Easy Cheesy Garlic Pizza Sticks
These easy Garlic Pizza Sticks are made with soft pizza dough, buttery garlic, parsley, and melted cheese. A fun appetizer, snack, or dinner side!
These cheesy Garlic Pizza Sticks are the perfect easy appetizer, snack, or summer dinner side! Homemade pizza dough is brushed with a buttery garlic and parsley mixture, topped with plenty of shredded cheese, and baked until golden and bubbly.
I lived out of town for years where there wasn’t a local kosher pizza shop. Back then, “fresh pizza” meant pulling a frozen boxed pizza out of the freezer and heating up a slice in my toaster oven.
Then one day, a friend insisted I start making my own pizza from scratch. My response? “Noooo… absolutely not!” The thought of working with yeast completely intimidated me. It sounded complicated, messy, and honestly just not worth it.
She didn’t give up. She patiently walked me through the process step by step, and before I knew it, I had my very first homemade pizza coming out of the oven. I couldn’t believe how easy it actually was—or how much better it tasted than anything I had ever made before.
Fast forward to today, and I live in a town with dozens of kosher pizza shops right at my doorstep. But more often than not, I still make pizza at home. There’s just something so satisfying about homemade pizza. The smell of the dough baking, the buttery garlic topping, the gooey melted cheese… it’s one of those recipes that’s simple to make, fun to eat, and always disappears in minutes.
These garlic pizza sticks are simple, fun to pull apart, and always a hit with both kids and adults. Serve them alongside pasta, soup, salad, or your favorite marinara sauce for dipping. You can also save time by using store-bought pizza dough.
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Easy Cheesy Garlic Pizza Sticks
Ingredients
For the Pizza Dough
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 3/4-1 cup warm water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
For the Garlic Cheese Topping
- 2 tablespoons butter mostly melted
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley plus more for garnish
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the yeast, warm water, starting with 3/4 cup and adding more if the dough seems dry. Add flour. Mix until a soft dough forms.
- Cover the bowl and set the dough aside to rise for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 500°F. Line a baking sheet or pizza pan with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, mix together the melted butter, crushed garlic, parsley, and salt.
- Roll the dough into an approximately 12-inch circle and place it on the prepared pan.
- Brush the garlic butter mixture evenly over the dough. Sprinkle the shredded cheese over the top.
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Sprinkle with additional parsley, slice into sticks, and serve warm.
Notes
Recipe by Faigy Murray | https://mykitchenmystudio.com/easy-cheesy-garlic-pizza-sticks/
