Garlic Knots
Garlic knots using a store-bought pizza dough and garlic butter. Tasty and easy garlic knots recipe that anyone can make at home as a side dish.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 24 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 lbs. (1kg) pizza dough (store-bought, thawed at room temperature)
- all-purpose flour (for rolling out dough)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoon Italian flat leaf parsley (finely chopped )
- salt
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Divide the dough in half, keeping one half covered under a kitchen towel. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the other half with a rolling pin to create a 10-inch (25 cm) square. If the dough is very stiff, use your hands to stretch it.
- 2
Using a sharp knife or pizza wheel, cut the 10-inch square in half to form two rectangles. Then, cut each rectangle into 12 strips, making sure the strips are shorter and thicker rather than longer and thinner.
- 3
Tie each strip into a knot and arrange the knots on the lined baking sheets. Cover them with a kitchen towel while you repeat the rolling, cutting, and tying process with the second half of the dough.
- 4
Bake the knots for 5 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet and bake for an additional 5 minutes, or until they are golden brown and fully cooked.
- 5
While the knots bake, grate the garlic cloves using a Microplane and combine them with olive oil and butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook just until the butter has melted and the mixture is warmed. Remove from heat and stir in the chopped parsley.
- 6
Immediately after baking, brush the knots with the garlic mixture and sprinkle with kosher salt. Serve warm.