We recently had a pizza party for some of the kids in our neighborhood. Josh made six regular pizzas and two Chicago Deep Dish pizzas. The kids loved them. I helped out by making homemade pizza sauce and Basil Butter Garlic Bread. The Basil Butter Garlic Bread was the perfect appetizer to go with the pizza and it helped me use up some of our fresh basil-our plants are still growing like weeds.
This bread is easy to make. I used a Ciabatta loaf, but French bread would also work. You make the basil garlic butter in the food processor and slather it all over the bread. Put it in the oven until it is toasty and then load it up with Parmesan cheese and pop it back in the oven until the cheese is melted.
This jazzed up garlic bread is a great appetizer or side dish to any Italian meal. It would also be good with soup, salad, or even by itself. I wouldn’t mind sitting down with a loaf of this Basil Butter Garlic Bread. It might be dangerous though:) For step-by-step instructions and for the recipe, visit Tasty Kitchen. Thanks Jenna for the recipe. The bread was a hit at our pizza party!
That looks fantastic! I love the addition of basil.
Cheers,
Rosa
This bread looks fantastic! Kicked up garlic bread. Hope you have fun tailgating, we will be doing the same with chili. Love bush’sveg baked beans
Woah. Can I skip dinner and just have this bread! Yum! 🙂
That bread looks a little too good!
This would be my husband’s idea of perfection!
And I saw your last casserole pics on Foodgawker…congrats 🙂
If/as soon as we add gluten back into our diet, I am making this bread! It looks delicious and would be the perfect appetizer to feed my hungry family on pizza night, as I am saying, “It will be ready in just 10 more minutes.” 🙂
I really love simple sides like this. This bread looks awesome!
i love this bread! i think i could eat it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner…and most definitely for football!
This would be a VERY dangerous thing to put in front of me. I seriously could eat the whole loaf!!
Yes please! This looks so delish.
Yummmmm. I could eat this all day long. Looks amazing!
Open mouth, insert ENTIRE LOAF.
Yes, GO UTES!!!!!
You can’t go wrong with butter smeared on bread in general…but let’s be honest. Basil makes everything better. This looks awesome!
You are killin me with your fabulous self. All these recipes are just to awesome to NOT try!
I love tailgating parties! Now that I live near UT I need to start hosting them more, don’t I… this bread looks like such a treat.
I, unfortunately, could eat garlic bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner! love the addition of basil
I bet the local kids had a blast with you guys!! Love the garlic bread & the new ZipList feature too 🙂
I think this has pretty much everything I love in it… will be making this soon!
Lucky little boys to live near you two (SOON THREE!). Anxiously awaiting news . . .
This is seriously making my mouth water! I’m a sucker for any kind of garlic bread!
My boyfriend may leave me if I don’t try this recipe. 🙂 He is a huge fan of cheesy, buttery, gooey bread of any kind. He just say the screen of my laptop! Too funny.
This looks so good! Going on my to try list. 🙂
I just love Garlic breads … will definitely try the bazil with garlic ….. Thanks for sharing 🙂
So far I really love your site, exceprt for one big problem. Why are you a Ute fan? I guess I can still visit your site and love your recipes anyway and I will try to forgive you for your weekness. Just wanting to tease you! I do love your site. I found it through Our Best Bites and am so glad they mentioned your site. Have a great weekend and enjoy your party on Saturday.
I think this bread looks wonderful and I love Bush’s Vegetarian Beans! I won’t want any chunks of pork fat in my beans. 😀
I love garlic bread. And basil. And so therefore I know I love basil garlic bread even if I haven’t even tried it. Printing this to make SOON! 🙂
With the last of the basil holding on this is a perfect solution.
What a creative way to use basil!
We tend to have garlic bread (well, garlic pitas) with dinner at least once a week with soup and salad. The next time I can get my hands on some fresh basil, I am definitely giving this a try. I actually ended up throwing away some of my last basil bunch because, after two focaccias and a batch of basil-cheese scones, I couldn’t come up with anything else to do with it before it went bad.
Looks wonderful, thanks for posting!
I love garlic, basil and butter so this has to taste incredible!
Oh my goodness – what a wonderfully fresh spin on garlic bread! I want to eat this with soup right now.
Love the idea of using Ciabatta bread for this recipe….and the basil garlic butter combo sounds great together. Looks so good.
Oh wow!! This is one of those “why haven’t I ever done that?!” recipes, looks so amazing and simple, Maria! Just the thought of a basil butter makes my mouth water. Luckily I still have quite a bit of it in the backyard 😉
I bet all the kids had a blast at the pizza party!
This recipe definitely looks like one I’d like to veganize. It would be so fun to bring that to a fall family gathering!
I could eat this for every meal of the day!
This look really tasty! I’ll do it for sure.
Greetings from Chile.
A classic that never gets old. yummy!
Laura @ A Healthy Jalapeño
I love any form of garlic bread! I bet it’s great with pasta.
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i made this last night, it was delicious!
Yay! Glad you liked the bread!