Roast the garlic

• Slice the tops off the garlic heads and place them on a sheet of foil.
• Drizzle with olive oil, then wrap tightly in the foil.
• Roast at 200 °C for 1 hour until soft and caramelized.

Make the roasted garlic butter

• Put the softened butter in a bowl with the dried basil, salt and crushed red pepper.
• Squeeze all the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins into the butter.
• Stir until smooth and well combined.

Butter the bread

• Slice the baguette in half lengthwise.
• Brush the cut sides very liberally with the roasted garlic butter.

Bake until golden

• Return the buttered bread to the oven.
• Bake for 15 minutes until golden.

Cut and serve

• Cut the bread into pieces and serve warm.