Parsley-Garlic Bread Recipe

Why Garlic Bread?

The smell of freshly baked bread is one that makes a home feel warm, cozy, and snug. Add the aroma of garlic, fresh herbs, and butter, and you will never want to leave your house again.

This scrumptious but fuss free recipe calls for a few simple, fresh ingredients. The bread is heavenly but takes only a few hours from start to finish. This is one bread recipe that is easy, fast, and impossible not to finish in one sitting.

Dry Ingredients

To start with, in two cups of AP flour, add in half a tbsp of dried instant yeast on one side, a pinch of salt on another. Mix all the ingredients with 1 tbsp of sugar as well. After this, add in 1tbsp melted butter and combine till the mixture resembles wet sand. You can use herb butter here for an extra kick, but since flavored butters tend to be salted, add less salt when combining the dry ingredients.

Wet Ingredients

At this stage, start slowly adding half cup of milk. The recipe uses full fat milk for a decadent silky texture, which can be replaced with warm water. However, in doing so, you will compromise the fluffiness of the bread. Do not mix all the milk together. Keep some aside as you knead, since you might not need as much milk. If the dough remains dry, you can also add a few splashes if warm water with the milk.

Proof the dough at first for about 20 minutes in a lightly greased bowl. Then cut the dough and shape them into around 8 round pieces. Keep them on a baking tray with a minimum of 1 cm distance between them and then cover and proof for another 20 minutes. In the meantime, pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees centigrade. 

Topping

Mix butter with minced garlic and parsley and use part of it to top bread. Slide the prepared dough into the oven and baking for 20 minutes. Use the remaining herb butter to top the bread immediately as you slide it out of the oven for a robust aroma of garlic and herbs.