Emergency Garlic Bread

I make garlic bread this way a lot of times. Whenever I have extra hot dog or hamburger buns. Works every time.

This is a great way to use up old hot dog and hamburger buns. I topped ours with shredded cheddar cheese and shredded asiago cheese. Perfect in a pinch!

I didn't have a hot dog bun but I did have a leftover hamburger bun that needed to go. I sometimes use plain bread to make garlic bread. It's great in a pinch!

I've been making this for years but had some how forgotten about it's awesomeness until I realized I was broke until payday and the boys would really like garlic bread with dinner. This was a double bonus for me because it made some room in my freezer, which is awesome AND my boys were thrilled. So, YAY! I served this with Macaroni Gratinee, which is a fancy schmancy way of saying goulash. NOTE: This works with any kind of stale bread you may have on hand and is a lot better if you can use fresh garlic but it's not a necessity.

I've been making this for years but had some how forgotten about it's awesomeness until I realized I was broke until payday and the boys would really like garlic bread with dinner. This was a double bonus for me because it made some room in my freezer, which is awesome AND my boys were thrilled. So, YAY! I served this with Macaroni Gratinee, which is a fancy schmancy way of saying goulash. NOTE: This works with any kind of stale bread you may have on hand and is a lot better if you can use fresh garlic but it's not a necessity.

I used garlic salt because I'm a salt-o-holic and it tasted fabulous. Broiled mine an extra minute in the toaster oven because I wanted it a little toasted. It honestly tasted like the stuff from the store to me!

I noticed the difference too, although not drastically enough to cut down the score so badly. Still pretty decent stuff, and definitely easy. I tend to like cooking things like this until barely "golden" but this seemed to work better cooking a bit beyond that, though burns easily. I also tried throwing them in the toaster oven on "toast" for just a short time before broiling, which gave a bit more crispiness to the bottom sides, which helped since hot dogs buns are so much softer than French bread. I don't think I'd want to try to fool guests with these.