Cheesy Garlic Texas Toast

Our Cheesy Garlic Texas Toast is better than any cheesy garlic bread you can find in the frozen section at the store – make this fresh garlic bread recipe right at home!

The side dish recipe is perfect to pair with any pasta dishes you and your family enjoy – Cheesy Garlic Texas Toast! And it comes together in just a few minutes.

My family loves the Garlic Texas Toast, which you can buy in the grocery store, so I decided to whip up some garlic cheese toast at home! 

The store-bought garlic bread is good but I knew it would be a great option to create an easy recipe at home with some thick slices of Texas toast to create semi-homemade Texas cheese toast.

Recipe Ingredients

To make cheesy garlic Texas toast, you need the following ingredients:

• Butter: use unsalted butter softened for the best result
• Seasoning: you will need to have garlic powder (or minced garlic), Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper
• Bread: use slices of bread you have on hand, preferably 1-inch thick cut, like texas bread (you could use regular white bread or french bread)
• Cheese: for the best, melty cheese on the cheese toast recipe use shredded Mozzarella cheese

How to Make Cheesy Garlic Texas Toast

1. Preheat. Preheat broiler setting on oven. Mix together butter and garlic powder in a small bowl.  Add salt and pepper, to taste. 
2. Brush butter. Brush both sides of each slice of bread with butter mixture and place on an ungreased baking sheet. 
3. Broil. Broil bread for 1 minute on each side, or until light golden brown.  Sprinkle one side of bread with cheese and Italian seasoning and broil until cheese is melted. 
4. Check. Watch closely to avoid burning.

We love this served with our easy Crockpot Spaghetti for a full meal your family will love.

Tips and variations:

Cheese to use on this garlic cheese bread:

For this particular recipe, we prefer mozzarella cheese, but any cheese will do. I bet a cheese combination with a little Parmesan cheese would be delicious as well. 

Favorite bread to use for cheesy Texas toast:

 Use thicker bread slices, like Texas toast sliced bread, that you can find in the bread aisle. You can also use any loaf of sandwich bread you have on hand, it doesn’t need to be Texas toast or a loaf of french bread, but we do recommend it for the best results.

P.S. I love using this bread for french toast too!

Variations for garlic bread recipes:

• Use garlic salt in place of the garlic powder and salt
• Add shredded provolone cheese or cheddar cheese for even more delicious melty cheese
• Fresh parsley added to the rich garlic butter

Storage Instructions

Fridge: Store any leftover bread in an airtight container and reheat in the oven or air fryer.

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