Electronic gourmet's garlic bread

1. 1) blend garlic with butter and let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
2. 2) about ½ hour before serving, preheat oven to 375°F.
3. 3) meanwhile, slice bread 1 inch thick, cutting to but not through the bottom and holding knife at a slight angle.
4. 4) spread both sides of each slice with garlic butter and wrap loaf snugly in heavy foil.
5. Place on a baking sheet and warm 20-25 minutes.
6. 5) unwrap and serve in a long napkin wrapped bread basket, or break into chunks and serve in a round napkin wrapped basket.
7. Variations: =========== herbed garlic bread: mix 1 ts minced parsely and ¼ ts each of thyme and oregano or marjoram into garlic butter and proceed as above.
8. Cheese garlic bread: mix 1 tb grated parmesan, ¼ ts salt, 1/8 ts pepper and ¼ ts each of savory and oregano or thyme into garlic butter and proceed as above.
9. Curry or chili garlic bread: mix 1 to 2 ts curry or chili powder into garlic butter and proceed as above.
10. Hints: ====== you can freeze before baking.
11. On serving day open foil and bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
12. You can also use a microwave