Seeded Garlic Bread

This has been on my mind for a long time now!! We like garlic bread a lot.. well, I like it a lot, M is ... ummm, OK, its nice!! types.. we usually picked up a box of frozen garlic bread and used it.. but it was always on the back of my mind to make this at home. The advantages being 1) cost effective 2) I can make variations to it 3) Quantity!!! and most importantly...4) making it on my own and blogging !! Blogging has become such an obsession with me!!

I am sure many of you are familiar with VideoJug , which has a section on Food and Drink. That is where I first saw the procedure for making Garlic bread and thought to myself..."hey... that's so easy!! I must make that!!"

So the next time in the store I made a bee line towards the bakery aisle.. the progress was a bit slow I agree, you see one has to first pass rows of delightful looking , moist , yummy , tempting and drool worthy cakes!!! M generally prods me in the small of my back with the shopping cart to make me move from , lets say 'cake A' to 'cake B......' ! So after a brief struggle of NOT grabbing cakes and muffins, we moved on to the breads...... here M breathed a sigh of relief... my attention had snapped back to the main objective, buying a baguette! I was all hawk eyed and going thru the various varieties of bread, and finally pounced on a seeded baguette... again after a brief internal struggle of wanting to try the french bread, sourdough... and some other varieties.

Back home, I set about with my customary zeal to make the Garlic bread..

It is as simple as the pictures on this post!!!!

Here's what u need..

The original recipe calls for :

1 Baguette ( plain one)

1 stick of butter (around 6 tbsp)

5 cloves Garlic
3 Tbsp Parsley (chopped)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Aluminium foil to wrap

My addition/ Variation :

Seeded Baguette

Dash of Oregano

I used Dry parsley

Pre heat the oven to 325 deg. F

Prepare the Butter. Crush / grate the garlic, add it to the butter along with the parsley, oregano, salt and pepper. Mix well.

The Baguette, I have used a seeded baguette

Place the baguette onto the chopping board and cut across diagonally, into 2-3 cm slices, without cutting completely through the bread.

Create a gap between the slices, add a dollop of the garlic butter, and smooth it down. Finally spread any remaining butter over the top of the baguette.

Wrap the baguette in the aluminium foil , seal at both ends and pop it into the oven .
Bake on each side for 10 mins.

Once baked, remove from foil, cut thru and serve!!!

I was a bit of a miser with the butter, so you can see that it has not reached at the very bottom of the slice... don't do what I did!!! All said and done (all miserly acts)... it tasted wonderful!!!!