How to Make Crostinis – Toasted Bread Recipe

My super simple, restaurant-style Crostini Recipe features perfectly golden toasted baguette slices brushed with rich extra virgin olive oil, rubbed with fresh garlic, and seasoned with flakey sea salt. These versatile little toasts can be used in dozens of ways and are ready in just 15 minutes.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 loaf Baguette or French Bread ((SEE NOTES))
• As Needed Extra-Virgin Olive Oil ((about 3-4 TBS))
• 2 medium Cloves Garlic (– peeled and cur int half)
• To Taste Flakey Sea Salt and Ground Black Pepper

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat Oven: Arrange the oven rack to the middle position and then preheat your oven to 375-degrees Fahrenheit (or 350 to 355 convection fan-forced).
2. 2Slice Baguette Into Rounds: Slice Baguette: Using a sharp serrated knife, cut the loaf of bread on a bias into 1/3-inch to ½-inch rounds, you should get 16-20 slices of bread.
3. 3Brush Bread With Oil: For the Crostini: Arrange the slices of bread in a single layer on a large sheet pan. Next, use a pastry brush to lightly brush olive oil onto both sides of the bread. Then, sprinkle flaky sea salt all over the bread.
4. 4Bake Crostini Bread: Transfer the bread to the oven and bake until lightly toasted, about 8-12 minutes, flipping the slices of bread over halfway through baking.
5. 5Flavor Crostini Toast: Flavor the Crostini Toast: Working with one half of a garlic clove and a slice of bread at a time, rub the cut side of the garlic against the surface of each toast. Repeat with the remaining garlic cloves and crostini. Flip the crostini over so the garlic-rubbed side is facing down. Then, season the top of the crostini again with more flakey salt. (Tip: When rubbing, only use as much garlic as you like – applying harder pressure for more intense garlic flavor and using a lighter touch for a milder garlic flavor. For the most garlic flavor, rub the garlic on both sides of the crostini toast.) (Note: When using crostini as a toast for toppings, I like to serve the garlic-rubbed side of the crostini down so that when you eat it, the flavor of the garlic hits your tonged. If you put the garlic-rubbed side facing up, it will get covered with toppings. Zif you rubbed both sides of the toast with garlic, disregard this note.)
6. 6Serve Crostinis Appetizer: Serve Crostinis: Top your crostini breads with bruschetta and tapenades, or serve as a dipper for soups, dips, and more.