Deliciously Easy Tomato Bread Recipe

If you’re looking for a new way to enjoy your favorite bread and tomatoes, you’ll love this baked cheesy tomato bread recipe. This delicious dish features sliced bread topped with juicy fresh tomatoes and melted cheese, all baked to perfection. Whether serving it as an appetizer, side dish, or main course, this baked tomato and cheese bread will become a new favorite in your recipe collection.

Tomato Bread is easy to make and is ready in just 15 minutes. Sometimes it takes the oven longer to preheat than it does to make the entire recipe. Italian or French bread is buttered, seasoned, topped with juicy ripe tomatoes and mozzarella cheese, and toasted to perfection. This hot appetizer can also be served right from the cutting board, so it’s perfect for informal get-togethers.

INGREDIENTS

The ingredients for this recipe are simple ingredients that are easy to source and may even be something you have hanging around the kitchen.

Bread: The bread I use for this recipe is any baguette from a bakery, even if it’s just freshly baked in the grocery store.

Butter – I always use salted butter, but you can use unsalted butter if it is what you have on hand. You might need to use a touch more garlic salt.

Garlic Salt – I prefer to use garlic salt. When watching your sodium intake, you can use garlic powder.

Ripe Tomato Slices – I use large slicing tomatoes for wider baguettes and Roma tomatoes for thinner loaves. You could use cherry tomatoes in a pinch; I would cut these in half or even quarters. Whichever tomato type you choose, make sure you use the ripest ones you can find.

Mozzarella cheese slices – I use the prepackaged mozzarella slices I can buy in the cheese section at any grocery store. You can certainly use fresh mozzarella, but I find it too cheesy.

How to Make Tomato Bread

1. Preheat an oven to 375°F.
2. Prepare a cookie sheet by spraying with baking spray or lineing it with parchment paper.
3. Cut the loaf of bread in half, like you’re making a giant sub sandwich.
4. Place the bread, cut side up, onto the baking sheet. (Photo 1)
5. Spread the softened butter evenly over the cut side of the bread.
6. Sprinkle lightly with garlic salt.
7. Slice the tomatoes fairly thin and layer on top of the buttered sides of the bread. (Photo 2)
8. Cover the tomatoes with the cheese slices touching each other. (Photo 3)
9. Place into the preheated 375°F oven and bake until the cheese has melted and the tomatoes are hot, about 12 to 15 minutes. (Photo 4) Bake longer if you want your cheese browned.
10. Remove from the oven, slice, and serve while still hot.

Storing and Reheating Leftover Tomato Bread

Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 24 hours. After that, the bread will turn soggy.

To reheat, allow the bread to come to room temperature and bake in a 325ºF oven until heated through.

I don’t recommend the microwave as it makes the bread chewy as it cools after heating.

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