Mom's Garlic Bread is the perfect accompaniment to a hearty pasta meal. This tardily thick-cut garlic staff of life is crunchy on the outside, soft as well as chewy on the inside, as well as oh thence delicious!
This is my Mom's 'famous' garlic bread. And it almost ended my matrimony earlier it began. Seriously. And it all goes dorsum to the real commencement repast I cooked for my now-hubby Mark dorsum inwards January, 2003, when nosotros had just started dating ...
But earlier nosotros larn into just exactly how this garlic staff of life almost ended my matrimony earlier it began, delight allow me the indulgence of giving a niggling background.
Growing up, whatsoever fourth dimension ... as well as I produce hateful any fourth dimension ... nosotros had my Mom's spaghetti or lasagna for dinner, she would brand this garlic staff of life thick-cut, crispy on the outside, soft & chewy on the inside, as well as ooooh soooo good. And I absolutely adored it. Still do.
Loved it hot immediately out of the oven. Loved it as as much leftover, cooled off, as well as lost-its-crunch. In fact, I looked forrad to eating mutual depression temperature leftovers the side past times side twenty-four hours just as much as I looked forrad to eating it amongst the master copy meal. And you lot wish to know my favorite repast to relish the mutual depression temperature leftovers with? BREAKFAST! Yes, I dear this materials for breakfast. L-O-V-E, love. {like, amongst a whole bunch of kisses sort of love}
So I whipped upward a batch of Mom's lasagna as well as six pieces of yummy garlic staff of life 2 pieces for me for dinner, 2 pieces for Mark for dinner, as well as 2 to receive got leftover for me for the side past times side day. {breakfast process yum!}
Well, the dinner did indeed brand a adept impression. So when it came fourth dimension for Mark to move out that evening, I made a 'care package' of lasagna to post habitation amongst him. Yes, I was sweetness similar that.
Then he said, "Throw inwards around of that garlic bread, too, please."
Wait. What???
Throw inwards around of my precious garlic bread?? That I was planning to receive got for breakfast????? I didn't fifty-fifty remotely mean value past times my garlic-bread-for-breakfast-desire ... as well as instinctively replied ....
"No, you lot had your 2 pieces during dinner. Those are mine for tomorrow." And I wouldn't allow him accept any.
Okay, thence non thence sweet. I was completely garlic staff of life stingy. Lovely, right? Needless to say, my garlic staff of life stinginess did non brand a adept impression.
Fortunately Mark doesn't concord this against me tooooo much ... 'cause nosotros are married today. But oh believe me, I am reminded of my garlic staff of life stinginess every {and I produce hateful every} fourth dimension I brand it.
And residuum assured, I at nowadays brand a bigger batch. A much, much bigger batch.
So, to brand this wonderfully thick as well as crunchy on the outside, chewy on the within garlic bread, just start amongst a squeamish loaf of French staff of life sliced thick. Each piece should live on close 1 inch to 1 as well as 1/2 inches thick, similar this ...
Spread both sides of each staff of life piece amongst softened butter, going alllllllllll the agency to the edges ....
... as well as and thence sprinkle generously amongst garlic salt.
Pop the slices on a broiler pan as well as slide 'em nether the broiler for a few minutes ...
... 'til the butter is all melted as well as the edges are nighttime golden brown. Mmmm, mmmm. Garlic staff of life perfection. {and thence worth beingness stingy for!}
Oh hey, did you lot tumble out to disclose the super cool personalized, engraved cutting board I was working on when I made this garlic bread? It's the best! It's an extra-thick custom-engraved cherry woods chopping block from my wonderful friends at cherryBLOX!
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In fact, nosotros dear our cherryBLOX thence much nosotros receive got 2 ... 1 for the spider web log as well as 1 for 'us!' They brand the perfect personalized gift, and, paired amongst a squeamish chef's knife, receive got larn Mark's as well as my go-to wedding ceremony gift.
Now dorsum to garlic bread.
So, the moral of my niggling garlic staff of life even is if you lot brand this yummy stuff, brand a huge batch. So you lot don't endure from garlic staff of life stinginess as well as almost terminate your marriage. Perhaps earlier it fifty-fifty begins!
Mom's 'Famous' Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread
- 4 to six T. butter, softened
- garlic salt
- Slice staff of life into 1-inch to 1 as well as 1/2-inch thick slices. Spread both sides amongst butter, roofing each piece correct to the edges. Sprinkle both sides generously amongst garlic salt.
- Place staff of life slices on a broiler pan or baking sheet. Broil on 1 side until butter is melted as well as the edges are a nighttime golden brown. {It's difficult to laissez passer on a fourth dimension approximate because all broilers are thence dissimilar ... it doesn't accept real long, thence live on sure to proceed a unopen optic on it!} Turn staff of life slices over as well as broil the other side. The exterior volition live on crunchy piece the within is squeamish as well as soft as well as chewy!
Enjoy!
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