1. Mix the dough ingredients together in the large bowl, and knead the resulting dough. (I knead it for ten minutes.)
2. Return the dough to the mixing bowl, cover it, and allow it to rest for twenty minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 600 °F.
4. Cut the dough into small pieces. Roll each piece out to a six-inch length, and tie it into a knot. Set the knots aside to proof: about twenty minutes.
5. Make the marinara sauce: Heat all but the sugar over medium heat, stirring, until the sauce begins to boil. Extinguish the burner, and stir in the sugar.
6. Make the garlic butter: Heat all but the parsley in a skillet over medium-low heat, stirring, until the butter begins to foam. Extinguish the burner, and add the parsley.
7. Place the knots on a baking sheet, and bake them until they're lightly browned on the bottom: four to six minutes. (I check them at four minutes, removing any smaller knots and turning the rest.)
8. Place the knots in the medium mixing bowl, pour the butter over them, and toss them until they're covered. Plate them, sprinkle them with nutritional yeast and a pinch of salt, and serve them with the marinara sauce.
I got many ideas from a (professional) YouTube video:
AllThingsBBQ's garlic knots (2021)
Published October 2025.