How to Bake Cheesy Bread Sticks With Avocado Dip

Yields: 16 sticks

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Ingredients needed to make Cheesy Bread Sticks With Avocado Dip:

For the bread sticks:

• 16 oz part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
• 2 lb store-bought pizza dough
• Dash of garlic powder
• 1 tsp dried oregano, crushed
• Extra virgin olive oil, as required

For the dip:

• 2 ripe avocados, peeled and seed removed
• ½ cup fat free Greek yogurt
• 1 tbsp jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 3 tbsp fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
• ¼ tsp ground cumin
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking instructions for Cheesy Bread Sticks With Avocado Dip:

• Warm up your oven to 425 degrees F.
• Spread a sheet of parchment paper across two baking sheet and set aside.
• Carve out ¼’’ wide strips from the mozzarella and keep them aside until required.
• Sprinkle some flour across your working surface and place the dough on it.
• Split each dough into two equal halves and roll two of them into 8’’x16’’ rough rectangles, each about ¼’’ in thickness.
• Slice each rectangle into 8’’ long strips, each about a couple of inches wide.
• Arrange the mozzarella strips in a single line, along the middle of each dough strip and wrap the edges around the cheese filling; pinch the open ends together to seal and roll it on a lightly floured working surface to smooth out its surface.
• Make rest of the cheese-stuffed bread sticks in a similar fashion.
• Arrange them on the prepared baking sheet and set aside for half an hour or until it rises more than its original volume.
• Make rest of the bread sticks with the other halves of pizza dough.
• Smother the surface of the breadsticks with a lashing of olive oil and sprinkle a dash of oregano, garlic powder and salt generously.
• Finish it off with a sprinkling of grated parmesan cheese on top and bake them in the oven at a reduced temperature of 350 degrees F for about 15-20 minutes or until they puff up and turns golden brown.
• Bake the 2^nd batch of cheezy bread sticks in the same manner.
• While the bread sticks bake, scoop out the flesh of the avocado into a food processor and pour in the yogurt, along with rest of the ingredients.
• Pulse them into a smooth, creamy puree and adjust the seasonings if required.
• Spoon it into a serving bowl and set aside until the bread sticks are ready to be served.
• Set aside for about 5 minutes to cool slightly and stack them up on the serving platter.
• Eat them right away, along with then avocado dip before they lose their crunchy feel

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Last Updated on February 15, 2013 by