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This delicious easy garlic butter Texas toast is loaded with garlic butter and parmesan flavor the whole family loves!
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Texas Toast is one of my all-time favorite side dishes – is is salty, crunchy, cheesy, soft, and this version is even loaded with tons of garlic butter flavor!
Thick, crunchy bread sliced and topped with garlic butter, cheese, and parsley – you’re going to want this easy dinner side dish every day of the week!
I hope you love this delicious easy baked Texas Toast recipe as much as my family does!
What Bread For Texas Toast
If your grocer doesn’t offer freshly baked bread with wide slices (often labeled Texas toast), there are a few options for bread to use for the delicious baked garlic bread.
Texas toast is usually thick-cut from enriched square white bread, so that is the top pick to grab if you’re looking for unsliced bread loaves to make Texas toast with.
The best whole loaf of bread to use for making Texas toast if you can’t find square enriched white bread is a soft loaf of Italian bread that hasn’t been sliced.
In a pinch, soft and larger french bread loaves (not baguettes, there is not enough soft middle to the bread to get the perfect crispy and chewy texture of Texas toast) work well too.
How Thick To Slice Texas Toast
One of the major draws for Texas toast is the chewy and crispy texture that comes from baking thick slices of soft bread, so the outside crisps nicely for a crunchy bite – just as you get to the soft and chewy center.
Making sure you slice Texas toast slices to the right thickness definitely matters – but luckily, it is much, much easier to slice bread thicker than thinner if you need to slice bread at home because your store doesn’t carry loaves pre-cut to a wide slice.
Easy Garlic Butter For Garlic Bread
I like to make garlic compound butter that is perfect for spreading on bread, over pasta, in sautéed chicken dishes and more – it is super simple, and has a rich buttery taste with an explosion of garlic flavor.
Don’t be surprised when you want to slather this butter on everything!
How Thick To Cut Texas Toast
To get the perfect thick bread flavor, slice your Texas toast bread slices to 1 inch thick.
This will ensure a crunchy base, with a slightly soft and chewy middle, perfect for tons of garlicky butter flavor!
Other Favorite Appetizers
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Recipe FAQs
Leftovers can be saved in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days, or frozen for up to four months.
Easy Garlic Butter Texas Toast Recipe
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Easy Baked Garlic Butter Texas Toast
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh diced parsley + 1 teaspoon fresh diced parsley to garnish
- ½ teaspoon dried garlic
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- ⅓ cup shredded parmesan to garnish
- 1 loaf square enriched white bread
Instructions
- In a medium sized bowl, add butter. Set aside.
- In a medium sized pan, add olive oil and heat to medium. When olive oil is shiny, add garlic, and fresh parsley.
- Heat until fragrant, stirring often to prevent stirring, about 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add to bowl with butter.
- Add dried garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Mix well and roll into a ball, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, and up to three days.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice enriched white bread into 1" thick slices.
- Spread garlic compound butter over one side of bread.
- Top with sprinkles of mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 15 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and hot, and bread is crispy.
- Top with shredded parmesan and fresh parsley.
- Serve immediately.
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Yum mouth watering recipe will surely try this
This sounds awesome. Will try this out soon.