Air Fryer Texas Toast
Published 3/22/2022 • Updated 9/13/2023
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This air fryer Texas toast is garlicky, cheesy, and a perfect addition to your favorite pasta dishes or dipped in marinara as an appetizer.
Let’s Make Texas Toast in the Air Fryer
We’re big fans of everything Texas toast has to offer, including thick crispy and buttery bread, and today we’re sharing our take on cheesy Texas toast but we’re making it in the air fryer!
why you’ll love it!
All the garlic: this air fryer Texas toast calls for 3 heads of garlic. You read that right — 3 heads!
3 cheese: this air fryer Texas toast also boasts 3 varieties of cheese — mozzarella, cheddar and parmesan!
Quick and easy: this Texas toast is cooked to crispy and cheesy perfection in the air fryer in just 5 minutes.
Featured Ingredients
Texas Toast: You can typically find Texas toast bread in the bread aisle of your grocery store. It is double the thickness of regular sandwich bread, and we used this brand.
If you are having a hard time finding Texas toast bread, then you can use an Italian loaf of bread cut into thick slices.
Garlic: The key to this Texas toast is roasting three heads of garlic so it is soft and caramelized. Buy three heads of garlic and get ready to roast.
Butter: The base of the Texas toast spread is BUTTER. Obviously, don’t skip it.
Cheese cheese cheese: The cheese mixture for this air fryer Texas toast is mozzarella, cheddar and parmesan. It is the perfect cheesy combination of ooey-gooey and salty.
How to Make Air Fryer Texas Toast
roast the garlic
Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Then, prep garlic bulbs by using a sharp knife to slice off the pointy end. Place the bulbs of garlic in the baking dish, so that the flat side faces up. Drizzle with olive oil (about 1/2 teaspoon per head). Roast at 375ºF for 20 minutes.
Then, remove the garlic from the oven and flip each bulb of garlic over so that the flat side faces down. Roast for another 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
Once cool enough to handle with your bare hands, squeeze each bulb of garlic so that each of the cloves pop out of the casing.
prepare Garlic and cheese mixture
Preheat the air fryer to 370ºF, and transfer the roasted garlic into a medium bowl. Then add the softened butter and mix together until combined. Next add in the mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan, salt, pepper, and parsley and mixture and mix to combine.
Spread Cheese Mixture on Bread
Use a knife or spatula to spread about ¼ cup of the cheesy butter mixture onto each slice of bread.
Air fry & Enjoy!
Spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray and line it with two slices of Texas toast. Air fry the bread for 5 minutes or until golden brown. Let sit for 3-4 minutes and enjoy!
Air Fryer Texas Toast FAQs
Texas toast in generally a thicker piece of white bread that wiped with butter, spices, and sometimes cheese and then baked until golden brown.
Texas toast is different than other toast or bread because of the style bread that is used.
You can serve Texas toast with anything your heart desires. We suggest serving it with pasta or salad. You can also serve it as an appetizer with marinara sauce.
Storage
Let the air fryer Texas toast cool completely before storing it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Reheating Instructions: Preheat the air fryer to 370°F, spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray and reheat the Texas toast for 1-2 minutes or until warm.
How to Freeze Texas Toast
If you would like to freeze your air fryer Texas toast for later, follow the instructions and let the Texas toast cool completely and then place a piece of parchment paper in between each piece of toast and place them in a freezer safe bag.
Freeze the Texas toast for up to 3 months.
To reheat Texas toast in the air fryer: Preheat the air fryer to 370°F, spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray and reheat the Texas toast for 2-3 minutes or until warm.
To reheat Texas toast in the oven: preheat the oven to 350ºF and place the frozen Texas toast on the baking sheet and bake the toast for 10-12 minutes.
Air Fryer Texas Toast
Ingredients
- 3 heads of garlic
- 1.5 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup softened butter, 2 sticks
- 4 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese, ~1 cup
- 4 oz. shredded cheddar cheese, ~1 cup
- 4 oz. shredded parmesan cheese, ~1 cup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ¼ cup freshly minced parsley
- 10 slices Texas toast, We used this
Instructions
- First, roast the garlic. Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Then, prep garlic bulbs by using a sharp knife to slice off the pointy end. This will expose the garlic cloves.
- Place the bulbs of garlic in the baking dish, so that the flat side faces up. Drizzle with olive oil (about 1/2 teaspoon per head). Roast at 375ºF for 20 minutes.
- Then, remove the garlic from the oven and flip each bulb of garlic over so that the flat side faces down. Roast for another 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
- Once cool enough to handle with your bare hands, squeeze each bulb of garlic so that each of the cloves pop out of the casing.
- Preheat the air fryer to 370ºF, and transfer the roasted garlic into a medium bowl. Then add the softened butter and mix together until combined.
- Next add in the mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan, salt, pepper, and parsley and mixture and mix to combine.
- Use a knife or spatula to spread about ¼ cup of the cheesy butter mixture onto each slice of bread.
- Spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray and line it with two slices of Texas toast.
- Air fry the bread for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let sit for 3-4 minutes and enjoy!
Tips & Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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