This garlic cheese toast takes traditional cheesy garlic bread to the next level. Homemade roasted garlic, along with butter, seasonings, red pepper flakes, and two delicious cheeses, make this the most ooey, gooey, garlicky cheese bread you’ll ever make. It’s perfect with all kinds of main courses, and it’s always a crowd-pleaser.
Garlic bread is a staple of so many dinners. When you think of any Italian dish, pizza party, and a host of chicken, beef, and pork recipes, you probably think of garlic bread being at least one of the sides you’ll serve with it. Well, imagine all that buttery, garlicky, cheesy flavor, and then turn the dial up to 11. That’s what this recipe is all about!
Why You’ll Love This Garlic Toast with Cheese
- Simple Ingredients: This recipe uses basic ingredients you’ll find in the bakery, cooking, and dairy aisles.
- Easy to Make: A little mixing and baking is all it takes to make the delicious garlic toast.
- Ultra Cheesy: Two cheeses make the garlic cheese toast extra ooey and gooey.
- Versatile: Serve this toast with everything from spaghetti to seafood. It goes with everything!
Ingredients
- French Bread Sticks: Sliced French bread sticks have the perfect texture for garlic toast.
- Roasted Garlic: Roasted garlic adds a much deeper flavor than simple garlic powder.
- Cheese: Colby Jack and mozzarella combine to make an extra-cheesy garlic toast.
- Red Pepper Flakes: Red pepper flakes add a kick of heat to the other bold flavors in the toast.
See the recipe card at the end of the post for a full list of ingredients and their exact measurements.
Flavor Variations
- Mild: Leave out the red pepper flakes if you don’t like heat.
- Cheese: Try any of your favorite cheeses for this recipe. Anything that melts nicely will work.
- French Bread: You can use your favorite variety of bread, so long as it has a fairly dense texture and you slice it thickly.
- Pizza Bread: Add pizza sauce as the bottom layer, and you have pizza bread!
How to Make Garlic Cheese Toast
1: Cut the head off of the garlic to expose the tops of the bulbs. Drizzle with olive oil, wrap with oil, and roast until soft.
2: Squeeze the roasted cloves into a bowl and mix them with the seasonings and butter.
3: Spread the garlic butter on the sliced toast and bake until golden.
4: Top the toast with cheese and broil until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Hint
Cut just enough of the garlic head off to expose the very tops of the cloves. You don’t want to waste any!
Storage
Store this garlic cheese toast in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container. For longer storage, wrap them in plastic wrap and freeze them for up to 3 months in an airtight, freezer-safe container or heavy-duty freezer bag. Defrost overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.
To reheat the bread, place it on a baking sheet, cover it with foil, and bake at 300 degrees until heated through.
Tips
- Make your bread slices about ½-inch thick so they are easy to grab and eat.
- A 5×5 square of foil is the perfect size for wrapping your garlic bulb before roasting.
- Squeeze the garlic out while it’s still very warm so it pops out easily.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, but it IS Italian-American. Most food historians believe it originated in the United States in the 1950s when Italian immigrants began using butter in place of olive oil, which was hard to come by in the States at that time.
Any cheese that melts well and smoothly will work for cheesy garlic bread. Great options include:
Cheddar
Mozzarella
Monterey Jack
Colby Jack
Provolone
Muenster
Garlic is fully roasted when it’s super-soft, fragrant, and a golden brown. The real key is softness. If the garlic is very soft, it’s all done!
French bread, French breadsticks, Italian bread, Ciabatta, thick Texas toast, or any bread with a dense but soft texture work very well for garlic bread.
Try This Delicious Garlic Cheese Toast Today
Cheesy, garlicky, toasty, and both ooey AND gooey. If all that sounds good to you, then you need to try this garlic cheese toast. It’s easy to make, full of deep, intense garlic flavor, and it has just about as much cheese as you could ever ask for. Try it once, and you’ll be looking for recipes to serve it with!
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Garlic Cheese Toast
Ingredients
- 1 garlic bulb, roasted
- ½ teaspoon olive oil
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 cups Colby Jack cheese, shredded
- 2 French bread sticks, sliced into discs (it’s smaller than a loaf of French bread).
Instructions
How to Roast Garlic
- Cut ¼ off the head of the garlic.
- Place the garlic bulb, root side down, on a piece of aluminum foil about 5×5 inches.
- Drizzle olive oil over the garlic and add a pinch of salt.
- Wrap the foil around the garlic to seal completely. Place in the air fryer basket and cook at 390 degrees for 20 minutes, (to roast in the oven, place on a baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes – 1 hour).
- Remove and once the garlic is cool enough to handle, unwrap and squeeze the garlic cloves into a small bowl. Add butter, oregano, basil, and red pepper flakes. Stir until all the ingredients are combined.
Garlic Cheese Toast
- Add butter mixture to each piece of bread and place on the baking sheet.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with shredded cheeses
- Place under the broiler just until the cheese is hot and melty. Only a matter of a few minutes.
- Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
Notes
- Make your bread slices about ½-inch thick so they are easy to grab and eat.
- A 5×5 square of foil is the perfect size for wrapping your garlic bulb before roasting.
- Squeeze the garlic out while it’s still very warm so it pops out easily.
