16 perfect garlic bread recipes that promise to solve all your problems

Is there anything that freshly baked garlic bread can’t fix? Try one of these recipes if you need a little bit more garlic-covered joy in your life.

Garlic bread is one of the world’s most delicious inventions. It combines the glorious taste of garlic with beautiful crunchiness of warm bread. To top it all off, it’s usually loaded with melted butter or cheese – what’s not to love?

From blistered tomato and garlic Afghan bread to a classic garlic pull-apart, here are 16 perfect garlic bread recipes from delicious.com.au that you need to try immediately if you want to wow your guests and bring some more joy into your life.

Garlic bread steak toastie

Garlic bread lovers will devour this new take on a classic steak sandwich.

Blistered tomato and garlic Afghan bread

I love the taste of tomatoes that have been grilled, and scattering them over this bread with herbs and garlic makes a great snack before sitting down to a meal, says chef Matt Wilkinson.

Now I'm craving garlic bread...

Mezze plate with herbed Turkish pide

Ideal for those times friends just pop in, this mezze plate is easy and delicious.

Garlic prawn pizza bread

If you’re making pizza tonight, why not ditch the tomato base and try this garlic prawn topping instead?

Pistachio and labneh dip with garlic Turkish bread

This is one recipe that’s bound to impress the guests at your next party.

The perfect entree when you're hosting a dinner party.

Parmesan and garlic bread

Parmesan & garlic bread makes the perfect companion to an Italian feast.

Prosciutto on black garlic toast
Leading Melbourne chef Andrew McConnell combines the very best produce with this foolproof recipe.

Wazza’s reinvented meatball garlic bread

This recipe comes from an episode of Pimp My, in which Wazza (aka Warren) Mendes adds meatballs to garlic bread and the results are spectacular.

Meatballs on garlic bread? Nothing could be more divine.

Sage, thyme & garlic bread
Garlic bread will never disappear from menus – thankfully! But have a go at reworking the classic with fresh herbs.

Trade up the dinner rolls for this cob with cheese and onion dip
This pull apart bread and dip is impressive, great for sharing and extremely delicious. A must-have for your next event.

Garlic baguette with spanakopita dip
Winter entertaining has never been tastier, with this pimped up garlic bread and homemade dip.

The only thing better than garlic bread is garlic bread with dip.

Roasted tomato ragu with cheesy garlic bread
Use this ragu on pasta, as a pizza base, or simply serve on its own with cheesy garlic bread and great anchovies.

Cheese and garlic pull-apart
Jamie Oliver’s super easy, gluten-free cheesy bread is best served piping hot or with your favourite soup – a true winter indulgence.

Coco’s garlic bread
“Whenever we make pizzas, my daughter Coco likes to make these garlic breads as well. Sometimes she pushes the boat out and covers them with grated cheddar too. For this recipe, you will need to divide the risen pizza dough into four before shaping into balls. A pizza ‘peel’ (a metal paddle on a long handle) is extremely useful, or you can also use a sturdy baking sheet” – Gill Meller. This is an edited extract from Outdoor Cooking: River Cottage Handbook No.17.

Sometimes simple really is best.

Get cosy tonight with Jamie Oliver’s tear-and-share garlic bread
“Who doesn’t love garlic bread? And this tear and share style is always a winner. I’ve written the recipe for 12, because it’s an easier quantity of dough to work with. What I like to do is make up both trays of bread, then whack one in the freezer, ready to bake another day – you won’t regret it.”- Extract from Together by Jamie Oliver.

Green garlic and spelt flatbreads
“This is my favourite go-to recipe when there’s no bread in the house and we need a quick carb fix! Flatbreads can be flavoured with anything you like, and freeze well, so you can always keep some on hand. Green garlic is spring’s gift to the lazy chef in all of us – crisp, tender bulbs of garlic that don’t need to be peeled! Keep an eye out for them at the market, often labelled ‘new garlic’ or ‘spring garlic’ and double the quantity if you’re using them in place of older bulbs, as they’re more subtle in flavour.”

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