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These quick Cheesy Roasted Garlic Knots can be easily thrown together using store-bought pizza dough. They’re smothered with a melted garlic butter, topped with melty mozzarella and Italian parsley. Serve these with The Best Caesar Salad and Spaghetti and Meatballs.
Why This Recipe is Amazing
- The pizza dough: A big part of this recipe being amazing is that it calls for store-bought pizza dough, making it so incredibly easy to throw together. I like to think that this is a good weeknight appetizer or side dish.
- Roasted garlic – Since we’re using store-bought dough, the fresh roasted garlic is a nice element of homemade goodness.
Ingredients You’ll Need
These use minimal ingredients, making them something easy to whip up at a moment’s notice!
- Garlic – I love roasting a whole head of garlic for this. And then we’re going to make a compound garlic butter that is so good.
- Butter – Buter and garlic are best friends.
- Pizza dough – You can make your own or use store-bought.
- Mozzarella – This is the cheese of choice. They provide ultimate cheese pulls.
For the rest of the ingredients, please see the recipe index card below!
How to Make Cheesy Roasted Garlic Knots
- Make the garlic butter – Start by roasting the garlic in the oven until it’s softened and caramelized. Squeeze the heads of garlic out into a bowl with the softened butter, Italian parsley, crushed red pepper and salt.
- Divide the pizza dough – Using a bench scraper or knife, divide it into 12 equal pieces.
- Form the knots – Roll and stretch each piece until itโs about 5 inches long. Spread about a half of teaspoon of the butter mixture onto the piece of dough and sprinkle it with a bit of mozzarella, pressing it into the butter. Tie the strip of dough into a knot and transfer it to the cast iron skillet.
- Place them in the pan – I used a cast iron but use whatever baking vessel you like. Add the knots to the baking dish.
- Allow them to rise – I like to brush them with any remaining butter and letting them rise for a bit. We want puffy, very plump garlic knots.
- Bake – Stick them in the oven to bake for 20 minutes.
- Top with Cheese – Add the cheese to the tops at the 20 minute mark and then bake some more.
- Serve! – Add a little Italian parsley on top if you like.
Tips and Tricks
- Rising Time – The extra bit of rising time is worth it because it results in super fluffy garlic knots.
- Unsalted vs. Salted Butter – If you’re using salted butter, just be sure to leave the salt out of the recipe.
Recipe FAQs
Can I make this ahead?
Sure! You can actually prep these knots, wrap the pan in plastic wrap and then stick them in the fridge. Let them come to room temperature for 1 hour. And then bake.
Can I make these dairy-free?
You can use dairy-free/vegan butter and vegan cheese, if you like.
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Cheesy Roasted Garlic Knots
These Cheesy Roasted Garlic Knots are a yeasted pizza-like dough that's cut up into pieces and made into knots. Topped with mozzarella and fresh herbs.
Ingredients
- 1 whole head of garlic, top sliced off
- 1 pound store-bought or homemade pizza dough
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons minced Italian parsley, plus more for garnish
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 3/4 cups shredded mozzarella, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Wrap the head of garlic in a small sheet of foil and place on a baking sheet or in a baking dish. Transfer to the oven to roast for 1 hour. Carefully remove it from the foil. Allow the head of garlic to cool and press the roasted garlic out of the cloves and into a bowl.
- To the bowl with the garlic, add the butter, minced Italian parsley, salt, crushed red pepper and oregano. Mix and mash it together until combined. Give it a taste and add a bit more salt if needed.
- Lightly flour your work surface and divide the dough into twelve pieces. Listen, this doesnโt have to be perfect. We just want the twelve pieces to be sorta the same size so it all bakes evenly.
- Roll and stretch each piece until itโs about 5 inches long. Spread about a half of teaspoon of the butter mixture onto the piece of dough and sprinkle it with a bit of mozzarella, pressing it into the butter. Tie the strip of dough into a knot and transfer it to the cast iron skillet. Repeat until youโve worked your way through all of the strips of dough.
- Brush the top with a bit of the remaining butter (if any) and cover the knots with a clean kitchen towel. Allow it to rise until itโs doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Uncover the cast iron skillet and transfer to the oven to bake for 20 minutes. At the 20-minute mark, sprinkle the top with the remaining 1 cup of mozzarella and bake for an additional 5 to 10 minutes, or until the tops of the knots are golden brown. Top with more Italian parsley and crushed red pepper (if you like it spicy!).
Notes
Tips and Tricks:ย
- If you donโt have time to roast garlic, itโs ok. Just add half of the garlic (about 6 cloves) of minced garlic to the butter mixture. Raw garlic is more intense than roasted garlic so thatโs why I recommend half of the amount.
- I use a cast iron for this recipe but a baking dish thatโs about 9-inches round or rectangular will work just fine too.
Nutrition
Serving: 4g | Calories: 235kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 986mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 858IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 175mg | Iron: 0.3mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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These cheese garlic knots looks too cheesy! I will definitely try it at home this weekend!
I love pizza so much. I’ll try to do it.
your pizza is so amazing.
literally making these rn
doooo it!
Methinks that the phrase “too cheesy” is an oxymoron. This looks like the perfect finger food for football watching (or binge watching Poldark)….
daaang. These are being made this week, no question. Also, pretty sure there’s no such thing as too cheesy.