Spicy Cheese Sticks
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These Spicy Cheese Sticks are a loaded spicy garlic cheese bread like you’ve never had before! I got the idea from Rotolo’s Pizza in Gulf Shores – they call them Chalmette Cheesesticks. Theses sticks have hot sauce on a crispy thin crust and then it’s topped with FOUR kinds of cheese!
What You Will ❤️ About Spicy Cheese Sticks
- CHEESE!!!! There are four kinds of cheese on these guys! Feta, Cheddar, Mozz & Parm!!! So much cheese! So much YUM!
- Spicy – You might think – hot sauce? But that first bite will have you saying HOT SAUCE!
- Crunchy! I love the thin crust because the edges are nice and crunchy!
Ingredients for Spicy Garlic Cheese Sticks
These Spicy Garlic Cheese Bread Sticks are so cheesy! Four kinds of cheese – you’ll love them! Here’s what you need:
- Thin Crust Pizza Dough – I bought the Pillsbury Thin Crust – it doesn’t spread out much but it was enough to get 16 good sized cheesy sticks out of it!
- Frank’s Red Hot Sauce – Love this stuff! You can use your choice but that’s what Rotolo’s uses.
- Salted Butter – you can use unsalted butter but I always have salted and this is a savory recipe – so it works.
- Fresh Garlic – this is another recipe where I recommend fresh garlic cloves vs jarlic. It’s a big part of the recipe and you want the strong flavor!
- Feta cheese – Cheese #1 – I prefer to buy the block and break into coarse crumbs
- Cheddar cheese – Cheese #2 – For this I would use mild or regular and probablhy not the extra-sharp cheddar cheese
- Mozzarella cheese – Cheese #3 – Always Mozzarella! Cheese pull!
- Parmesan cheese – Cheese #4 – For the BITE!
Recipe Variations
These cheese sticks are so yum on their own but feel free to tweak them for your tastes – here are a few ideas:
- Red Pepper Flakes – sprinkle those flakes on for more spicy! Or you could add some Italian seasoning.
- Pepperoni – throw pepperoni on and it’s a pizza!
- More Cheese – you could add some provolone or even chunks of ricotta or fresh mozzarella
- Mushrooms – cheese & mushroom pizza is my favorite! I would love some shroomies on this cheesy bread!
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How to make Spicy Garlic Cheese Sticks
These are so easy – the most time consuming part is grating the cheese – but I bought this snazzy rotary cheese grater so even THAT was easy! (or you can use a food processor)
- Preheat oven to 375º
- Lightly spray a pizza pan or rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray
- Spread pizza dough over pizza pan into a rectangle
- Follow directions on pizza dough. Refrigerated crust directed to pre-bake for 6 minutes.
- While pre-baking crust, melt butter in microwaveable dish for 20 seconds at a time until melted
- Remove butter from microwave and whisk in garlic and hot sauce
- Remove crust from oven and pour butter mixture onto the pizza crust and use a pastry brush to spread out butter over entire crust
- Sprinkle on all four cheeses
- Bake for an additional 6-10 minutes until cheeses are golden brown. Change oven to LOW Broil for 2-3 minutes to brown cheese lightly.
- Use a pizza cutter to slice into 16 sticks. Sprinkle with more hot sauce and Dip in Ranch Dressing or Blue Cheese Dressing for more fun!
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Spicy Cheese Sticks
Ingredients
- 1 Thin Crust Pizza Dough
- 2 tbsp Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- 3 tbsp salted butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 4 oz feta cheese crumbled
- 1 cup cheddar cheese grated
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º
- Lightly spray a pizza pan or rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray
- Spread pizza dough over pizza pan into a rectangle1 Thin Crust Pizza Dough
- Follow directions on pizza dough. Refrigerated crust directed to pre-bake for 6 minutes.
- While pre-baking crust, melt butter in microwaveable dish for 20 seconds at a time until melted3 tbsp salted butter
- Remove butter from microwave and whisk in garlic and hot sauce2 tbsp Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 3 cloves garlic
- Remove crust from oven and pour butter mixture onto the pizza crust and use a pastry brush to spread out butter over entire crust
- Sprinkle on all four cheeses4 oz feta cheese, 1 cup cheddar cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- Bake for an additional 6-10 minutes until cheeses are golden brown. Change oven to LOW Broil for 2-3 minutes to brown cheese lightly.
- Use a pizza cutter to slice into 16 sticks. Sprinkle with more hot sauce and Dip in Ranch Dressing or Blue Cheese Dressing for more fun!
