Garlic Knots

Ingredients

  • 1 bag store-bought pizza dough
  • 1/4 cup olive oil plus more for brushing the dough
  • 2 tbsp salted butter, melted
  • 3 large garlic cloves, finely minced (feel free to add more garlic depending on your taste.)
  • 1 bundle of fresh parsley, minced
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Pinch of Salt

Directions

  1. Remove dough from fridge and leave it to rest for 1 hour at room temperature.
  2. Once the dough has rested it can be cut and shaped into knots.
  3. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  4. To begin forming the knots, cut the dough in half with a dough scraper or large chef knife.
  5. Continue cutting each dough piece in half until you have 16 dough pieces remaining.
  6. Roll each dough piece into a strand of dough long enough to be tied into a knot (roughly 4 inches long).
  7. To tie the dough into a knot, loop the dough strand around your index finger to create an opening, then push the end of the strand through the opening.
  8. Place the knots onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving 2" margin between the edges of the pan and each knot.
  9. Brush the knots with olive oil and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the tops are evenly golden brown.
  10. Prepare the garlic sauce while the knots are baking. In a large bowl, stir together 1/4 cup olive oil, melted butter, minced garlic, minced parsley, black pepper and a pinch of salt.
  11. When the knots are done baking, transfer them to the bowl and stir to evenly coat the knots with the garlic sauce.
  12. Serve immediately.