


Once butter has been tightly wrapped, place in freezer and freeze for up to 3 months for optimal freshness. Butter absorbs odors easily, so the foil will prevent the butter from picking up any freezer odors and help it stay fresh. Once butter has been made, place it onto a sheet of plastic wrap into the shape of a log and roll it tightly, sealing the sides. To use: Take butter out of the refrigerator and keep at room temperature for about 1 hour until soft enough to spread. Place the butter in the refrigerator and use within 5 days. Once butter has been made, place it onto a sheet of plastic wrap or wax paper into the shape of a log and roll it tightly, sealing the sides. We don’t recommend making or freezing our garlic bread recipe ahead of time for quality purposes, but you can definitely make and freeze the garlic butter ahead of time. Replace the dairy butter we use with vegan butter to turn this recipe vegan!.

We like adding some minced rosemary or thyme (or both) to the butter for a more earthy and hearty flavored garlic bread. Incorporate different herbs depending on your flavor preference.Add a little lemon zest to the butter for a bright citrus kick to the garlic bread.We add a little bit of Parmesan into our compound butter, but if you want a very cheesy garlic bread, you can sprinkle more grated Parmesan or another great melting cheese (like mozzarella or gruyere) on top of the loaf halves before baking.We don’t like doing it this way because it’s harder to evenly distribute the butter and the butter tends to leak all over the baking sheet as it melts, instead of melting and soaking directly into the bread. Some recipes we’ve seen has called for the halves of each loaf to be scored or mostly sliced into pieces, so after its baked, it’s easy to just tear the pieces off. Don’t slice or score the halves of the loaf into individual pieces until after the garlic bread has been baked.The exterior has a nice crust and the interior is super soft and fluffy, resulting in a perfectly buttery and flavor packed garlic bread that is well toasted, but still soft in the center. Find the right bread! Although you can make garlic bread with many different types of bread, the best one to use is a large French loaf.Remove garlic bread from oven, slice crosswise into 2 inch thick pieces and serve.
