Ok friends, get to the store and buy the ingredients for this recipe! You might already have the ingredients to make this homemade Texas toast garlic bread in the air fryer. It’s seriously a delicious comfort food that is even better when made by air frying. We’ve tried different techniques and swear by this air fried texas toast method.

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Air Fryer Texas Toast Garlic Bread in 10 minutes

Yes, there’s the technique for re-heating frozen Texas toast in the air fryer and frozen garlic bread that we published years ago. It’s been a popular method because there’s tons of frozen brands of Texas toast garlic bread out there in the market. But we had some bread left over and decided to make a homemade version. It literally took about 10 minutes to air fry and only 30 seconds to devour. Everyone in the test kitchen was like…. “air fryer texas toast…where have you been all our lives?!”

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Video: Homemade Texas Toast Garlic Bread Recipe in the Air Fryer

Tips on Making Air Fryer Texas Toast

  • Get the bread right. Texas toast is essentially using almost any soft white bread. But the tradition is using a thick cut of white bread, which means buying the large “french bread loaves” at the grocery. There usually are a couple types of French baguettes at our grocery stores. There’s the firm style “baguette” or artisan baguettes. No no, don’t use that. Instead, find the budget friendly soft loaves for around $3. It’s soft, perfectly tender on the inside which lends to a nice crust when air fried. Best of all, you can cut it thick.
  • Fresh garlic or garlic powder? Well, if you’re a fan of fresh garlic, then use that for the garlic butter mix. Fresh garlic has a nice “bite” to it and much punchier than garlic powder. But the powder form is much quicker to assemble for the recipe and you still get a great garlic flavor.
  • Check out all the Texas toast garlic bread in air fryer recipe details and photos in the recipe box below.
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Air Fryer Texas Toast

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
You can use any grated cheese that you like. We like parmesan cheese for the great flavor.
Having garlic bread at the table always makes the meal feel complete. When it’s warm and crispy out of the air fryer the Texas toast garlic bread is so easy to devour in minutes. You might need to have a double or triple batch ready to air fry!
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Ingredients

  • 4-6 slices soft French white bread or soft loaf white bread , sliced about 3/4-inch thick
  • 1/4 cup (57 g) butter , softened
  • 2 cloves cloves garlic , finely minced (or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder)
  • 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) minced parsley
  • salt , to taste
  • black pepper , to taste
  • 1/4 cup (25 g) parmesan cheese or your choice of grated cheese

Equipment

Instructions 

  • Lay out the ingredients to be ready to assemble.
    ingredients for air fryer texas toast garlic bread
  • Stir together the 1/4 cup of butter, 2 minced cloves of garlic, 1 Tablespoon of minced parsley, and salt & pepper to taste until well combined.
    stirring butter for texas toast
  • Spread garlic butter mix over one face of each bread slice.
    buttered toast before air frying
  • Divide the 1/4 cup of cheese between each of the buttered bread slices, adding the cheese just on one side. Gently press cheese into the buttered bread slices so the cheese doesn’t fly off. Place the slices, cheese side facing up, in the air fryer basket/tray.
    uncooked texas toast in air fryer basket
  • Air Fry at 360°F (182°C) for 4-6 minutes or golden.
    cooked Texas toast in air fryer
  • Allow the Texas toast to cool a bit and enjoy!
    cooked crispy texas toast on plate

If your air fryer is preheated or if you are cooking multiple batches, you may need to reduce timing by a few minutes (unless preheating is called for in the recipe).

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Nutrition Information per Serving

Calories: 131kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.3g, Cholesterol: 23mg, Sodium: 208mg, Potassium: 33mg, Fiber: 0.4g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 325IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 90mg, Iron: 1mg
Course: Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 131

Storing Instructions for Leftovers

If you have any leftovers, then just store them in the fridge. When ready to re-heat, just air fry them for about 1-2 minutes at 350°F. You can also freeze leftovers and it’s still better than buying the store bought frozen garlic bread.

Don’t meal prep this Texas Toast Garlic Bread, not worth it.

If you think preparing these ahead of time with the butter on them and freezing before cooking, we don’t recommend it. It’s a waste of time. Seriously, this is so easy to put together and air frying the fresh bread just tastes so much better. Instead, what you can do is the prep the garlic butter (compound butter) ahead of time and set it on the counter so it remains soft. That way when you’re craving a slice of this Texas toast garlic bread, just spread the pre-made compound butter over the bread then air fry.

What is Texas Toast?

The history of this simple, humble yet beloved dish starts in Texas, of course! What makes these distinctively different from any garlic bread is the thickness of the bread and the soft tender core. Here’s a great article on the history and story of Texas toast origins.

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