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Baked Baguette with Lemon-Garlic Butter

4.4

(11)

Lemon peel gives extra zip to this warm, garlicky bread. The recipe makes enough for everyone to have more than one helping.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
3 garlic cloves, pressed
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 French-bread baguette, cut crosswise into 1 inch-thick slices

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Mix butter, chopped parsley, garlic and grated lemon peel in small bowl to blend. Season lemon-garlic butter to taste with salt and pepper. Spread evenly over 1 side of each bread slice. Reassemble bread slices; wrap in foil. Place on baking sheet. (Can be made 8 hours ahead; chill.)

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 300°F. Bake bread until heated through, about 20 minutes; serve bread warm.

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