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I can’t quite come up with a good name. Dave’s Cheesy Garlic Bread is a little too generic, and Devmorgan’s Cheesy Garlic Bread is a little weird sounding.. so, I’ll go with My Cheesy Garlic Bread (by Dave Morgan).

No, this isn’t particularly geeky, and has nothing to do with technology or computers - but it’s my favorite thing to cook for people if I want to pretend to look like I can cook.

Start to Finish: About 45-50 mins

So, first things first.. Ingredients (makes about 8 pieces)

• 1 loaf of pane Italian bread
• 1.5 sticks of butter (or 2 if you want even LESS healthy. or 1 if you want more healthy)*
• Grated mozzarella cheese (I usually get away with the 16oz bag - can grate yourself though)
• 2 tablespoons of minced garlic (do it yourself, or buy the little glass jar at the store)

* = I make no claim that this is healthy no matter how much butter you do or don’t use.

Now, for the directions. Some variances can apply, I will note them. Also, some steps can be done concurrently, I bet you’re smart enough to figure out you can melt butter and slice bread at the same time ;).

1. Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. Slice your bread
   

   Slice about 8 slices out (1-1.5 inches thick).

3. Melt Your butter. I tend to melt half a stick first, put a tablespoon of garlic in, then melt the rest, and put the other tablespoon in. I used to do this in the microwave - now I actually do it in a sauce pan. I think the butter seems to get more of the garlic’s flavor this way. I could be wrong. Results may vary.
   

   Mix this all together until it melts completely and let it simmer a min or two.

4. Place your sliced bread on a cookie sheet (I wrap it with tin-foil to save on clean-up later).
   

   Better to have them closer rather than farther apart, but not touching.

5. Now, use a spoon to scoop out the garlic from the pan and evenly distribute it onto the bread slices (I sometimes make one half of the tray more garlic heavy if some people don’t like garlic as much).  Scoop all the loose garlic out first.
   

   Don't worry - we use the butter soon enough. Just garlic for now though.

6. Now pour the butter onto the bread. Pour slowly and let it soak into the bread. Use all the butter. It’s okay if some runs off the bread.
   

   Yes. This is artery clogging goodness.

   

   The bread should be saturated with the butter.

7. Place the bread in the over for about 15 mins (this will start to make it a little more like toast).
8. Pull the bread out and now place your cheese on the bread… liberally. Mound the cheese on each slice of bread. No, more than that. Even more.. Little more.. Alright, thats good.
   

   The more cheese the more delicious.

   

   I tend to pour it over, and a lot gets lost to the tray. Thats ok. Just make sure the bread has lots of cheese on it.

9. Bake for another 15-20 mins. Pull the bread out when the cheese starts to brown on the edges and a little on the top.
   

   This is how it should look, more or less. It's what delicious looks like.

I tend to serve this with spaghetti or sometimes steak. It’s not healthy, but it is DELICIOUS. Plus, it’s ok if you make too much - it tastes pretty delicious out of the fridge the next day.

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