Garlic Toast

Here’s the very best garlic toast you’ll find! Ultra garlicky, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside: and it takes only 10 minutes to make.

Looking for a quick snack or a side dish for pasta? Here’s (what we hope) is the very best garlic toast you’ll find! The other day Alex and I were looking for an easier version of our garlic bread and came up with this method. Think of it as a short-cut garlic bread! It pairs fresh garlic, dried garlic and olive oil for a huge burst of garlicky flavor on a crunchy toasted baguette. It’s also a vegan garlic bread that’s full of flavor: great for if you eat plant-based or simply don’t have cheese in your fridge. And the flavor is so good, you’ll never miss it. Here’s how to make it!

Want cheesy toast? Try our Ultimate Cheese Toast.

The bread to use

This garlic toast recipe is more of an idea than a strict recipe. You can use this idea and then run with it! For the bread, we used a French-style baguette, but you could use any type of artisan loaf or bread you have on hand. (Please just not Wonder Bread!) The quality of your garlic toast will depend on the type of bread you use, so remember: the better the bread, the better the toast.

How to make garlic toast

Here are the basic steps for how to make garlic toast. Again, since it’s so simple we’d recommend committing these steps to memory! Once you do it once, you can approximate on the quantities. Or, bookmark this recipe to jog your memory for the quantities and oven temp. Here’s what to do:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. This is also the toasting temperature we use for crostini, as well as nuts like pine nuts, walnuts, pecans, etc.
• Combine olive oil, minced garlic & salt. Add it to a medium bowl.
• Brush the bread with the mixture. Use a brush to liberally brush both sides of the bread. You’ll need to pick up some of the minced garlic with the brush, as it tends to sink to the bottom.
• Add a pinch of garlic powder. The secret to the nuance of the flavor in this recipe is using both fresh and dried garlic. This really sets it over the top.
• Bake 5 minutes! Bake until the crust is crispy but the interior is still soft. That’s how we like our garlic toast, at least! If you’d like them fully crispy like crackers, you can bake 10 minutes.

Scale the garlic oil as necessary.

The size of the bread you use will dictate how much of the garlic oil mixture you’ll need. The mixture we used was perfect for 12 small slices of a French baguette. If you need to add another splash of olive oil into the bowl for your bread, you can use it to stretch the garlic (you’ll likely have some left over).

Or, you can scale up the quantity to 1.5 or 2 times depending on how large your bread slices are. It’s not an exact science, so feel free to adjust accordingly so that this recipe fits the bread you’d like to use.

Love garlic? Try more Great Garlic Recipes, like Garlic Butter, Garlic Butter Sauce Pasta or Roasted Garlic.

Garnish with parsley!

If you’re at home trying to whip up garlic toast without going to the store, don’t even think about garnishing with parsley. But we love adding it for the green color and because it has that traditional garlic bread vibe. Make sure to look for Italian flat leaf parsley at the store; curly parsley is typically used for decoration only.

Ways to serve garlic toast

This garlic toast pairs with so many different recipes! When we want a stunning garlic bread to serve for guests or just are craving that classic loaf, we use our Easy Garlic Bread. But when we want down and dirty garlic bread, we make this toast instead. It’s also nice that it’s a vegan garlic bread, so it works with vegan pasta recipes too. Aside from eating it as a late night snack, here are some ideas for serving as a side dish or appetizer:

• Lasagna. Try it alongside Favorite Vegan Lasagna.
• Creamy soups. Add it to Creamy Broccoli Potato Soup or Tomato Basil Soup.
• Pastas. It’s great with Italian favorites like Vegan Pasta Primavera, Roasted Eggplant Pasta, Fettucine Alfredo, Simple White Sauce Pasta, and Vodka Sauce Pasta.
• Risotto. Add it alongside Asparagus Risotto, Butternut Squash Risotto or Mushroom Risotto Recipe.
• Hummus. Dip it into Homemade Hummus as an appetizer: it’s next level!

Love baking? Make your own baguette.

The loaf that we used for this garlic toast recipe was actually a homemade loaf! Most of you probably are just looking for a quick garlic bread fix. But if you’re into baking, our baguette recipe is next level. The flavor of this homemade baguette is incredible: like an authentic French-style loaf. Intrigued? Head to our Baguette Recipe.

This garlic toast recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free.

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