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Mozzarella Stuffed Garlic Knots

Is your mouth watering yet? I can't wait to try these!

Whatcha Need:

1 store bought pizza dough, cut into about 20, 1 inch pieces

5-6 mozzarella cheese sticks cut into ½ inch pieces OR 1 ¼ cups shredded mozzarella

1 Stick unsalted butter, melted

8 cloves garlic

1 tsp kosher salt

2 tsp dried oregano

Parmesan cheese for topping

How to do it:

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees. Liberally butter 2 8” cake pans.

Begin by finely mincing the garlic and kosher salt. The mixture should be wet and paste-like. Add this mixture to the melted butter and stir to combine. Set aside.

On a lightly floured surface, pound the 1 inch dough pieces out into a thin circle; it should be 3 inches wide. Place the piece of mozzarella cheese in the center (or 1 tbsp if using shredded) and fold up the dough around the cheese. Place the rolls seam side down on the floured surface and, using your hands, roll the dough to stretch and smooth the bottom until the roll is completely sealed. Place in the prepared cake pans; they should just barely touch.

Brush the rolls with half of the raw garlic and melted butter mixture and reserve the rest. Sprinkle the buttered rolls with oregano and place in the oven for about 20 minutes. The rolls should be puffed and golden brown. The remaining butter mixture should be brushed over the top of the rolls immediately after removing them from the oven along with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.  
Serve hot.