This is a simple, fluffy and delicious Bread Machine Garlic Bread full of fantastic garlic flavor. It will make your house smell great and your tastebuds wishing for more! You'll love this bread for dipping into soups and stews and enjoying as morning toast.
Making garlic bread in your bread machine is super easy too. Just add all the ingredients and let it do the work for you. You can make this on the dough cycle and bake it in the oven or use the white/basic cycle and cook it in your bread machine.
I first made this to go with Instant Pot broccoli cheddar mac and cheese on one of the first chilly nights of the season. It was so good that we ate almost half the loaf before dinner was even ready. It take a few test runs to get it the best it could be, but eventually the perfect recipe was made!
It's the base recipe that I used to create this super fluffy and amazing classic white bread and 100% whole wheat bread.
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Bread Machine Recommendations
A bread machine is a worthwhile kitchen investment for every baker. It takes the elbow grease out of making bread, dough, and jam.Instead of kneading bread yourself, the bread machine does it for you. Instead of timing the resting stage of yeast breads, the bread machine does it for you. And instead of dirtying multiple bowls, the bread machine becomes a 1 pan mixer, riser, and cooker!
I own a well-loved Cuisinart Automatic Bread Maker with 3 loaf size options: 1, 1.5, and 2 pounds. It comes with 12 different functions and 3 crust colors as well. I also recently invested in the Zojirushi Virtuoso Plus and highly recommend it too!
If you're new to bread making or are having issues with getting your bread to turn out, check out my complete guide to using a bread machine and my guide to using your bread machine for the first time.
Ingredients
The second best thing compared to freshly baked bread, is knowing that there are minimal ingredients in it. This recipe needs just 5 ingredients:
- Warn water
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Sugar
- Bread flour
- Yeast: use instant yeast, or bread machine yeast.
- Garlic: raw garlic can kill yeast, so you'll need to saute the garlic cloves for a minute. Or you can use than use roasted garlic.
make it great
Kristina's Tips
- Watch the dough for the first 5-10 minutes. If it is too crumbly, add more water and if it's too wet, add a bit more flour until a soft, tacky ball forms.
- Use a thermometer to make sure your water is not too hot nor too cold. Water that is too cold will not activate the yeast and water that is too hot will kill your yeast. Both will cause your bread not to rise.
- The best type of flour to use in this recipe is bread flour. The difference between bread flour and all-purpose flour is the protein content. Bread flour has a higher protein content and will rise slightly more and absorb a little more water than all purpose flour. How does this affect homemade garlic bread? Using bread flour will give you a little more rise, fluffiness, and softness. Stick with bread flour for any yeast bread whenever possible.
Instructions
Bread machine garlic bread is a 2 step recipe. It doesn't get easier than that, and that is why I love using my bread machine!
- In a small frying pan, saute the minced garlic in a little olive oil or butter for 1-2 minutes.
- Add all ingredients to the bread pan in the order listed. Set the machine to the basic/white bread function, choose the 1.5 lb loaf size and preferred crust color. Select start. Watch the dough for the first 5-10 minutes. If it is too crumbly, add more water and if it's too wet, add a bit more flour until a soft, tacky ball forms.
- Once the bread is finished, remove the pan from the machine using an oven mitt. Shake the bread out onto a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes before slicing.
To bake it in the oven, use the dough cycle. After the cycle completes, remove the dough, shape into a ball and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 40 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35-45 minutes, or until the internal temperature is at least 180 degrees.
Recipe Notes
Make sure you do not use raw garlic! Raw garlic inhibits the yeast and you'll get a dense loaf or one that doesn't rise properly.
In addition to eating garlic bread warmed with a little butter on top or dipped into your favorite pasta sauce on pasta night, it's great with these recipes:
- Toast and topped with Balsamic Bruschetta
- A side for One Pot Ricotta Lemon Pasta
- A dipping bread for Vegetable Soup with Noodles
- A dipping bread for Spinach Tortellini Soup with Parmesan
- Easy Instant Pot Chili
- As the bread on top of Traditional French Onion Soup
How To Store
Homemade garlic bread is freezer-friendly and can be stored for up to 6 months in an airtight plastic bag. It keeps well at room temperature for around 3 days and in the fridge for around 5. However, the fridge will cause bread to slightly dry out, so I recommend storing it at room temperature or in individual slices in the freezer. Then you can pull them out to use when needed without worrying your bread will be stale!
Recipe
Bread Machine Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water approximately 110°F
- 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 cups bread flour
- 2 tsp yeast instant or bread machine
- 8-10 cloves garlic or roasted garlic
Instructions
- In a small frying pan, saute the minced garlic in a little olive oil or butter for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the ingredients in the order listed to the bread maker pan. Select the basic/white bread setting, choose the 1.5 lb loaf size and your preferred crust color. Watch the dough for the first 5-10 minutes. If it is too crumbly, add more water and if it's too wet, add a bit more flour until a soft, tacky ball forms.To bake in the oven, use the dough cycle. After the cycle completes, remove the dough, shape into a ball and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 40 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35-45 minutes, or until the internal temperature is at least 180 degrees.
- When baking is complete, remove and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before slicing.
Steve Cooper says
I love garlic bread and I love my bread maker (Zojirushi) -- I haven't been to a bakery or the bread aisle of the grocery store since I bought it.
I'll try your garlic bread tomorrow night and let you know how it goes. Hmm... I wonder if melting cheese on a slice would be a taste treat?
Kristina Tipps says
Yes, it certainly would!
Amanda says
If I wanted to make a smaller loaf (1 lb), would reducing all of the ingredients by 1/3 work? So instead of 3 cups of flour, I'd use 2, etc?
Kristina Tipps says
Hi Amanda. That should work, but keep an eye on the dough while it's kneading. You may need to adjust the water or flour amounts as it kneads to get it just right.
Anna says
This is a household favorite. Put it on medium crust, I add a little bit of rosemary and fennel seed. Once it's cooled we slice it up put it on a sheet pan on some parchment paper and based it with butter olive oil garlic mixture and bake it so it's got a crunch. It's a favorite with dinner.
Burn says
Could I add cheese to this? Like a cup or 1 1/2 and take out the oil?
Kristina Tipps says
You can add a cup of cheese, but I would leave the oil. You can also check out my cheese bread recipe.
Tahnee says
If baking in the oven do I need to let it rose again in my loaf pan or can it go straight from the bread machine to the oven?
Kristina Tipps says
Yes, you should punch down the down and put it in the loaf pan, cover and let rise for about 20-40 minutes until the dough has nearly doubled or at least rose to almost the top of the loaf pan.
Shelley DUNLOP says
What temperature did you use and how long did you bake it for in the oven?
Kristina Tipps says
You should bake it at 350F for 40-45 minutes, or until the internal temperature is about 180-190F.
Jessica Ashley says
My mother was not a Baker. I wanted to learn to make bread. I bought a bread machine. Hmmm, you are the first person to EVER tell me you are supposed to remove the mixer before you bake the bread! Must solved! Thank you! P.S. Do you spray the pan when you remove the paddle? My bread never releases easily!?
Kristina Tipps says
Hi Jessica- I am glad to have helped you! I do not spray the bread pan, although you can if your bread is hard to remove. Just be careful though, the crust and outside of the bread may become darker than you'd like, or even burn. You could run a knife between the bread pan and the finished loaf to remove it and then turn the bread pan upside down so that it slides out.
Kate says
I don't know what I did wrong but this was horrible! Hardly rose at all, very very dry & heavy, not white/lite colored but brown. Awful! Any thoughts?
Kristina says
Hi Kate- I would try again with all fresh ingredients (particularly yeast and flour). I've never had a loaf turn brown, especially in a dough where all of the ingredients are white or cream. So why your bread turned brown, I cannot speak to. If it didn't rise, the yeast likely was bad, which would have then produced a small, dense loaf. Also, make sure to watch the mixing process for the first 10-15 minutes to see if your dough is too dry or too wet and add water or flour as necessary if it is. The dough should be springy to the touch. There are many conditions that can affect whether you need to adjust the water or flour amounts in a recipe, and many of these are out of our control (such as humidity, altitude, temp of your kitchen, defective machine). You may find that one day the loaf turns out perfect and the next day it needs more water. I hope this helps!
Anonymous says
A thought occurred to me...I made this gluten free. Maybe that's the issue?
Kristina says
That would be the reason it didn't turn out. Bread flour cannot be replaced with gluten-free flour in this recipe, as the gluten in the bread flour is what gives it structure, rise and texture. I do have a gluten-free bread recipe that you could add garlic to if you need to make gluten-free loaves.
Chilly in Canada says
Here’s my suggestion to anyone asking about APF … go spend $10 for a 10lb bag of bread flour because you will want to make this over and over again! It’s delicious! My family loves garlic so I added 2 additional cloves and it was perfect! Thank you for this recipe! So, so good!
Linda says
No sugar??
Kristina Tipps says
There is no sugar needed in this recipe.
jean says
can we use regular all purpose flour?
Kristina says
Yes, you can.
Kathleen says
Can you make the garlic bread with just garlic powder?
Kristina says
I don't see why not! Start with 1 teaspoon of garlic powder per clove of fresh garlic, and see how you like it.