Garlic Knots

Garlic Knots

Ingredients For Dough:

• All-purpose flour 1.5 to 2 cups (start with 1.5 and keep adding more as needed)
• Instant yeast 1 tsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Luke warm water 1 cup
• Oil 2 tsp

Ingredients For Garlic Butter:

• Butter 3-4 Tbsp
• Garlic cloves 4 -5 or more if your it more garlicky
• Chopped Parsley 2 Tbsp

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 *C (350 *F) for 30 minutes with both upper and lower rods on.
2. Sift 1.5 cups of all purpose flour in a bowl.
3. Add to it instant yeast and salt. Mix.
4.  Add olive oil and luke warm water.
5. Mix and knead with hands. Keep kneading for 7-10 minutes until the dough is smooth and soft. Add little bit of flour if you think the dough is sticky. Do not add a lot of flour otherwise the dough will become hard and dry.
6.  After the dough is ready, shape it into a ball, apply some olive oil all over it , place in a bowl, cover and keep aside for 1 hour. The dough should double in size after 1 hour.
7. In a separate bowl, add butter,chopped parsley/cilantro, minced garlic and melt in a microwave. Keep aside.
8. Take the dough out, deflate it using hands, take out a little and shape into knots. Please see the video below for the demonstration. This dough makes 9 knots.
9. Bake at 180 *C for 10-12 minutes.
10. Take out of the oven and generously apply garlic butter all over the knots while they are hot.
11. Bake again at 180*C for 5 minutes until golden on top.
12. Serve hot with cilantro lime sauce.and enjoy!

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Garlic Knots

Author: Naush

Ingredients

Ingredients For Dough:

• All-purpose flour 1.5 to 2 cups (start with 1.5 and keep adding more as needed)
• Instant yeast 1 tsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Luke warm water 1 cup
• Oil 2 tsp

Ingredients For Garlic Butter:​

• Butter 3-4 Tbsp
• Garlic cloves 4 -5 or more if your it more garlicky
• Chopped Parsley 2 Tbsp

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 180 *C (350 *F) for 30 minutes with both upper and lower rods on.
• Sift 1.5 cups of all purpose flour in a bowl.
• Add to it instant yeast and salt. Mix.
•  Add olive oil and luke warm water.
• Mix and knead with hands. Keep kneading for 7-10 minutes until the dough is smooth and soft. Add little bit of flour if you think the dough is sticky. Do not add a lot of flour otherwise the dough will become hard and dry.
•  After the dough is ready, shape it into a ball, apply some olive oil all over it , place in a bowl, cover and keep aside for 1 hour. The dough should double in size after 1 hour.
• In a separate bowl, add butter,chopped parsley/cilantro, minced garlic and melt in a microwave. Keep aside.
• Take the dough out, deflate it using hands, take out a little and shape into knots. Please see the video below for the demonstration. This dough makes 9 knots.
• Bake at 180 *C for 10-12 minutes.
• Take out of the oven and generously apply garlic butter all over the knots while they are hot.
• Bake again at 180*C for 5 minutes until golden on top.
• Serve hot with cilantro lime sauce.and enjoy!