Dads Garlic Wine Bread Recipes

BETTER-THAN-DOMINOS GARLIC BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200C/390F.
• Cut the French stick in half. Then cut the bread almost all the way through into 2cm / 4/5" thick slices.
• Mix together the butter, garlic, salt and parsley. Taste to see if it's salty / garlicky enough for your taste (Note 2).
• Smear garlic butter over cut side of bread (Note 2).
• Smear remaining butter on the top and sides of the bread.
• Wrap each bread in foil.
• Bake for 15 minutes until the crust is crispy (check through foil).
• Unwrap and serve!

DAD'S GARLIC & WINE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400.
• Slice the bread almost all the way through in 1" - 1-1/2" slices. (You want the loaf to stay intact while baking but easy to separate once baked).
• Place bread in a jelly roll pan on a large enough sheet of aluminum foil that you can fold the sides up to contain the wine/butter mixture (you WANT the bread to sit in the wine/butter mixture -- Oh yes).
• Place a sliver of garlic between each slice.
• Melt butter in glass cup measure in microwave.
• Stir in an equal amount of red wine to the cup.
• Drizzle the wine/butter mixture between each slice and pour remainder over the top. If you double the recipe, you'll want to mix it again mid-pour as the wine & butter tend to separate.
• Bake at 400 for about 20 minutes. Bread is done with the top and especially the bottom of the bread is crusty. We remove the garlic before eating so as not to offend others the next day.
• If you don't like this, you'll be the first one who didn't.

THE BEST GARLIC BREAD

Steps:

• Arrange a rack in the center of oven and preheat to 450 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until the butter is golden and the garlic is very fragrant, about 3 minutes.
• Slice the bread in half lengthwise. Liberally brush the crust with the garlic butter. Turn the bread cut-side up. Slice each loaf crosswise at 2-inch intervals without cutting all the way through, making "pull-apart" garlic bread. Liberally brush the cut sides of the bread with more garlic butter, spreading any remaining garlic evenly over top. You should use all the garlic butter. Carefully transfer the bread to a rimmed baking sheet.
• Sprinkle the loaves with the Parmesan and a pinch of salt and bake until the edges of the bread are a deep golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Top with the parsley. Serve warm.

CHEESE WINE BREAD

Steps:

• In lg mixing bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups of the flour with the yeast.
• In saucepan, heat wine, butter, sugar and salt until warm (115-120 degrees F), stirring constantly until butter almost melts.
• Add butter-wine mixture to dry mixture.
• Add eggs.
• Beat at low speed for 30 sec, scraping bowl constantly; beat 3 min at high speed.
• By hand, stir in cheese and enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn out onto lightly floured surface, knead until smooth and elastic.
• Place in lightly greased bowl, turning once.
• Cover and let rise until double (1-1/2 hr) Punch down, cover& let rest 10 min.
• Shape into 8" round loaf.
• Place in greased 9" pie plate; cover and let rise in warm place until double, about 40 min.
• Bake in 375 oven about 40 min, covering w/foil after first 20 min.

HEIDI SWANSON'S DAD'S GARLIC BREAD

Steps:

• As told to Heidi by her father: Slice that loaf of bread right up the middle so you have two halves (He uses his serrated knife for this).
• Set them on their backs, cut side up.
• Mince the garlic or push it through one of those crushers - either way is fine. Now add it to the butter you should be melting in a small saucepan.
• Take a basting brush (or any brush for that matter - pastry, etc) and start slathering the garlic butter all across that bread. Really go for it, let it soak inches. Make sure you get all those garlic chunks evenly distributed.
• If you are going to freeze the bread for later, this is when you do it - you don't want to bake, then freeze.
• He recommends the 'double-bake' as he calls it. This is when you bake at a standard temperature (350 degrees) for 10 to 15 minutes to heat the bread (particularly if it is coming out of the freezer), and then brown it off for color under the broiler for a minute or two.
• When the bread is finished broiling let it cool for a minute or two. This is when I sprinkle with the lemon zest and chives (and to be honest, I sprinkle a bit of zest on the bread before it goes in the oven too because I like that roasted lemon flavor alongside the garlic.)
• Slice and serve.
• The short version of this recipe: Cut, slather, bake, brown, slice.

GOTTA-HAVE-IT GARLIC BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler.
• In a small bowl, mix together all ingredients until well combined. Cut the French loaf in half, lengthwise, and spread the butter mixture liberally on each half. Arrange on a sheet tray and broil until browned and toasty, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the oven, slice and serve.

BITE-SIZE GARLIC BREAD WITH FRESH HERBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Spread cubed bread on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast until browned but still soft inside, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place the white wine and garlic in a small pot. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and reduce the wine until almost all of the liquid has evaporated, 3 to 4 minutes. (Be careful not to reduce too much and scorch the wine and the garlic.) Scrape wine-garlic mixture into a medium bowl.
• Add the butter, red-pepper flakes, oregano, and salt to the bowl with the wine-garlic mixture. Use a wooden spoon to fully incorporate the ingredients into the butter. Leave at room temperature until serving.
• Spread a generous amount (about 3/4 teaspoon) of the flavored butter onto one side of each toast cube. Arrange toast cubes buttered side up on the rimmed baking sheet and return to oven until butter is melted, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Arrange the cubes on a serving platter and sprinkle with herbs. Serve immediately.
• The flavored butter can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored in the refrigerator.