Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce

It’s easy to make this Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce at home! Grab a few pizzas or breadsticks for dinner or game day – and let’s get to dipping! 

Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce

This dipping sauce is a great way to amp up breadsticks, pizza, shrimp, corn, steak – and anything else you pair with it! It’s a super simple recipe that takes so little time, but the flavor makes it sooo worth it!

You might be asking what’s the big deal with butter and some garlic powder – and maybe some salt. It’s a great way to take food to the next level and let’s be honest dipping all of the things are kinda fun – and yummy! And don’t even think I just use this Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce for pizza crusts …. oh, no! I dip the whole slice!! Everyone in the Love Bakes Good Cakes house loves this dipping sauce – so we each get our own little dipping bowl!

Recipe for Garlic Butter Sauce

• butter
• garlic powder
• salt (optional)

How to make Garlic Butter

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
2. Once the butter is completely melted, remove from heat and use a spoon to carefully remove the foamy layer on top; discarding foam.
3. Whisk in garlic powder and salt, if using.
4. Transfer to individual dipping bowls.

A few tips for making Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce

• If you choose to use salted butter, you may need to cut down on the amount of salt if you use it.
• What can you use this sauce for? Dipping breadsticks, pizza, shrimp, rolling corn on the cob in it, add some to the top of a finished steak – or anywhere else you might use butter!

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• Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Potatoes

4.56 from 125 votes

Servings: 8 servings

Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce

By Jamie Sherman

It's easy to make this Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce at home! Grab a few pizzas or breadsticks for dinner or game day – and let's get to dipping! 

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 5 minutes mins

Total: 10 minutes mins

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Equipment

• pastry brush
• [24 Pack] 1.5 oz Stainless Steel Sauce Cups
• pot and pan set

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 stick butter, 8 tablespoons
• ▢ 1 ½ – 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon salt, optional

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Instructions 

• Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
• Once the butter is completely melted, remove from heat and use a spoon to carefully remove the foamy layer on top; discarding foam.
• Whisk in garlic powder and salt, if using.
• Transfer to individual dipping bowls.

Notes

• I love dipping my pizza crust in this!

Nutrition

Serving: 1tablespoon, Calories: 103kcal, Carbohydrates: 0.4g, Protein: 0.2g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.5g, Cholesterol: 30mg, Sodium: 127mg, Potassium: 10mg, Fiber: 0.1g, Sugar: 0.02g, Vitamin A: 353IU, Vitamin C: 0.01mg, Calcium: 4mg, Iron: 0.03mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Originally published on December 15, 2015. Updated on May 24, 2020.