Ever want to know how to toast bread in oven? It is super easy to do and takes less than 3 minutes!
Here are all the tips and tricks to get the perfect toasted bread without a toaster.
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Why I Love This Recipe?
At various times in my life, I just haven’t had a toaster and so I have had to figure out the best way to make the perfect toast!
This recipe solves any question on how to toast bread without a toaster- whether it’s by broiling or baking! Your oven is your new best friend!
For more easy bread recipes check out my cheesy pull-apart garlic bread, sweet potato rolls, and these easy cheese-stuffed dinner rolls.
What Goes Into This Recipe?
Bread: Use whatever bread you have sliced as thick or thin as you like!
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How to Toast Bread in the Oven?
- Step 1: Preheat oven broil on high and place a baking rack on the top or second to top position in the oven.
- Step 2: On an ungreased baking sheet place plain bread.
- Step 3: Once oven is preheated place baking sheet on the oven rack and broil bread for 1 minute, flip and broil for 30 seconds. Once one side is toasted flip and toast the other side.
Does the Bread Type Matter?
Yes. Different breads have different moisture contents.
A dryer bread like a sourdough might need less time to toast compared to a moister bread like a challah, however, it won’t be drastically different.
Just keep an eye on the bread as it toasts.
I love toasting slices of my easy no knead bread in the oven!
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Tips for the Best Toast
- Don’t grease the baking sheet.
- Watch the bread while broiling very carefully! It can go from perfectly toasted to burnt in a matter of seconds!
- Once you flip the bread the untoasted side will take much less time to toast since it’s already hot and dried out. Watch it carefully!
- If you just want to dry out the bread (maybe for some pumpkin bread pudding), you can broil the bread but place the baking sheet on the lowest oven rack position and then watch the bread carefully.
- As always please be careful the oven/broiler is very hot. Use oven mitts and tongs to flip the toast to prevent burning yourself.
What to Put on Toast?
I love topping toast with garlic herb butter and jam or using it for making egg sandwiches, tri-tip sandwiches, and hot open-faced turkey sandwiches.
Frequently Asked Questions
Preheat oven to 400°F then place bread on a baking sheet in the oven. Bake for ~4 minutes on each side.
Baking the bread takes longer but you don’t have to watch it as carefully compared to broiling.
If broiling: High. If baking: 400°F
If you don’t have a baking sheet you can simply place the bread directly on the oven rack. Just be careful to not let the bread fall between the rack slats.
Bake or broil until toasted!
Yes, this will produce a crunchy, savory bread. Add some garlic and you have an easy garlic bread!
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How to Toast Bread in the Oven?
Ingredients
- 4 slices of bread
Instructions
Broiler Method
- Preheat oven broil to high. Move oven rack to highest position.
- Place sliced bread on an ungreased baking sheet.4 slices of bread
- Broil bread for 1 minute, or until golden brown, then flip and broil for another 20-30 seconds. Watch carefully so you don’t burn the toast!
- Top with butter, jam, or any other favorite topping!
Baking Method
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Place sliced bread on an ungreased baking sheet.4 slices of bread
- Bake bread for 4 minutes, flip and bake for another 3-4 minutes.
Notes
- *My easy no knead bread is perfect for toasting!
- *When toasting bread in the oven you have to watch the bread very carefully- it can go from toasted to burned really fast.
Kate says
How long do you preheat the oven? Because you said the total toasting time is 3 minutes, so I suppose preheating takes 1.5 minutes?
Lisa says
I preheat the oven until it its ready and beeps at me that it's at temperature. Around 10 minutes.
Nicole Wharton says
Please get some new trays. And consider recycling the ones you used here.
Mary C says
What if you have a gas cook stove,
Does it change the cook time for the bread?
Lisa says
The gas stove I've used in the past ran pretty true to temperature and acted like an electric oven. That being said, I'd keep a close eye on the bread the first few times and adjust the time to your preference of toasting. Sometimes ovens run hot or cold compared to what they should be (electric and gas alike). Have you noticed your oven needing to bake things longer than suggested times on recipes? Or does it tend to burn things that it shouldn't?