Amp up the flavor of any dinner with savory French Onion Garlic Bread. It's warm and buttery inside with a crisp outer crust and a mouthwatering French onion twist the whole family will love. This four-ingredient recipe is simple enough for weeknight meals and will steal the show at your next holiday dinner.
Table of Contents
- 🗝️ Key takeaways: why this recipe is your new favorite
- 🧾 Gather your ingredients: what you'll need
- 📖 Make it your own: yummy variations
- 🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success
- 🥫 Leftover love: how to store and reheat French onion garlic bread
- Marye's Tip o' the day
- 💭 Insider tips: things to know
- 👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
- 📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
- 🍽️ Repurpose leftovers
- 📞 The last word
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
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🗝️ Key takeaways: why this recipe is your new favorite
- French onion flavor makes basic garlic bread feel like a treat!
- Serve this easy side dish recipe with casual or fancy dinners—it's also good for a nice lunch with soup and a salad.
- Wrap the loaf tightly in foil before baking to lock in the delicious flavor and keep the bread from drying out.
French onion garlic bread is so easy to make you'll never want to buy it premade again.
Plus, you can prep this recipe in advance for freezer storage to enjoy warm, freshly baked garlic bread whenever the craving hits!
🧾 Gather your ingredients: what you'll need
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
📖 Make it your own: yummy variations
- Instead of French bread, try Ciabatta! Make one long cut to separate the top from the bottom. Then, spread on the French onion butter mixture, replace the top of the loaf, wrap, and bake. Slice to serve.
- Lean into the French onion flavor by adding a pinch of herbs de Provence. You could also try thyme and/or oregano.
- Try making this with either the homemade baguette or the rustic Italian bread.
🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page. Click on the image to see it full size.
Soften the butter. Add onion soup mix and garlic.
Stir the ingredients together until combined.
Spread each slice of French bread with the butter mixture.
Re-form the loaf, wrap tightly in foil, and bake for 30 minutes.
🤫 Marye's secret for zhuzhing it up -
Sprinkle Gruyere, grated parmesan, or pecorino romano cheese on each buttered slice before baking.
zhuzh: verb. To make something more interesting or attractive
🥫 Leftover love: how to store and reheat French onion garlic bread
Place leftover French onion garlic bread in an airtight container and keep it at room temperature for up to a day. Any longer than that, move it to the refrigerator—it'll keep for up to five days.
You can also freeze garlic bread leftovers. Wrap the bread in foil, then in plastic, or place it into an airtight container. Freeze for up to three months.
Reheat garlic bread wrapped tightly in aluminum foil. In the oven at 350 degrees F, it'll take about 15 minutes. Otherwise, heat it in the air fryer at 350 degrees F for about 3 minutes.
Marye's Tip o' the day
Hint: The butter needs to be completely room temperature—super soft—or mixing will be tough. Pull the butter out of the fridge an hour before you plan to get started (or longer if your kitchen runs cold.)
💭 Insider tips: things to know
- Depending on the size of your loaf and how thick you cut it, you may end up with more than eight slices. That's totally fine.
- Use unsalted or salted butter—whatever you've got on hand will do the trick.
- You can soften butter in the microwave, but do not let it melt. It must be softened—but not liquid—to work best in this recipe.
- Use a garlic press to make mincing fresh garlic super easy. Otherwise, just chop it as small as possible with a knife.
- If your loaf is too large to be fully sealed in one piece of foil, use two. You want it fully wrapped to lock in the flavor and moisture.
- If you wrap individual slices to freeze, you can grab one or two at a time instead of thawing/reheating the whole lot!
👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
Have other questions? Ask me in the comments!
Nope, not quite. While French bread is longer and thinner than a normal round loaf, baguettes are even longer and even thinner. Baguettes are also chewier and have a harder crust.
Yep, either before or after baking. Just be sure it's wrapped tightly and then placed in an airtight container. See the "How to Store Leftovers" and "Marye's Tip" sections above for more info.
⏲️ Marye's time saving hacks -
Make your own freezer garlic bread for busy days. Prep the recipe as directed, wrap it tightly, and freeze instead of baking. When you're ready to cook it, pop it in the oven frozen. Simply add a few extra minutes to the baking time.
📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
Love French onion as much as I do? Try these recipes -
🍽️ Repurpose leftovers
There are so many delicious possibilities for leftover garlic bread, especially this tasty French onion version. If you don't want to enjoy it as is, consider transforming leftovers into:
- French onion croutons
- Garlic bread casserole
- French onion stuffing
- Savory onion bread crumbs
- French onion garlic bread sandwiches
- Warm bread salad (sometimes called Panzanella)
📞 The last word
I've loved French onion soup as long as I can remember but the first time I had it in Paris it was like I'd never tasted it before. Thick, hearty soup that was almost solid with caramelized onions, crispy slice of bread on top holding in the heat, and on top of that?
A ½-inch thick layer of the gooiest melted cheese. I'll be honest - nothing in my life compares to the flavor of that soup, eaten on a chilly, drizzly spring day in tiny French bistro.
However, there are many things that are delicious, and since I don't fly to Paris on a regular basis to get my French onion fix I have to say that this French onion garlic bread does quiet the craving.
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.
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📖 Recipe
French Onion Garlic Bread
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- 1 loaf French bread, sliced
- 1 envelope Lipton Onion soup mix
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
Instructions
- Slice bread into 8 (or more) thick slices.
- Mix the onion soup mix, minced garlic, and the butter.
- Spread the butter mixture on one side of each slice of bread.
- Push the slices back together to re-form the loaf.
- Wrap tightly in aluminum foil.
- Bake at 350℉ for 30 minutes. Serve hot.
Notes
- Make sure your butter is at room temp
- Depending on the size of your loaf and how thick you cut it, you may end up with more than eight slices. That's totally fine.
- Use unsalted or salted butter—whatever you've got on hand will do the trick.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
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