Cheesy Garlic Pizza Sticks

These Cheesy Garlic Pizza Sticks are what would happen if the perfect garlic bread and the most delicious cheese pizza were to get married.

Cheesy Garlic Pizza Sticks

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 batch 30-Minute Dough
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
• 2 cups (sharp) cheddar cheese, grated
• 1 head garlic
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1-2 tablespoons cornmeal
• 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
• kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
• marinara sauce, store-bought or homemade, for dipping
• ranch dressing, optional

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400º F.
2. Cut off the top 1/4 of your head of garlic (not the root) and place in the center of a sheet of aluminum foil.
3. Drizzle with olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper, then wrap foil tightly around garlic to create a little packet.
4. Place foil packet directly in the oven and roast for 1 hour.
5. Prepare 30-Minute Dough according to directions and set aside.
6. Remove garlic from oven and let rest 5 minutes before taking it out of aluminum foil.
7. Raise oven temperature to 450º F and sprinkle cornmeal evenly on a rimmed baking sheet.
8. Roll out pizza dough to a large rectangle and transfer it to baking sheet.
9. In a small bowl, squeeze out roasted garlic and mix in softened butter until incorporated.
10. Spread garlic butter evenly out over pizza dough, then sprinkle mozzarella and cheddar cheese over the top.
11. Place baking sheet in oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly.
12. Remove from oven, cut into strips and serve hot, with marinara (or pizza sauce) and ranch dressing.

Recipe adapted from 12tomatoes