Bring your pizzeria favorite home with this easy and tasty recipe for garlic knots. Both marinara and pesto work great as dipping sauces.

Garlic Knots

Ingredients:
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil, plus more for greasing pan
• 2 Pounds Pizza Dough
• 1-2 Cloves Garlic
• 1/2 Teaspoon coarse salt
• 1 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1/2 Cup finely grated parmesan or romano cheese
• 1/2 Tablespoon dried oregano (optional)

Instructions:
1. Arrange oven racks — one should go in the upper third of the oven, and the other in the lower third.Preheat to 400 degrees. Oil 2 large baking sheets.

2. Divide dough in half. Place one half under a clean kitchen towel. Lightly flour work surface and rolling pin. Roll out dough gently into a roughly 10 inch square. Use your fingers to pull on the corners to get the shape right. With a chef’s knife or a pizza cutter, cut the square of dough in half. Working crosswise, cut the halves into 2/3 inch strips — about 15 strips total.

Cover cut strips with a clean kitchen towel while cutting the remaining strips.

3. One by one, pull out one strip of dough from under the towels and tie gently into a knot. If the dough is too sticky to work with, flour lightly. Transfer completed knots to baking sheets and cover with towel. Repeat cutting and knotting with remaining dough.

4. Bake knots for about 20 minutes, or until the knots are golden. Switch positions about halfway through the baking process.

5. Meanwhile, make garlic paste. Mince garlic well and, with a mortar pestle or a spoon and a bowl, mash garlic and salt into a paste. Transfer garlic-salt paste to a large bowl and combine well with olive oil. As soon as you pull the knots out of the oven, toss them in the garlic paste. Add the cheese, parsley and optional to the bowl and continue tossing. Serve warm.

Recipe Adapted From: Gourmet.

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