Scratch-Made Garlic Knots
Based off Sally’s Baking Addiction
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- Dough
- 1 and 1/3 cups warm water between 38-43°C
- 2 and 1/4 teaspoons Yeast 1 standard packet *
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour spoon & levelled, plus more for hands and work surface
- Topping
- 7 Tablespoons butter melted
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano and dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
- After baking: freshly grated Parmesan cheese +2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley + pinch of dried chili flakes
Instructions
- Instructions
- Prepare the dough: Whisk the warm water, yeast, and granulated sugar together in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a dough hook or paddle attachment. Cover and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
- Add the olive oil, salt, and half of the flour. Beat for 15 seconds, then add the remaining flour. Beat on low speed for 2 minutes. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. With lightly floured hands, knead the dough for 3-4 minutes (for a visual, watch me do it in the video above!). The dough can be a little too heavy for a mixer to knead it, but you can certainly use the mixer on low speed instead. After kneading, the dough should still feel a little soft. Poke it with your finger – if it slowly bounces back, your dough is ready to rise. If not, keep kneading.
- Lightly grease a large bowl with oil or nonstick spray– just use the same bowl you used for the dough. Place the dough in the bowl, turning it to coat all sides in the oil. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel. Allow the dough to rise at room temperature for 1-2 hours or until double in size. (Tip: For the warm environment on a particularly cold day, heat your oven to 66°C.
- Turn the oven off, place the dough inside, and keep the door slightly ajar. This will be a warm environment for your dough to rise. After about 30 minutes, close the oven door to trap the air inside with the rising dough. When it’s doubled in size, remove from the oven.)
- Shape the dough: When the dough is ready, punch it down to release the air. Using floured hands on a lightly floured work surface, shape the dough into a 16×5 inch log. (5 inch width really isn’t as important as the 16 inch length here, not need to be exact.) Using a very sharp knife, pizza cutter, or bench scraper, slice into 16 1-inch strips. Roll each strip into 8 inch ropes. Tie each into knots. You can tuck the two ends of the knots underneath the knot or leave them out, that’s up to you. Arrange the knots on 2 lined baking sheets. (Either parchment paper or silicone baking mats work.)
- Lightly cover the shaped knots and let them rest for at least 30 minutes and up to 45 minutes. They will slightly puff up during this time, producing softer rolls.
- Towards the end of the rise time, preheat oven to 100°.
- Topping: Stir the melted butter, garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt together. Brush on the knots. Reserve some of the topping for when the knots come out of the oven.
- Bake for about 18-23 minutes or until golden brown on top. Remove from the oven and brush the warm knots with remaining garlic butter. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese, chili flake, and/or parsley.
- Serve plain with pesto or pizza sauce for dipping.
