Bread Machine Garlic Bread

This bread machine garlic bread recipe produces a delicious white bread with amazing garlic flavor and aroma. Your family will LOVE this garlic bread!

Moreover, bread machine garlic bread is simple to make. Just add the ingredients and let your bread machine do all the hard work of mixing & kneading. After a few hours, your bread machine will produce a great tasting & smelling garlic bread loaf. It is perfect for sandwiches, toast or even as a side dish for your next Italian-themed meal.

FYI – This garlic bread is baked in your bread machine (and not in your oven).

Key Ingredient – Garlic

Recipe Sections

1. Ingredients
2. Instructions
3. Helpful Tips

Recipe Rating 4.92 from 25 votes Featured Comment Samantha “Perfect bread for garlic lovers! Love, love, love this bread! So yummy.”

Since this garlic bread recipe is done in a bread machine, it takes me roughly 10-15 minutes to prepare & clean up (as the bread machine is doing most of the hard work). FYI – You will find a printable and “pin-able” garlic bread recipe at the bottom of this page.

Sliced Garlic Bread – Soft & Tender

Ingredients – Bread Machine Garlic Bread (1.5 lb Loaf)

• 1 1/8 Cups – Milk (warm) – 1 1/8 cups of milk is equivalent to 1 cup and 2 tablespoons of milk – 259 milliliters
• 4 Tablespoons – Unsalted Butter (softened) – 57 grams
• 3 Cups – Bread Flour – 360 grams
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons – White Granulated Sugar – 19 grams
• 3 Cloves – Garlic (minced & sautéed) – Large cloves
• 1 Teaspoon – Salt – 6 grams
• 1 Teaspoon – Bread Machine Yeast – 3 grams

Servings – Roughly 12 slices

Equipment – Measuring cup & spoons, garlic press (optional), flexible spatula, oven mitts, cooling rack… and of course, a bread machine!

Mince & Sauté the Garlic in a Frying Pan

Instructions – Bread Machine Garlic Bread (1.5 lb Loaf)

• Bread Machine Settings – Basic/White Bread, Light Color & 1.5 lb
• Mince the garlic cloves (crush & diced into small chunks). Sauté the minced garlic in a frying pan with a small amount of butter or vegetable oil. Don’t forget to peel the paper-like “skin” off of the garlic cloves! FYI – You need to fry/saute the garlic for the bread to rise properly. See the tips below for more information.
• Unplug the bread machine & remove the bread pan from the machine.
• Pour the milk & softened butter into the bread pan and then add the other ingredients. Place the bread machine yeast in last and the yeast should not touch the liquid, salt or the hot sautéed garlic (until the bread machine is turned on and the ingredients start to be mixed together by the bread machine). You can create a little indent, crater or ditch in the top of the flour and place the yeast in this hole in order to keep the yeast separate for the salt, etc.
• Place the bread pan (with ingredients) back into the unplugged bread machine.
• Plug in the bread machine. Enter the correct settings (basic/white bread, light color & 1.5 lb) and press the “start” button.
• When the bread machine has finished baking the bread, you should unplug the bread machine. Remove the bread and place it on a cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine container (bread loaf pan) as it will be very hot!
• After removing the bread, don’t forget to remove the mixing paddle if it is stuck in the bread. Use oven mitts as the mixing paddle will be very hot coming out of the bread machine. Or wait until the bread is completely cooled and then remove the mixing paddle.
• Before using your bread machine, you should read the bread machine manufacturer’s instructions in order to use the bread machine effectively and safely.
• Please read the tips section below to avoid common recipe & bread machine problems.

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Helpful Tips – Bread Machine Garlic Bread Recipe

• The tips below are designed to help bread machine “novices” and those who haven’t touched their bread machine in years.
• Click on this “print recipe” link if you want to print out this recipe. It includes all of the recipe’s ingredients and instructions. However, the recipe print function does not include our tips section. Please read the tips section in order to avoid common recipe problems.
• This recipe is part of Bread Dad’s series on easy Bread Machine Recipes such as banana bread, French bread and multigrain bread.

• Strange but true… Don’t use garlic powder or garlic flakes to make this recipe! Non-roasted/grilled garlic has an ability to inhibit the yeast (as garlic seems to have an anti-microbial effect on yeast). Therefore, if you use “regular” garlic powder or flakes (which are just dehydrated garlic), your bread is more likely to have problems (e.g. the bread might not rise properly).
• Nevertheless, frying the garlic seems to solve this problem because frying seems to neutralize garlic’s negative impact on yeast growth. Therefore, you need to mince & sauté the garlic for this recipe to work properly.
• According to my expert taste testers (my kids), 3 cloves of garlic results in a mild to moderate garlic taste for this bread. If you REALLY love garlic then you should use 4-5 cloves.
• This recipe is based on using LARGE cloves (roughly 21 grams after mincing & frying). Not small or medium-sized cloves.
• In case you didn’t know, a garlic clove is just an individual segment (or wedge) of the main garlic bulb. You don’t use whole garlic bulbs to make this recipe.

• Before making this recipe, you will break off cloves from the main garlic bulb and remove the paper-like skin that is covering each clove.
• You mince garlic by crushing the clove (e.g. with a garlic press) and then cutting the crushed garlic into very small chunks. After mincing the garlic, you will need to sauté the minced garlic in a fry pan with olive oil, butter, etc.
• When making this recipe, I would suggest using “cooled down” sauteed garlic (let it sit for a couple of minutes in the pan after turning off the flame). You don’t want hot garlic to touch the yeast (as high temps can kill the yeast or inhibit the growth of the yeast).
• If you like garlic, check out my Bread Machine Garlic Cheese Bread Recipe. It uses a delicious combination of cheddar cheese & fried garlic.

• Use FRESH ingredients for the best results. Old/expired yeast can lead to the bread not rising properly, old flour can ruin the taste of the bread, etc.
• Try to keep your ingredients (e.g. flour) in airtight food containers in order to extend their shelf life. Airtight containers protect ingredients from moisture (in the air), pests, dust, etc.
• Old flour (when not stored in an airtight container) can absorb a lot of moisture from the air. This extra moisture throws off recipes and can lead to bread collapses, etc.
• This recipe uses bread flour and not all-purpose flour. In a pinch, you can use all-purpose flour (instead of bread flour) but the garlic bread will not rise as well.

• Do NOT use cold milk to make this recipe. The main problem with using regular milk is that people tend to use cold refrigerated milk and this can slow the yeast growth. Try to use lukewarm milk (or instant powdered milk mixed into lukewarm water). If the milk is just coming out of the refrigerator and thus is too cold, I like to put the milk in my microwave for 20 seconds in order to warm it up. However, you should also be aware that the milk/water should not be too hot because very hot milk/water can kill the yeast.
• If you do not have milk or you can’t drink dairy milk, you can use dairy milk alternatives such as plain soy milk, plain oat milk, etc. You can also use water (but I think that milk provides a richer flavor to the bread).

• Did you like this recipe? We also have a similar Bread Machine Onion Bread recipe that uses fried onions (instead of fried garlic) as one of its ingredients. Or check out my oven-baked Onion Bread Recipe. FYI – Many people like to make the dough in their bread machine and then bake the bread dough in the oven in order to get a better looking loaf (and avoid a bread machine “block” shaped loaf).
• Of course, you can also make another version of garlic bread by cutting our homemade French bread in half, slathering butter (or olive oil), herbs & garlic on each half and then toasting them in the oven.
• Or you can try making garlic toast with this bread machine garlic bread recipe. Toast a couple of slices, spread some butter on top and optionally sprinkle on some garlic powder & herbs on top of the butter… and make your breakfast toast double garlicy!
• Visitors – Do you add anything extra to your garlic bread? Onion flakes? Herbs? Please post your garlic bread tips & suggestions in the comment section below.
• Visitor variations – Danny turned this recipe into 24 garlic dough balls and baked them in his oven.

• You can also grill up your own version of “Texas toast”. According to Wikipedia, “Texas toast is a toasted bread with butter, and often garlic, that is often made from a type of packaged bread that has been sliced at double the average thickness of most sliced breads.” and “The actual toast itself is made by putting butter or margarine on both sides of the bread and broiling or grilling it until it is a lightly golden brown. Depending on the recipe, the spread may contain seasonings including garlic, yielding a form of garlic bread. The toast may include cheese on one or both sides, similar to an open-faced grilled cheese sandwich.”
• For another recipe with a wonderful aroma (and taste!), you might like to try Bread Dad’s Olive Oil Rosemary Bread.
• If you liked this garlic bread recipe and want to make more “Italian restaurant” style foods, you might like our bread machine recipes for Italian bread, breadsticks, pizza dough (with Italian herbs), whole wheat pizza dough,  calzones, etc.

• If you have a problem with a bread machine recipe, please make sure that you are following the recipe exactly (e.g. using the correct bread machine settings), you are using the correct amount of an ingredient (e.g. don’t eyeball the measurements versus using a measurement cup or accidentally add a teaspoon when a tablespoon is called for), you are using the correct ingredients (e.g. bread machine yeast versus regular yeast or bread flour versus all purpose flour), etc. Please don’t “wing” things with recipes.
• Be aware that some bread recipes may differ slightly between different types of bread machines. Therefore, please read your bread machine manufacturer’s  instructions for basic bread recipes (e.g. white bread or whole wheat bread) as these are more likely to work on your individual bread machine.
• This recipe uses bread machine yeast (instant yeast). It does NOT use “active dry” yeast. Bread machine yeast and instant yeast are not the same as active dry yeast. Bread machine yeast and instant yeast are added directly to the recipe’s ingredients. In contrast, active dry yeast must be activated in water/milk before being added to a recipe’s ingredients. If you try to use active dry yeast for this recipe, it is much less likely to work properly (as the recipe instructions & leavening time is based on the use of bread machine yeast). Examples of yeast that can be used for this recipe include Fleischmann’s Bread Machine Yeast, Fleischmann’s Instant Yeast, Saf Instant Yeast, Red Star Instant Yeast, etc. You should not use active dry yeasts for this recipe such as Fleischmann’s Active Dry Yeast, Red Star Active Dry Yeast, etc.

• If you haven’t used your bread machine or bread maker in a long time, please buy some new bread machine yeast before making your bread. Old yeast can die or lose its potency and this will lead to bread that does not rise properly. Bread machine yeast is not likely to be viable if it has been sitting in your pantry for years.
• Bread machine yeast loses its potency over time. Generally, bread machine yeast lasts for only 3-4 months after you have opened the bottle. However, if the yeast is exposed to air & moisture (e.g. the bottle not sealed tight) or exposed to higher temperatures, the yeast will expire even more quickly.
• Once you have opened the bottle that contains the bread machine yeast, the yeast will last longer if you store the bottle in the refrigerator or freezer. Just make sure the bottle is sealed tight (as yeast will deteriorate quickly if exposed to air, moisture and/or heat).
• Bread machine yeast in a bottle that has never been opened should last until the bottle’s “Best If Used By” date… but only if the bottle has been stored properly (e.g. in a refrigerator, freezer or in a dark, dry & cool spot in the pantry) and the bottle remains unopened.

• You can also use this homemade bread to make one of Bread Dad’s delicious & toasty Panini Recipes.
• My recipes are based on US ingredient measurements (e.g. US cups & tablespoons). However, as a courtesy to our European visitors, I have also included some very ROUGH European equivalents (e.g. grams & milliliters). Since I rarely use European measurements when baking, please let me know in the comment section below if any of the European ingredient measurements need to be changed (e.g. for XYZ ingredient, milliliters are more commonly used versus the grams information listed in the recipe).
• Always wear oven mitts/gloves when dealing with a bread machine. The bread pan and the rest of the bread machine can get very hot during the baking process. This means that the bread pan and bread machine is likely to be very hot when you attempt to remove a baked good from the bread machine and/or bread pan.
• For more easy bread recipes, please visit Bread Dad’s main Homemade Bread Recipes or Bread Machine Recipes sections.

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Reference Sources

1. Wikipedia, Bread Machine
2. Wikipedia, Garlic
3. Wikipedia, Garlic Bread
4. Wikipedia, Texas Toast

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