Amazing Garlic Bread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 -4 cloves garlic, whole
• olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 -4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/2-2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• salt, pepper,cayenne,to taste
• parmesan cheese, grated (optional)
• mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced or shredded (optional)
• 1 loaf good italian bread or 1 loaf french bread

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 take a piece of foil and place whole garlic cloves in it, coating with a generous amount of olive oil.
• 3 wrap tightly.
• 4 bake until done, 20 min to 1/2 hour.
• 5 cloves will be done when sweet smelling, soft and golden brown.
• 6 split bread lengthwise.
• 7 remove excess dough.
• 8 mash roasted garlic with all other ingredients except cheeses.
• 9 spread cut surfaces of bread with butter mixture.
• 10 sprinkle with parmesan and layer bottom half with mozzarella.
• 11 press halves together and wrap tightly in foil.
• 12 bake at 350 degrees until outer crust is crispy and cheese is melted, about 15 minutes.
• 13 let cool slightly and cut into thick vertical slices.
• 14 i like it just as it is, crispy outside, moist and chewy (and slightly saturated!) inside, but you could bake this open faced on a cookie sheet for a crisper texture.
• 15 if you do this, put mozzarella on both sides.
• 16 you can make the garlic butter ahead of time and refrigerate it.
• 17 it's also to die for melted over hot pasta!