Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread Recipe from scratch!
This Cheesy Garlic Bread Recipe from scratch will help you make garlic bread which is soft and fluffy, filled with flavors of garlic and herbs ;and delicious mozzarella cheese.
What you will love about this easy cheesy garlic bread recipe from scratch
This cheesy garlic bread recipe uses only a few basic ingredients.
We can make this Easy Garlic bread in four simple steps.This can be considered a quick garlic bread recipe as we can make this bread in less than 95 minutes.
Ingredients needed for this garlic bread recipe
For the bread dough
- Flour :260 g or 2 cups (loosely packed)
- Milk :160ml or ½ cup +2 and ½ tbsp
- Salt :¾ tsp
- Yeast :1 tsp
- Sugar :19 g or 1 and ½ tbsp
- Oil :2 tablespoon or 30 ml
For the topping
- Mozarella cheese:175g
- Minced Garlic:2 tsp
- Finely chopped Herbs:2 tsp
- Butter:2 tablespoon or 30 g
- A pinch of salt
How to make garlic bread from scratch
We can make this easy garlic bread in four simple steps
1.Prepare the bread dough
Into a bowl,add all our ingredients together and mix them to form a shaggy mass of dough.
Add the milk,sugar,yeast,salt ,butter and flour and mix them together.
Transfer the dough onto a clean work surface and knead the dough until the dough become soft and elastic.
Only a well kneaded dough can produce soft and fluffy garlic bread .
It will be so much easier if you are using a stand mixer to prepare the dough.
In a stand mixer, just knead the dough for around 8 minutes using the dough hook attachment.
Once we get a soft and elastic dough, let the dough sit and rest for 10 minutes.
This will give some time for the dough to rest and this will make it easy for us to roll and shape the dough.
2.Shape into a rectangle and fill with toppings
After 10 minutes, just roll and shape the dough into a rectangular sheet.
Place it on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Make square pattern on top of the dough using a sharp knife.Leave ⅛ inch space towards the edge.
Take care not to make many small squares..It may look pretty.But we need to add cheese slice in every crease and may end up adding double the amount of cheese and our bread may not turn out as a healthy bread.
Spread the top with garlic butter.
Insert pieces of mozzarella cheese to fill the creases.
Cover the baking tray with a plastic film.
3.Proof the shaped dough
Let the dough sit and rise for 30 minutes or until the dough really puff up.
4.Bake the garlic bread
Bake at 180 C or 350 F for 32-35 minutes.
The baking time may vary according to the size of the baking tray.The deeper tray will take longer and shallow pan take shorter time.
If the top turn golden brown early, cover the top with aluminum foil and bake properly for 32-35 minutes
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Cheesy garlic bread recipe from scratch
Ingredients
For the bread dough
- 260 g Flour or 2 cups (loosely packed)
- 160 ml Warm Milk(Temperature around 95 F) or ½ cup +2 and ½ tbsp
- ¾ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Yeast
- 19 g Sugar or 1 and ½ tbsp
- 30 ml Oil 2 tbsp
For the topping
- 175 g Mozarella cheese
- 2 teaspoon Minced Garlic
- 2 teaspoon Finely chopped Herbs
- 2 tablespoon Butter 30 g
- A pinch of Salt
Instructions
Prepare the bread dough
- Into a bowl,add all our ingredients together and mix them to form a shaggy mass of dough.Add the milk,sugar,yeast,salt ,butter and flour and mix them together.Transfer the dough onto a clean work surface and knead the dough until the dough become soft and elastic.Only a well kneaded dough can produce soft and fluffy garlic bread .It will be so much easier if you are using a stand mixer to prepare the dough.In a stand mixer, just knead the dough for around 8 minutes using the dough hook attachment.Once we get a soft and elastic dough, let the dough sit and rest for 10 minutes.This will give some time for the dough to rest and this will make it easy for us to roll and shape the dough.
Shape into a rectangle and fill with toppings
- After 10 minutes, just roll and shape the dough into a rectangular sheet.Place it on a parchment lined baking sheet.Make crisscross pattern on top of the dough using a sharp knife.Spread the top with garlic butter.Insert pieces of mozzarella cheese to fill the scored dough.Cover the baking tray with a plastic film.
Proof the shaped dough
- Let the dough sit and rise for 30 minutes or until the dough really puff up.
Bake the garlic bread
- Bake at 180 C or 350 F for 32-35 minutes.The baking time may vary according to the size of the baking tray.The deeper tray will take longer and shallow pan take shorter time.If the top turn golden brown early, cover the top with aluminum foil and bake properly for 32-35 minutes
Hi Bincy! May I know if I can use slices of cream cheese instead of Mozzarella? Thank you! I made your easy cinnamon rolls and it turned out yummy! My family loved it. ♥️
This cheesy garlic bread turned out absolutely wonderful! Fluffy, buttery, cheesey and just perfect. Can't believe how quickly and easily it came together. This recipe is a keeper. I'll be making it again. Might even mix cheese into the dough next time. Thank you for the recipe.
Hi, what flour did you use ? Was it plain, self raising or strong bread flour ?
Thanks
Hi Sandra,I have used all purpose flour with 10 % protein .To make bread we can use flour with protein 10% or more .
It's one of my favorite garlic bread now, thanks for the recipe
Hi Marilyn,I am so happy to hear you made this garlic bread and it turned out really well.Thank you so much for taking your time to write back me and for rating this recipe.
I don't make bread, but I made these rolls and it was pretty easy. I would suggest to warm the cheese to room temp, because if cold, it keeps the dough from rising faster.
I'm bringing them to family dinner. They smell wonderful!
Awesome!Hi Cindy,I am so happy to hear you made this bread and that you found the recipe easy to make.Thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us.
Super quick crowd pleaser.
Made it twice and both times GONE IN 60 SECONDS at a party.
Pillowy fluffy with garlic aroma and buttery goodness and a hint of spice (used pepper jack cheese)
What's not to like !!
I am so happy to hear you made this bread and everybody loved it.
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us and for rating this recipe.
I make this bread all the time for my family now. So easy and tastes delicious
Hi Morgan,I am so happy to hear your family enjoy this bread.Thank you so much for taking your time to write back me and for rating this recipe.
Very delicious! Definitely going to make this again. It turned out cheesy, soft,cushiony, and flavourful. Thank you for this brilliant recipe!!!!!!
Thank you Yasmina. I am so happy to hear you made this cheesy garlic bread and it turned out really well. Thank you so much for taking your time to write back me.
I tried your recipe and my kids love it and so do I, super easy , golden, glorious and garlicky. Instead of fresh garlic, I used the one that I baked before hand. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Hi Glenda, I’m so happy to hear that both you and your kids loved it 😊 Using pre-baked garlic sounds delicious. Really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback!