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Homemade Texas Toast

How to make doubled-sided, buttery garlic loaded Texas toast garlic bread. This is the best homemade garlic toast, your family will love it! Use this as a side for your pasta's and soups.

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In my opinion, nothing beats buttery, garlicky golden brown Texas toast, even a classic crusty baguette garlic bread. Texas toast is my top choice every single time because that double-sided butter garlic bliss, my friends, is where it’s at. Yes, you butter both sides of the bread!

So, of course, I needed to make my own homemade garlic bread using Texas sandwich bread and my homemade garlic butter. There is no reason to buy the frozen stuff at the grocery store when it’s straightforward to make!

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Texas Toast

Texas toast is a double-thick slice of bread that is first slathered with garlic butter. It is traditionally grilled on a hot grill (a Texas BBQ cooking creation) and flipped over to toast both sides evenly to buttery, golden-brown perfection.

You can buy a sliced, square-baked loaf of bread called Texas toast bread, which also works for this recipe. I prefer the smaller, thick-sliced, rounded-top loaves in my photos, but the choice is up to you!

bread buttered with garlic butter on a baking sheet

How to Make Texas Toast

I never grill my Texas toast; I bake mine in the oven, just like the frozen ones you buy. However, once you try this method, I doubt you will ever make garlic bread again. If asked, this is my family’s first choice every time.

  • Get out a large baking sheet and preheat your oven.
  • Combine the butter, garlic, and parsley. If desired, you can make my homemade garlic butter recipe with some additional ingredients that make this unique!
  • Slather a thick layer onto each side of the bread, then lay it on a baking sheet.
  • Bake in the oven until both sides are browned and crispy.
  • Serve and enjoy.
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Grilling Texas Toast

You can absolutely grill up this Texas toast like it’s traditionally made! Simply put it on the grill and toast it until each side is browned and crispy. I find it’s actually better made in the oven as it cooks in a pool of melted garlic butter while browning and the results are even better than those of a grill. Look at that even browning and crispy edges; achieving that on a grill is hard.

close up of Texas toast

Main Dishes to go with Texas Toast

Of course, you need Texas toast with beef lasagna but you can also try it with my shrimp alfredo, spaghetti pie, or my cheese chicken spaghetti!

It goes with any pasta, but hey, try it alongside a homemade Caesar salad or grilled salmon just like the restaurants serve!

This recipe is great to have on hand lately, with groceries not always in stock. Mike and I have really been making almost everything we can at home that we usually buy, and even when supplies aren’t affected anymore we are going to keep making homemade Texas toast instead of ordering the frozen stuff, it’s a keeper!

Happy cooking!

Love,

Karlynn

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Homemade Texas Toast Garlic Bread

How to make doubled-sided, buttery garlic loaded Texas toast garlic bread. This is the best homemade garlic toast, your family will love it! Use this as a side for your pasta's and soups.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients 

  • 8 slices Texas sandwich bread
  • 1/2 cup salted butter melted
  • 2 tablespoons garlic puree
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 375°F.
  • In a small bowl, combine the butter, the garlic puree and the dried parsley.
  • Taking a pastry brush, coat both sides of the bread slices with the butter garlic mixture and place on a large baking sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes, checking the bottom of the toast slices every few minutes. When the bottom of the slice is browned nicely, flip it over and then brown the other side.
  • Remove once both sides of the toast are golden brown,
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

You HAVE to use the Texas sandwich bread, it’s the right thickness and size!
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How to make doubled-sided, buttery garlic loaded Texas toast garlic bread. This is the best homemade garlic toast, your family will love it! Use this as a side for your pasta's and soups.

Karlynn Johnston

I’m a busy mom of two, wife & cookbook author who loves creating fast, fresh meals for my little family on the Canadian prairies. Karlynn Facts: I'm allergic to broccoli. I've never met a cocktail that I didn't like. I would rather burn down my house than clean it. Most of all, I love helping YOU get dinner ready because there's nothing more important than connecting with our loved ones around the dinner table!

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  1. Steven Gaskill says

    I tried this in the oven. Came out too dry and crispy for my taste.2 stars

    • Chloe says

      easy and delicious. start checking the bread at 10 min to make sure you don’t over cook.5 stars

      • Salte says

        husband needed quick directions didn’t scroll where actual times and temps were presented
        please write directions with temp and times if you’re going to describe the process. he was ready to burn the bread.2 stars

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