice to be back in a routine. Thanks for the compliments! I bet your husband could definitely make this : )
nothing better than home made bread and with the warm flavors of garlic wafting in air as it gets made…a treat while making and savoring alike,thanks for sharing :-)
Thanks so much! The house definitely smelled amazing when this was cooking. Just checked out your blog too. So many amazing recipes! Hope you have a great vacation!
Oh YES! Garlic bread totally owns my <3 always and forever :)
Me too Ashley! Sometimes I eat more garlic bread than I do pasta. I’m a carb loving girl : )
I’m happy to hear your video business is booming! I can’t say it was easy to look at these pictures because I’m giving up gluten this month for a new year detox. Bread will have to wait for February!
And we just started Orange is the new black this week. We finished the whole first season in 2 days. So good! I thought the same thing about jail- as long as I got to be in the kitchen and join the yoga classes, it wouldn’t be all the bad!
Thanks Caitlin! It’s keep us busy, and it has been so fun being little entrepreneurs and starting our own business. Hoping this can become Shawn’s full time career, fingers crossed : )
I think I might give up all carbs, starting Monday of course, and try the no carb eating thing for a while. Definitely ate too many cookies and mashed potatoes over the holidays, whoops. So I’ll join you for a carb fest in February!
Oh my gosh, obsessed with Orange is the New Black! We’re binge watching them too. I forgot about the yoga classes! Love that girl, she seems nice. I’d definitely be friends with her too. Hope season 2 comes out soon, I don’t know what I’ll do once we’re caught up. If you and Jon are looking for another good Netflix show, Shawn and I were obsessed with The Killing. All 3 seasons are on Netflix, and we got addicted. We watched a whole season over Thanksgiving break while we layed there in a food coma. Have a good weekend friend : )
I am still having trouble adjusting to having to get up at the crack of dawn for work after such a long time off. You & I are so on the same page today. I love love love buttered bread and this looks like something I would devour…in one sitting. ;)
I work at 6:30am, so I drive to work in the dark. Shocks my system after a long break where I didn’t wake up until it was light out! At least I’m off at 3. And I definitely snuck a few slices of this as I was photographing it, and left some buttery fingerprints on my camera. Whoops! Have a good weekend friend!
Oh wow..this makes me want garlic bread right now! But maybe I will wait until it is dinner time :)
Thanks Nicole! Anytime is a good time for garlic bread, even breakfast time : ) Definitely make this for dinner.
TGIF indeed! It’s so funny you posted this! Last weekend I made pasta and meat sauce and wanted to make garlic bread for our guests. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out how I wanted to make the garlic bread. I can make some pretty complicated recipes, so garlic bread?! Come on Tina. Thanks for reminding me how simple this can be! Looks delish. :)
That is funny! This recipe is stupid easy. I’ve made fancier versions with roasted garlic to make a compound butter, but honestly this is just as good and comes together way faster. Great for busy weeknights, but better for you than that premade store bought kind. Hope you have a good weekend friend : )
It’s 8:30 AM. Is that too early for garlic bread?
Haha, only if 11:30 isn’t too late for garlic bread because that’s when I snuck another slice last night. I won’t tell if you won’t!
Simple yet superb. I know what to add to my menu for next week!
P.S. Is that a Pampered Chef stone pan? If so, mine looks just as dark. :)
Congrats on the video business taking off. That’s exciting!
Thanks Melanie! Definitely make this the next time you cook pasta. I actually think this baking sheet is from a thrift store, ha! My husband and I were quite poor when we first had to buy things for our kitchen, and I got SO many things at the local thrift stores, including this very seasoned baking sheet. It is way dark, but looks great for food photography. Glad it is similar to a fancy Pampered Chef one. I bet I only paid $0.50 for it. Hurray for bargains!
Natalie congrats on the videography business taking off. That’s wonderful and I wish you lots of success. I absolutely adore garlic bread especially made with sourdough. Hubby and I have sourdough shipped to us every two weeks from San Fran. :)
Thanks Kathy! It’s been so much fun! But it is definitely a lot of work. Spent almost an entire day writing our contracts last weekend. Boring! But felt great to get it done and be prepared. That’s so great you and Kurt have sourdough shipped from San Fran! Is it from Boudin’s? They make the best sourdough. Have a good weekend friend : )
YES! We get in from Boudin’s, they have the best sourdough I’ve ever had. Kurt and I visited the bakery museum last time we were in SF. Have a great weekend.
Bet that is a great package to get in the mail! We’re spoiled here in the Bay Area, Boudin bread is sold in almost all the grocery stores. Can’t live without it! I love going to the Boudin cafe in SF and getting a big bowl of clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl. The best!
getting back to work after a lonnng break is seriously one of the hardest things to do! makes me wonder why we work ;) just kidding. congrats on the videography business! that’s so much fun! i want to stuff my face with this garlic bread. one of my favorite sides to serve with pasta dishes!
Haha, I was thinking the same thing when I was headed back to work on Monday. Not working is just so much more fun! I love garlic bread with pasta, carbs + carbs = love!