The Best Cheese Breadsticks

The Best Cheesy Breadsticks take Movie Night to Another Level!

Are you a fan of pizzeria-style cheese breadsticks? Yes? Then you will love this recipe. Remember how I used to work at a pizza place in high school and college? It was called Lotsa Motsa Pizza, and they had the best cheese breadsticks. This recipe is a knock-off of their recipe. For the base of the cheese breadsticks, you use the same Homemade Pizzeria Style Pizza Dough, and before you know it, you’ve got some dang good cheese sticks to go with your pizza!

One batch of pizza dough is usually enough for me to make 2 large pizzas and one batch of cheese breadsticks. For our family, I usually double the dough recipe and make a couple batches of cheese breadsticks and 4 pizzas so we can have leftovers. The cheese sticks are so good. There is no shame in making an entire batch of dough just to make a ton of cheese breadsticks. 🙂

The garlic butter sauce that you use in this recipe also works great for regular breadsticks. Lotsa Motsa had awesome breadsticks, too. All you do for breadsticks is roll out the dough ball, brush it generously with the garlic-butter mixture, sprinkle with parmesan cheese (like the kraft green shaker kind), and pre-slice them before putting them in the oven. When they come out, give them another slice, and you are good to go. Dip them in ranch dressing or pizza sauce. YUM!

I’m so excited for you to add these delicious cheese breadsticks to your next pizza night. You are going to love it! FYI: the garlic butter sauce also tastes great brushed on the edge of your pizza before or after you take it out of the oven.

Don’t forget a Treat for Movie Night

• Caramel Corn Puffs
• No-bake Peanut Butter Corn Flake Treats
• Classic No-Bake Cookies
• No-bake S’more Krispie Treats
• Fruity Pebble Treats
• Amazing Samoa Rice Krispie Treats

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Frequently Asked Questions about making The Best Cheese Breadsticks

Is it okay to use other types of cheese instead of Mozzarella and Parmesan?

You can use whatever types of cheese you like or have on hand. Mozzarella and Parmesan are the two types we used at Lotsa Motsa. So if you want authentic flavors, you need to stick with them. 

Which type of Parmesan do you recommend for this recipe? Freshly grated or shelf-stable like KRAFT?

At the pizza place, we used shelf-stable (It wasn’t Kraft. It was from a food distributor), but I like to use freshly grated and also shake on the other. I think it makes the flavor really pop to use some fresh. 

Should I use margarine or butter?

You can use either. We had a special kind of margarine at Lotsa Motsa. It was always liquid no matter the temperature. Now that I make them at home, I like to use butter, but either works great. I usually add about a tsp of olive oil to my butter just for kicks.

Can I use fresh garlic instead of garlic powder?

Unfortunately, using fresh garlic in this recipe can give a bit of a bitter flavor. Since the cooking time of the cheese breadsticks is so quick, the garlic doesn’t have enough time to completely cook. If you really want that fresh garlic flavor, you can cut a clove in half and do your best to rub it on the dough before brushing on the garlic butter and topping it with cheese. If you do choose to try that, I encourage you to still put the garlic powder in the garlic butter. That little bit of fresh garlic oil on the dough won’t be quite enough for the flavor we are going for. 

What is the best way to reheat pizza or cheese breadsticks?

In my experience, a toaster oven or convection oven is best. Of course, an air fryer (which is basically the same thing as a convection oven) is a great option, too. 

Chef’s tools for Cheesy Breadsticks:

• Microwave-safe Bowl
• Measuring Spoons
• Rolling Pin
• Parchment Paper
• Pastry Brush
• Pizza Cutter

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The Best Cheese Breadsticks

 

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Cook time

10 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Delicious cheesy breadsticks with garlic butter are the perfect addition to pizza night. Dip them in ranch dressing or pizza sauce.

Author: Maria

Recipe type: Main Dish

Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

• Pizza dough (My recipe is here.)
• Mozzarella cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• ½ cup butter or Margarine
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp basil
• ½-3/4 tsp salt
• ⅛ tsp ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Make the garlic butter sauce by combining the butter, garlic powder, basil, salt, and ground pepper in a microwave-safe bowl.
3. Heat in the microwave for 40-60 seconds, or until butter is melted. Stir until well combined. Set aside.
4. Use a 3-ounce piece of dough to make a standard pizzeria-size (approx. 10") Cheese Breadstick batch. If desired, you can make them the same size as a pizza...whatever makes you happy.
5. Roll the dough out to a 10-inch size. Transfer the dough to parchment paper or whatever pan you plan to bake it on.
6. Use forks to poke holes all over the rolled-out dough. This helps the dough not get bubbles when cooking.
7. Next, use a pastry brush to generously brush the dough with the garlic-butter sauce you made. Now top with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and then a generous amount of mozzarella cheese. At the pizza shop I worked at, we would put 3-4 ounces of grated mozzarella on each order of cheese breadsticks.
8. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and browning. Remove from oven and slice. Serve with pizza sauce and/or ranch dressing for dipping.

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