Easy Oven Roasted Garlic

Step 1

Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Step 2

Prepare three squares of parchment paper or foil large enough to wrap each head of garlic.

Step 3

If the garlic has extra layers of papery white skin, peel them away, but leave enough layers so the head of garlic stays together. Cut a 1/4-inch from the top of the cloves so that you can see inside the individual cloves of garlic.

Step 4

For each head of garlic, place down a sheet of parchment or foil onto a work bench. Make a small bed of thyme by shaping it into a small ring. Then place a head of garlic, cut-side-up, on top. Drizzle with olive oil and season with some salt and fresh ground black pepper.

Step 5

Pull the sides of the parchment paper or foil up and around the garlic so that you make a little parcel. If using parchment, secure with kitchen twine.

Step 6

Place packets of garlic onto a baking sheet. Bake until the cloves inside the packet are light brown and soft, 40 to 50 minutes.