The Best Air Fryer Garlic Bread (Texas Toast Style)

This easy Air Fryer Garlic Bread recipe will become a new favorite for your pasta dinners!  It’s Texas Toast style, using thick bread and a delicious garlic butter mixture. 

I used my air fryer quite a bit this summer, to avoid heating up the oven. But even through the winter, I’ll keep making this homemade air fryer garlic bread because it’s just so darn easy! My family loves garlic bread and prefers it “Texas Toast style.” Thick cuts of bread that are buttery and perfectly crunchy on the outside.

I’m not as picky, but my husband won’t even touch garlic bread if it’s soggy! I started using the air fryer for garlic bread because it helps get the bread crunchy and golden brown on all sides.

For this delicious air-fryer garlic bread, I used a store-bought Italian loaf. You can use another style of bread if you choose, like French bread. I have a few suggestions below. No matter the type of bread you use, I recommend cutting it into thick slices to make Texas toast.

In this simple recipe, the sliced bread is toasted in the air fryer. Then, I brush it with a simple garlic butter spread and air fried to perfection! The additional time it’s in the air fryer without butter helps make sure it won’t be soggy!

Air Fryer Garlic Toast Recipe Substitutions

This easy recipe makes simple ingredients into something special!There are several substitutions you can make to better use what you already have at home, including:

• For the bread, use sliced French baguette, sourdough or ciabatta! You can even use sandwich bread, hot dog buns or hamburger buns. I have used leftover buns in desperate moments, and it turns out great!
• If you only have salted butter, use that! Just omit the added salt. 
• Use margarine or olive oil for dairy-free alternatives. 
• For the best flavor, I recommend using fresh garlic! But, if you don’t have fresh garlic cloves or prepared minced garlic, don’t worry. Use a teaspoon of garlic powder or a tablespoon of garlic paste. 
• Yes, you can use fresh herbs if you have them! Use a tablespoon of fresh oregano instead of the dried oregano. You can also try dried basil or dried thyme.
• Use a tablespoon of chopped fresh parsley or dried or fresh chives instead of the dried parsley. 
• Substitute Italian seasoning for the parsley and oregano. 

Recipe Additions

Customize this easy side dish by adding the following ingredients: 

• Make it a cheesy garlic bread! Sprinkle the buttered toast with mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese and/or Parmesan cheese. It’s best to do this in the last 1-2 minutes of air frying.
• Add a sprinkle of red pepper flakes for a spicy twist. 

Check out my favorite air fryer recipes on Blackberry Babe. 

Serving Suggestions

Serve with your favorite Italian meals! Spaghetti, lasagna or any pasta dishes with a tomato sauce work well or try an authentic Italian seafood dish like Fregola ai Frutti di Mare.  For more ideas, I recommend trying one of these cozy recipes:

• Lasagna al Forno
• Eggplant Parmesan
• Baked Spaghetti Casserole
• Homemade Pizza Pockets
• Pepperoni Pizza Casserole
• Stuffed Peppers
• Filipino Spaghetti recipe
• Bratwurst Pasta
• Crab Linguine Carbonara
• Baked Ravioli

If you’d like to make your entire dinner in the air fryer, try making Air Fryer Ravioli, Air Fryer Eggplant Parmesan, Air Fryer Mozzarella Sticks or Air Fryer New York Strip

This homemade garlic bread is also wonderful as a side for soup! Try it with my steak chili or this vegetable barley soup. 

Finally, for a less traditional pairing, trying serving this garlic bread with barbecue! It’s wonderful with grilled chicken, grilled steak or barbecued pork steaks. Use the bread to soak up the extra barbecue sauce. Delicious! 

More Tips for Success

If your bread has a lot of holes in it, you may want to use softened butter instead. This will help everything stay in place without tearing the bread. Just use a butter knife to spread the softened better onto the bread.

You can use bread that’s thinner sliced. But you’ll want to adjust the cook time down by 1-2 minutes and keep an eye on it for the best results. There is a very small amount of time between golden brown and burnt, unfortunately!

Storing Leftover Air Fried Texas Toast

Store leftover garlic bread in an airtight container. Keep refrigerated for 3-4 days. Reheat by air frying at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 2-3 minutes. 

You can also freeze any leftovers! Use a resealable Ziploc freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months. To reheat, air fry at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 4-6 minutes. No need to thaw before reheating.

Leftover garlic bread is wonderful by itself or made into garlic bread pizza toast! I hope that you enjoy this recipe. If you make it, I’d love to hear how it went in the comments below.