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Make simple, delicious toasted baguette slices (crostini) for soups, salads, dips, and snacks. Just brush with olive oil and bake until golden brown.
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Recipe ingredients
Ingredient notes
- Baguette: I recommend using a crusty French baguette, but a fluffier Italian baguette will work, too.
- Olive oil: 4 tablespoons butter may be substituted for the olive oil.
Step-by-step instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange baguette slices in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Brush the slices evenly with olive oil.
- Bake until lightly toasted, about 15 minutes.
Recipe tips and variations
- Yield: 1 (1-pound) baguette will yield about 20 slices of baguette (depending on how thick you cut them).
- Storage: Store cut, un-toasted baguette slices in a plastic bag at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight at room temperature before brushing with olive oil and toasting.
- Make ahead: Toast the crostini up to 3 hours ahead and store covered at room temperature.
- Garlic twist: For a hint of garlic flavor (especially delicious with bruschetta), gently rub one side of each cooled crostini with a clove of peeled garlic (plan on 2 cloves per baguette).
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Ingredients
- 1 baguette sliced on the bias into 1/4-inch slices (about 20 slices, see note 1)
- 1/4 cup olive oil (see note 2)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange baguette slices in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Brush the slices evenly with olive oil. Bake until lightly toasted, about 15 minutes.
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Notes
- Baguette: I recommend using a crusty French baguette, but a fluffier Italian baguette will work, too.
- Olive oil: 4 tablespoons butter may be substituted for the olive oil.
- Yield: 1 (1-pound) baguette will yield about 20 slices of baguette (depending on how thick you cut them).
- Storage: Store cut, un-toasted baguette slices in a plastic bag at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight at room temperature before brushing with olive oil and toasting.
- Make ahead: Toast the crostini up to 3 hours ahead and store covered at room temperature.
- Garlic twist: For a hint of garlic flavor (especially delicious with bruschetta), gently rub one side of each cooled crostini with a clove of peeled garlic (plan on 2 cloves per baguette).
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Meggan Hill is the Executive Chef and CEO of Culinary Hill, a popular digital publication in the food space. She loves to combine her Midwestern food memories with her culinary school education to create her own delicious take on modern family fare. Millions of readers visit Culinary Hill each month for meticulously-tested recipes as well as skills and tricks for ingredient prep, cooking ahead, menu planning, and entertaining. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the iCUE Culinary Arts program at College of the Canyons.
Are both sides brushed with olive oil? Do you need to turn them over half way?
Hi PD, you don’t need to brush both sides. Take care! – Meggan
How far in advance can these be made, I want them to taste toasted not stale.
Hi Toni, I like to make these a day in advance, as long as they are stored in an airtight container, such as a zip-top bag with all the air possible removed. I’ve also vacuum sealed and froze them, removing them from the freezer and warming them up in the oven beforehand. I hope you enjoy – Meggan
So is it 400° or 350°? Your description says one thing and the recipe says another.
Hi Jackie, thanks for pointing that out! It’s 350 degrees, and I’ve updated the post. Originally I had the recipe at 400, but the temperature was too high. I updated the recipe, but not the post. Thanks again! – Meggan
the baggete did not have enough holes, too solid
Hi Susan, why would you rate my recipe poorly because you bought a baguette that didn’t have enough holes? LOL
LOL I died at this comment
Love that you posted this, Megan – we serve toasted bread with our meals all the time, and we always brush with olive oil not butter. Oh, and don’t forget the little sprinkle of salt.
Great idea to grill baguette slices on the grill. :-)
I agree salt but add a bit of pepper with the olive oil or butter which is how the restaurants make it. Delish! D