Easy Homemade Garlic Knots

This goes along with my Crockpot Tortellini and Sausage Soup recipe. It went perfectly with it!

I got this recipe online, since I don't have that many recipes I brought with me to school. But this recipe is a KEEPER. I loved it. I had friends coming back for more, and I found it hard to part with them (the rolls--not my friends)! They are so good!

Here is the blog I got this recipe off of: http://therecipecritic.com/2013/04/easy-homemade-garlic-knots/

Ingredients: 

1 1/2 cups warm water

2 Tbsp sugar

3 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp salt

Garlic Spread:

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 Tbsp garlic powder

1 tsp parsley

drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (I just used canola oil--it still works great!)

Directions:

Mix the warm water, sugar and yeast together. Let this sit for 5 minutes.

Add flour and salt to the water, sugar, and yeast. Mix this until smooth and let it raise for 10 minutes. (You can use a Kitchenaid mixer with a dough hook, but since I don't have that, I worked my arm mixing!)

Flour a surface, and roll your dough out to about 1/2 inch thick. Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough in half, and then in strips (about 8-10 inches) for the garlic knots.

Roll the strips in your hands to look like ropes and then tie in knots.

Place the knots on a greased baking sheet and allow them to rise for another 10 minutes. 

Bake at 400 degrees for about 15-20 minutes.

While they are baking, melt the butter and mix with garlic powder, parsley, and a drizzle of olive oil. As soon as the garlic knots come out of the oven, brush the tops with the butter garlic mixture. Enjoy!