Garlic Bread

Tonight I made my family garlic bread from a recipe I found on a website called simplyrecipes.

Ingredients:

• 1 16-ounce loaf of Italian bread
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 large cloves of garlic, smashed and minced
• 1 tbsp of parsley 
• 1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese (optional)

Method:

1. Chop up the parsley, mash up the garlic, and melt the butter for 20 seconds until it is softened. Mix them all together in a small bowl, and let it sit.
2. Cut the bread in half horizontally. Spread the butter mixture over the two bread halves. Place on a baking pan and heat in the oven for 10 minutes.
3. Remove the pan from the oven. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over the bread. Put the bread on the highest rack and broil on high for 2-3 minutes until the edges of the bread begin to toast and the cheese bubbles. Watch very carefully while broiling, the bread can easily go from un-toasted to burnt.
4. Remove from the oven, let it cool for a minute. Remove from pan and make 1-inch slices. Serve immediately.

Changes:
I didn't add as much parsley as the recipe said, and instead of cutting it really fine I made it a bit chunky.