A gift for you: A recipe of sorts

[Pandora07]

Not sure if you guys would be interested, but I thought I'd give you one of my recipes that reminds me of Dad. He passed away the day Katrina hit, so I'm not really "into" people recounting the losses of Katrina, but that's another story. I don't have any hints to offer and I don't have free designs, but I wanted to do something to give back in honor of all you guys have given me.

Anyway, I am picky about my garlic bread. A lot of people take a loaf of bread, slice it, slather it with bought garlic butter gunk, wrap the entire loaf back up in foil and bake, resulting in soggy icky garlic bread. No thank you. Here's my dad's recipe for garlic bread. I think it's techically toast, but anyway....

You need a loaf of crusty bread. If you are near a wally world, they frequently have a garlic/parmesan loaf in the bakery section that works really well. If not, sourdough works or just a loaf of French bread. If you buy a solid loaf, slice it diagonally about as thick as your thumb.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix up in a bowl a stick of softened butter or margarine with enough added Worcestershire sauce to make it look like golden mustard. Blend in garlic juice and garlic powder with garlic salt to taste. If you are a gourmet cook you can use a clove or two of minced garlic with juice. ( I don't figure there are too many gourmet cooks on the forums, though, because we spend too much time hunting freebies and playing with the embroidery machine! ROFL ) You cannot use straight garlic salt for this -- by the time you get enough garlic in the mix it will be so salty no one can eat it.

Anyway, slather one side only of the sliced bread. Put it on a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan with buttered side up. Personally, I like to top mine with Italian seasoning and grated Parmesan cheese (Okay, so it's the green can of stuff, but it works!). Mom likes hers plain. Dad liked his with Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes and topped off with the canned cheese. Bake at 400 degrees until it is hot and as done as you like. I like the edges crisp, the bottom crisp but the center of the bread still soft. That usually translates to about 10 minutes.

Wonderful with spaghetti, lasagna, beefaroni, or whatever. We've even been known to make it for a midnight snack.

I don't have exact measurements -- I apologize for that. But it makes delicious bread and you will never want that soggy stuff ever again.

Hope you enjoy!
M&M

[Simpleuser2000]

This is basically how I make garlic bread too. When I was a kid we grew garlic and would take the bulbs and smash them with a knife and add to butter then put under the broiler. I do it the same now only instead of growing the garlic I buy the bulbs fro the store.
Elaine

[nitadee]

Thanks for the recipe M&M, sounds yummy!! I'm going to try it with my next spaghetti dinner!! Happy New Year to you!!

Juanita in Cozumel

[windstar]

Thanks for the recipe. I do it this way but I use grated mozzarella and parmesan cheese.

Molly

[dorothy_p]

Thanks M&M this sounds great and not too much work. This I could do

[tessiemarie_no1]

have to try this. sounds great