Garlic bread

This is the first thing that I baked in our new house. The oven is older than the one in our little shoe box, so I must admit, I was worried. But after a slight hiccup (couldn't work out how to turn it on! Thanks Mum for working it out!) it is an oldy but a goody.
I bake it on a pre-heated pizza stone for best results, but a preheated oven tray works too.
I love the way the house smells when this is in the oven - the mixture of baking bread and buttery garlic is amazing.


Ingredients: 
1 baguette / french stick
1/2 cup butter, softened (but not melted)
2 cloves of garlic, minced or 2 tsp jarred crushed garlic
1 tsp (or more, to taste) of herbs (either fresh or dried, I used oregano but parsley is traditional of garlic bread)


Method:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. Mix together the butter,  garlic and herbs. Make thick slices in the top of the baguette, being careful not to cut all the way through. 
Cut a large rectangle of aluminium foil and place the baguette in the centre and using a spoon or knife, fill each slice with the garlic butter mixture. I use about 1/2 tbs in each.
Wrap and bake for 9 minutes. At this stage, I open the foil slightly and bake for another 2 minutes. I find this gives the bread a lovely slight browning on the top. Alternatively bake for a total of 13 minutes with the baguette fully enclosed in aluminium foil.