Garlic and Rosemary Crouton Toast
The perfect finger food.
This crouton toast is wonderful eaten as is for a snack, or as a side dish served with soup or salad.
It’s also the perfect complement to a cheese or sliced deli meat platter.
Crouton toast makes a delightful finger food appetizer too when topped with savory ingredients such as an Olive Tapenade or…
…something as simple as cream cheese and chopped chives (or the green part of a green onion).
Appetizer toppings can also include sweet and savory flavors like: thinly sliced tomato, feta cheese, chopped dried cranberries, and thinly sliced fresh basil. Really good.
These type of appetizers are great for a party or get-together because they not only look colorful, pretty and appetizing on a platter but they can be made ahead of time.
Although the recipe below calls for an entire loaf of French bread, feel free to use less bread if you like; just cut back on the other ingredients accordingly.
The crouton toasts can be made ahead of time and store nicely in a zip-top plastic bag.
Here are more appetizer recipes you may like “Wonton Cheese Bites with 4 Varieties“, “Chipotle Shrimp Guacamole” and “Antipasto Salad with Salami“.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
French bread…
…olive oil…
…and dried rosemary, dried parsley, fresh garlic, salt and pepper
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
Here’s how to make it.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
For the French Bread – cut the French bread in half lengthwise.
Then slice the bread into pieces about ½ of an inch thick.
Next,
lay the slices of bread on a cookie sheet. Set aside.
For the Olive Oil Mixture – to a small bowl, add olive oil, pepper…
…dried parsley…
…diced garlic…
…chopped dried Rosemary and…
…salt. Whisk together.
For the Crouton Toast – to the slices of bread…
…spread the olive oil mixture on top.
Then turn the slices of bread over and…
…spread the olive oil mixture on the other side.
Bake in a preheated oven…
…until the bread turns a golden color (about 20 minutes).
Serve with salad, soup, or…
…as a side dish.
Appetizer Topping Options:
Top with softened cream cheese and chopped chives…
…or chop just the green part of a green onion.
Or top with thinly sliced tomato, feta cheese, chopped dried cranberries, and thinly sliced fresh basil.
Serve as an appetizer, side dish or light lunch and…
…enjoy each crispy flavorful bite.
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Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread
- 8 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon diced garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary finely chopped
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 dashes dashes salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- For the French Bread - cut the French bread in half lengthwise. Then slice the bread into pieces ½ of an inch thick.
- Lay the slices of bread on a cookie sheet. Set aside.
- For the Olive Oil Mixture - to a small bowl, add olive oil, pepper, dried parsley, garlic, rosemary, and salt. Mix together.
- To each slice of bread, brush the oil mixture.
- Turn the pieces of bread over and brush each piece with the oil mixture.
- Bake in a preheated oven for until the bread turns a golden color (about 20 minutes).
- Serve as a snack, or side dish with soup or salad, or as an appetizer with your favorite toppings.
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Just come across this blog Im so glad! Im just going to grab a coffee and sit down for some sunday morning reading!
That’s great! Thank you so much for stopping by.
Yummy! Anything that is garlic just bring it on … love the crouton toast and could use some of it with my soup tonite too.
Thank you Jo.
Lovely! So sorry about your spoon!
Thank you! Things could be a lot worse for sure then my bent up measuring spoon.
That looks very good! I especially like the idea of putting Craisins and feta together. Sorry about your measuring spoon–I have the same set. They’re good because the metal numbers don’t come off in the dishwasher! Guess it’s time to hit the store…
Hi Nancy, it sure is time to hit the store and I’m going to buy an extra set this time. Have a great rest of the week!