Recipe- Homemade Easy Garlic Knots

Once you try your hands on this Homemade Easy Garlic Knots Recipe, you’ll never buy it from the store again. These pillow-soft garlic knots are soft, tender, buttery, and so delicious.

Smear it with some extra garlic butter and pair it with homemade soup for a hearty meal.

Ingredients

Yeast Preparation

2-1/4 teaspoons Active dry yeast
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/4 cup Lukewarm water

For The Knots

3 cups All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
3 tablespoons Olive oil or butter
3/4 cup Lukewarm water (add a tablespoon more if needed)

Garlic Butter Spread

1/4 cup Melted butter vegan butter
3 cloves of Garlic, minced
1 tablespoons Fresh Parsley Leaves
Salt to taste

Method

Activate The Yeast

* In a small bowl, combine yeast and sugar in ¼ cup of lukewarm water.

* Mix to combine. Let it sit for 5 minutes. Soon it will look creamy and frothy.

* In another 3-4 minutes, it will bloom and become all frothy and bubbly.

* This proofing procedure shows that yeast is alive and active. If by now your yeast has not become frothy, please discard and start over.

Prepare The Garlic Knots Dough

* Add flour to a large mixing bowl. Add salt and baking powder. Mix it well.

* Pour in the yeast mixture.

* Add olive oil and the reamining ¾ cup of water water. If needed add a tablespoon more to bind the dough.

* Mix all the ingredients for 3-5 minutes until it forms a soft, pliable dough.

Proofing The Dough

* Grease the Instant Pot insert. Transfer the dough to the Instant Pot.

* Cover it with a glass lid.

* Turn the Instant pot on by pressing the ‘Yogurt’ button. Adjust the pressure to ‘Less.’ Set the timer to 30 minutes.

* After 30 minutes, the dough will expand and double in size.

Knead and Shape The Dough

* Dust the surface with flour and transfer the kneaded dough onto the dusted surface. Punch down the dough and knead it for 2-3 minutes.

* Preheat oven @ 375 degrees F. While the oven is heating, flatten the dough.

* Cut the flattened dough into long strips.

* Roll the dough strips like logs. If the dough feels sticky than dust it with extra flour, and let’s make some garlic knots.

* Take a dough log. Fold and make it look like a horseshoe.

* We will work with the right end of the dough – Take the right end of the dough and lap it over the left end.

* It will form a loop. Now pass the right end of the dough through it.

* Make a loose knot. Tighten it to form the knot. You will still have dough left at both ends.

* Take one end of the dough, wrap it over the knot and into the hole (where you see my finger). Gently press it down.

* Repeat the same with the right end -wrap it over the knot and into the hole.

* Press and secure both ends. Your garlic knots are ready. Repeat the process with the rest of the dough.

* Grease a baking tray. Spread the garlic knots on the tray.

* Brush each roll with garlic-parsley butter spread.

* Bake the garlic knots for 12-15 minutes in a preheated oven (@375 degree F).

* Once baked, brush with butter and serve hot.