Golden brown, savoury mushrooms piled on crusty, garlicky bread make these mushrooms on toast recipes perfect for an appetizer, lunch or snack. So filling and delicious!

Three slices of mushrooms on toast next to a honey stick.

Today I’m sharing a super simple recipe with options: mushrooms on toast made 3 ways! Because ya know we have got to have options! Though, with me, when given too many options I get a little indecisive. My hubby can attest to that.

Maybe in the case of mushrooms on toast, however, I’ll just call it a day and enjoy all three varieties!

Twist my rubber arm, LOL.

The three versions of this recipe is beyond simple and requires basically a few things: cook mushrooms, toast bread and assemble with some other simple ingredients.

True story: Girl can’t toast bread if her life depended on it. Okay, that may be a tad dramatic, but I do often burn toast.

Every other time I toast bread, I burn it. I wonder off doing whatever else and then there goes the fire alarm. I guess it’s one of my little quirks. My bad.

Anyway, onto these delicious mushrooms on toast recipes, shall we?

What Type of Mushrooms Should I Use?

For this recipe, I opted to use cremini mushrooms, otherwise known as “baby bella” or “baby portobello.”

Cremini mushrooms are readily available in grocery stores, pretty budget friendly and taste delicious. Did you know that a cremini mushroom is just a more mature white button mushroom? Neat, huh? So, if you want to go ahead and use white button mushrooms in this recipe, go right for it!

Cooking the Mushrooms

Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:

Heat some olive oil in a large cast-iron skillet.
Add half of the sliced mushrooms to the skillet, spreading them out so there’s a little bit of space between them.
Don’t touch them for about 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, stir them and cook them for an additional 3 to 5 minutes or until they’ve released most of their moisture and they’re golden brown. I still like a little moisture in mine, but if you like less cook them a little longer.
Repeat with some more olive oil and mushrooms.
Once the mushrooms are good to go, add all of them back to skillet. Add a dab of butter, salt and black pepper, and then stir to combine.
Then they’re ready to be devoured on toast.

Cooked sliced mushrooms in a skillet with butter.

When Should I Season the Mushrooms?

Seasoning of the mushrooms comes at the end when they’ve released some of their water. If you season too early, they will take longer to properly brown.

Can I Add More Flavour to the Mushrooms?

If you like, you could stir in some minced garlic during the last minute or two of cook time.

However, what I did for these mushrooms on toast recipes is rub garlic on the actual toast instead. A little garlic goes a long way here so unless you’re a huge garlic fan like me (or trying to ward off vampires or something), rub gently.

Hand rubbing a garlic clove over a piece of toast.

Tips for Making This Easy Mushroom Recipe

This recipe uses 1 pound of mushrooms and yields about 8 mushrooms on toast portions. Reduce if you want less.
Speaking of portion sizes, the quantity you yield may vary depending on the size of your bread slices. I used sourdough and they were generous sandwich-sized slices.
I sliced the mushrooms about ¼ of an inch thick. You don’t want them too thin because you still want to see the mushroom shape for the most part.
There is no “set in stone” quantities for the toppings you use here. The amount may vary depending on the size of bread and what you like. Enjoy blue cheese a lot? Use what you like. Like things sweet? Add extra honey. Nothing complicated here. Build your mushroom toasts how you like it!
If you want things a little more lush try creamy mushrooms on toast! Stir in about ½ to 1 tablespoon of creme fraiche at the end of cook time.

Whole Grain Mustard, Cheddar and Mushroom Toast with Thyme:

Toast with mushrooms, cheddar and thyme.

Smashed Avocado and Mushroom Toast with Chili Pepper:

Toast with mashed avocado, mushrooms and chili pepper.

Creamy Blue Cheese and Mushroom Toast with Honey:

Hand holding a piece of toast topped with blue cheese and mushrooms.

More Yummy Mushroom Recipes

Hope you love these easy mushrooms on toast recipes! Which one would you pick?

If you make this any of these mushrooms on toast recipes, be sure to leave a comment below!