Air Fryer Garlic Bread

Name: Air Fryer Garlic Bread
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 4 slices baguette (cut to about 2 inches thick); 4 Tbsp butter (vegan or regular (half a stick)); 2 cloves garlic (peeled and grated, adjust to taste); 1 tsp lemon pepper; 1 tsp salt (adjust to taste); 6 leaves lemon balm; 1 leaf Cuban oregano; 4 leaves mint; 2 leaves purple basil (or regular basil)

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Have you made garlic bread in the air fryer? It’s a game changing way of making it! It’s easy, fuss-free and ready in just 10 minutes. Your guests will never be able to tell that it’s air fried!

Can you make garlic bread in the air fryer?

Yes, you can!

It’s so easy and so quick! You will never make garlic bread any other way.

Aerial view of 4 garlic bread slices on white wax paper on white plate. Two cloves of garlic on the top right side — This garlic bread is crispy on the outside and moist, fluffy on the inside.

Tips for making air frying it

Use thick cut bread slices because it will be soft and moist. Thin cut slices tend to get rock hard when they cool down.
Don’t crowd the air fryer basket because you will get uneven garlic bread. Use no more than 4 slices of bread per round of air frying
For best results, use a french Baguette that is freshly baked. It will make the garlic bread very soft!
If you use day old or stale bread, set the time to 6-7 minutes only. Personally, I prefer using fresh bread in this recipe. I keep the stale bread to make croutons.
Use a (Affiliate Link) silicone mat to line the bottom of the air fryer basket. It will make your cleaning tasks much easier.
Every air fryer works differently, so, your cook times will vary. Consult your manual for more specific instructions. I used a (Affiliate Link) Cosori Air Fryer.
When the garlic bread is done, you can serve it immediately. Or, wrap it in aluminum foil. Serve it within an hour of wrapping it.
I don’t have the time to preheat the air fryer and I personally don’t think it is necessary. But, you can set it to 350° while you prepare the garlic bread.

Side view of a slice of garlic bread on white plate — A huge and THICK garlic bread is exactly what your pasta needs!

Origins of this recipe

Full disclosure: There is a garlic bread recipe in the cookbook that came with my air fryer.

However, I wanted to use my lemon balm butter for this recipe and I thought it would be great in a garlic bread recipe. So, I tested it using their recipe and my lemon recipe.

The end result is a mix of the two methods and it turned out DELICIOUS!

top view of 4 garlic bread slices — Garlic bread made with vegan butter and topped with fresh herbs is a must-have for any pasta or soup recipe.

Infused butter or plain butter?

Yes, it’s true that garlic bread just needs three ingredients: Bread, butter and garlic!

But, isn’t that just soooo boring?

I think it’s time to take the garlic bread out of its usual doldrums and put an interesting twist to it.

Use infused butter, be it my lemon balm butter or my basil lime vegan butter!

Fresh herbs like rosemary, mint, parsley or dill can make your taste buds savor every bit of the garlic bread.

Plain butter just doesn’t cut it anymore.

closeup view of one slice of garlic bread — You can have garlic bread ready in just 10 minutes when you make it in the air fryer.

And how to serve this garlic bread?

First, let’s talk about the pastas! Garlic bread and pastas are definitely a match made in heaven, right?

Grilled veggies pasta
Low carb penne pasta
Pasta with vegan alfredo sauce or marinara sauce
Pasta Pomodoro
Fettuccine Pasta
Ravioli bake
Stuffed shells

Top view of garlic bread on wax paper and white plate placed on the left corner of the image. — Garlic bread with homemade lemon balm butter is a very easy air fryer appetizer recipe.

Go beyond the pasta recipes, too.

Other unique recipes like soups and casseroles where this garlic bread will impress everyone:

Do you like cheese on your garlic bread? Try my cheesy garlic bread too.

Ask me a question

What is the garlic bread air fryer cook time?

You can have garlic bread in the air fryer in just 10 minutes! This is a very easy recipe.

Do I need to make the garlic butter ahead of time

It’s not necessary, but you should try to make it ahead. This way, garlic will have more time to flavor the butter. Anywhere from 30 minutes to overnight is a good time to marinate the butter

What kind of bread should I use?

A baguette works best for garlic bread. You can also use ciabatta or rye.
The strangest bread I have seen being used for garlic bread is brioche. If you are game, try it and let me know how it works.

What kind of fresh herbs can I use in the butter?

– Rosemary
– Basil
– Lemon balm
– Mint
– Thyme

How to make it

Start with making the infused butter. Mix lemon balm, lemon pepper, salt and fresh herbs into a half stick of butter (melted).
Add garlic to the butter and set it aside for 30 minutes.
Cut 4 large pieces from a French baguette. I kept my baguettes 2 inches thick.
Butter both sides of the cut baguette slices
Place a fryer safe paper on the air fryer basket
Put the 4 slices on the paper and place it in the air fryer
Turn the air fryer on and choose the bread option (320° for 8 minutes)
When finished cooking, don’t open the air fryer for about 1 minute.
Open and serve immediately.

Did you know that you can grow your own lemon balm?

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