Yesterday, my 2 year old son was devouring the delicious Butternut Squash Soup but ended up mainly eating the toasted bread I usually make to accompany soup. It’s the easiest thing to make in the world and I haven’t yet found a person that doesn’t like it.
The key to making this bread is finding a good crusty VEGAN bread (no pre-sliced bread in plastic bags). Bread is usually made with Flour, Water, Yeast and some form of fat. So it is important to find one that doesn’t contain butter, whey or honey. Sometimes even mono or diglycerides can be either animal or vegetable derived. Therefore I would just avoid them.
Your best bet is to find a traditional bakery and ask. If you have a Panera near you, they actually have quite a few different types of bread you can use. Another way to shop for bread is to look for legitimate organic companies such as Rudi’s (some do contain honey) or Food for Life. Or you could always make your own….maybe in a later post :)
Quick Roasted Garlic Bread
Prep time: 5min
Cook time: 15min
Ingredients:
- Crusty Bread – as little or as much as you need
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder
- Olive oil
Directions:
- Preheat Oven to 400F and line a sheet pan with baking paper.
- Slice the bread in your desired thickness.
- Sprinkle Salt, Pepper, and Garlic powder on bread.
- Brush with Olive Oil.
- Flip the bread slices and repeat steps 3 and 4.
- Bake in upper half of oven for about 10min.
- Serve with soup or dip.
Notes: 1) the thinner the slice of bread the crispy the bread will be and shorter the bake time. I personally like them a bit thicker. The crust is nice and crunchy and the center soft and a bit chewy. 2) You can brush the bread with Olive oil, drizzle it on, or spritz it with a spray bottle. Spraying the olive oil allows you to use less oil while still covering the entire slice of bread.3.) Bake times can vary due to thickness and type of bread. Watch it carefully while in the oven!
Quick Roasted Garlic Bread
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Crusty Bread - as little or as much as you need
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder
- Olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 400F and line a sheet pan with baking paper.
- Slice the bread in your desired thickness.
- Sprinkle Salt, Pepper, and Garlic powder on bread.
- Brush with Olive Oil.
- Flip the bread slices and repeat steps 3 and 4.
- Bake in upper half of oven for about 10min.
- Serve with soup or dip.
Recipe Notes
1) the thinner the slice of bread the crispy the bread will be and shorter the bake time. I personally like them a bit thicker. The crust is nice and crunchy and the center soft and a bit chewy. 2) You can brush the bread with Olive oil, drizzle it on, or spritz it with a spray bottle. Spraying the olive oil allows you to use less oil while still covering the entire slice of bread.3.) Bake times can vary due to thickness and type of bread. Watch it carefully while in the oven!
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