Garlic Cheese Bread
This oven baked Garlic Cheese Bread is an easy to prepare, quick and supremely scrumptious snack. A recipe which only includes bread, butter, garlic, herbs, lots of cheese, and can be customized in so many ways. A sure shot winner recipe!
- Prep time
- 9 min
- Cook time
- 6 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 4 to 5 slices bread (or half a loaf of bread. you can use whole wheat or brown or multi grain or white bread)
- 2 tbsp butter (salted or unsalted)
- 3 to 4 garlic cloves (- medium sized. peeled, minced or grated or finely crushed)
- 100 g mozzarella cheese (or 1/2 cup grated cheese - processed or cheddar or mozzarella cheese or a mix of two to three cheese)
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper (or add as required)
- 1/4 tsp red chili flakes (or add as required)
- 1/2 tsp dry oregano (or any dried herbs, add as required)
- salt (- as required and only to be added if using unsalted butter)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven for 10 minutes at 200 degrees C/392 degrees F before baking.
- 2
Slice the loaf of bread in slices having 0.75 inches width. Now halve each slice.
- 3
Take the softened butter (butter at room temperature) in a bowl. I used salted butter. If using unsalted butter, then add a bit of salt.
- 4
Grate or mince 3 to 4 medium peeled garlic cloves directly into the softened butter. Instead of garlic, you can also add garlic chives.
- 5
Mix the grated garlic very well with the butter.
- 6
Grate cheddar or mozzarella cheese. You will need about ½ cup of grated cheese.
- 7
Now spread the garlic butter evenly on all the slices.
- 8
Top with the cheese generously.
- 9
Sprinkle with your favorite herb or spice. You can add oregano, basil, red chili flakes, black pepper, Italian seasoning etc.
- 10
Place the bread slices in a baking tray.
- 11
Now keep the baking tray on the top most rack of your oven. If using a microwave oven in the convection mode, then keep the baking tray on the glass turn table.
- 12
Bake at 200 degrees C/392 degrees F for 5 to 6 minutes or till the edges become a light golden and a bit crisp.
- 13
The cheese will also melt. You don't need to toast these slices.
- 14
Serve these Garlic Cheese Bread hot with tomato ketchup as a starter or as as a snack.