Garlic Herb Bread

Well, here it is.   My very first EVER blog post.  Until now, my pictures and recipes and rants and raves have been forced onto my poor family and friends through text messages, forum postings and the occasional emails.  (My teacher niece Tara is probably cringing at that extremely long run-on sentence.  You can visit her blog http://tarasimpson.blogspot.com/ here.)  

My husband walks into the house last night and sees me taking pictures with my cell phone of a loaf of bread I just made.  He is used to it by now, me taking pictures of food.  I'm sure he thinks I'm a little weird though. I kept saying to him, "Look at how beautiful that bread is!!  I have to text my sisters.  They have to see this!"   I called my mom this morning telling her what a beautiful loaf of bread I made.  She asks, "More importantly, how does it taste?"  

It tastes absolutely wonderful.  Try it for yourself and see!  You don't even have to tell anyone just HOW EASY it was to make!  They'll never know. 

Garlic Herb Bread
by The Hardscrabble Home

1 loaf Frozen Bread Dough
1/4 cup Melted Butter
1 1/2 teaspoons Dried Parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons Dried Oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons Dried Basil
1 teaspoon Garlic Salt
3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese

Place frozen bread dough on a buttered sheet pan to begin thawing, covering it with a piece of plastic wrap. When it is partially thawed, slice into 12 1/2 inch slices, but don't cut all the way thru to the bottom of loaf. You want the loaf to stay intact.

Place sliced bread in a greased loaf bread pan.

In a small saucepan, melt butter, then combine with the remaining ingredients. Brush each slice, front and back with butter mixture. Pour any remaining mixture over the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until 1 inch over top of pan. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F 20-30 minutes. (Mine was done after 20 minutes, but your oven may be different.) Pin It