Winning with Garlic Bread!

We've tried quite a few garlic bread recipes in our house and have failed to come up with a true winner. We love making French Bread, but after a day or two it's not as good as the first and second day... Sure we make French toast - but sometimes Garlic Bread would be great... we found great! For some reason we ended up with three pasta dishes in a row so we decided garlic bread would be perfect to add to dish #2. We had all the herbs fresh in the garden, so we went that route and the original recipe banked on the salt in the butter for the salt aspect - I added more. We tossed it under the broiler, and it turned out amazing. The bread was still somewhat soft but had crispy areas, but didn't break your teeth, the topping wasn't super thick... perfect saltiness... SO good. This is what we'll keep on using. The garlic bread search has ended; we have a winner!

Garlic Bread
1 (14 oz) loaf French bread
1/2 cup salted butter, softened
1 Tbsp minced fresh garlic
1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley, or 1 tsp dried (optional)
1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh basil, or 1/2 tsp dried (optional)
1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh oregano, or 1/2 tsp dried (optional)
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut French bread loaf in half horizontally.
In a small mixing bowl stir together butter, garlic, parsley, basil, oregano and pepper. Brush mixture evenly over top of both bread halves.
Place bread on baking sheet and bake in center of preheated oven for 8 minutes.
Move oven rack closer to broiler. Let bread broil about 45 seconds to 3 minutes until golden brown. Keep an eye on it, it can brown quickly.
Cut into slices and serve warm.