Make-Ahead Garlic Toast

Name: Make-Ahead Garlic Toast
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 18 toasts
Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened; ⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoon dried parsley; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; 1 (1 pound) loaf Italian bread, cut into 1 inch slices

Rating: 4.93 stars

40 Ratings
28 Reviews
10 Photos

I love this because I always have leftover bread and it goes to waste most of the time. The best part is that you can pull out as many pieces as you want and bake them straight from the freezer!

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Recipe Summary

prep:

10 mins

cook:

5 mins

additional:

1 hr

total:

1 hr 15 mins

Servings:

Yield:

18 toasts

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 18 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

½ cup butter, softened
⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried parsley
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 (1 pound) loaf Italian bread, cut into 1 inch slices

Directions

Step 1

Mix butter, Parmesan cheese, parsley, and garlic powder in a bowl. Arrange Italian bread on a large baking sheet and spread each slice with garlic butter mixture. Place baking sheet in freezer and freeze until bread solid, about 1 hour. Transfer bread to a resealable plastic freezer bag until ready to use.

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Step 2

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Arrange desired number of slices, butter-side up, on a baking sheet.
Step 3

Bake in preheated oven until bread is toasted and butter is melted, 5 to 7 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

120 calories; protein 2.9g; carbohydrates 12.7g; fat 6.4g; cholesterol 14.9mg; sodium 206.4mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (28)

Most helpful positive review

Sarah Jo

08/02/2013

This surprized me that it actually worked. I had serious doubts but it was an incredible lifesaver for two reasons--I was able to salvage day old bread and make garlic bread ahead of time so that I could just throw it in the oven right as I needed it. I did up the garlic powder but other than that I kept the recipe the same. GREAT recipe. Read More

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40 Ratings

5 star values: 37
4 star values: 3
3 star values: 0
2 star values: 0
1 star values: 0

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Sarah Jo

08/02/2013

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BODIE358

10/27/2013

Awesome idea that works great for later when you are short on time. It's so convenient to have it waiting in the freezer! The recipe is good but to bring it to 5 stars double the amount of garlic. Read More

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Lela

Allstar

04/08/2013

I love this recipe because I always have left over bread. The garlic toast was mild tasting. For a little more zip add garic salt to taste. Read More

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raven_calleth

12/11/2013

Much better than buying it frozen from the grocery store. I've made it with garlic powder as well as with roasted garlic (recipe from this site as well). Was great both ways.:) Read More

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Elizabeth Garcia

12/10/2013

This recipe is so convenient and tasty! The ONLY thing I changed was the garlic powder. I crushed real garlic (about 2 Tbsp as I? garlic) in my mortar (which I use often for Puerto Rican recipes). Other than that I loved it and my 4 yr old especially who is crazy about garlic bread! Thank you for the recipe!:-) Read More

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mkstevens09

06/07/2014

I think this tasted a lot better than the pre-made kind from a box. It was very easy to make and great to have on hand. Read More

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Martha Cameron Cobb

11/05/2014

This recipe is awesome. Only change was I used bottled minced garlic instead of garlic powder. Read More

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Kathy

02/02/2016

I hosted an Italian dinner for 40 people and wanted to have actual garlic toast to serve (versus heated up loaves of bread and butter) so made this ahead of time and froze it. It worked very well. Everyone seemed to like it (and some liked it A LOT -- coming back for seconds and thirds). My only complaint is that it was a bit salty. Next time I make this I will decrease the cheese to 1/4 cup add a little more garlic and use unsalted butter. Read More

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Vicky

10/30/2015

The bread was very good. I only buttered one side before freezing it. Next time I make it I will butter both sides. It's so nice to have a bag of garlic bread in the freezer whenever I want it. Read More

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Awesome idea that works great for later when you are short on time. It's so convenient to have it waiting in the freezer! The recipe is good but to bring it to 5 stars double the amount of garlic.

I love this recipe because I always have left over bread. The garlic toast was mild tasting. For a little more zip add garic salt to taste.

Much better than buying it frozen from the grocery store. I've made it with garlic powder as well as with roasted garlic (recipe from this site as well). Was great both ways.:)

I think this tasted a lot better than the pre-made kind from a box. It was very easy to make and great to have on hand.

This recipe is awesome. Only change was I used bottled minced garlic instead of garlic powder.

The bread was very good. I only buttered one side before freezing it. Next time I make it I will butter both sides. It's so nice to have a bag of garlic bread in the freezer whenever I want it.