Cheater Skillet Breadsticks
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Easy homemade Cheesy Breadsticks with butter, garlic, herbs, and stuffed with mozzarella. Then sprinkled with parmesan and baked in a cast iron skillet! Great with soup, dipped in marinara, or all on their own.
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Easy Homemade Breadsticks
These skillet breadsticks are a great way to serve a side of bread when you’re pinched for time or just feeling lazy. They’re so yummy with a gooey cheese center and golden crisp exterior.
Made with refrigerated pizza dough, butter, simple seasonings, and stuffed with cheese, they’re so easy and delicious. And reason #100 to have a cast iron skillet among your pan selection.
Some of my favorite recipes are made in a cast iron skillet like this homemade cornbread, corned beef hash, dutch baby pancake, and strawberry cake.
Ingredients Needed
You only need a few simple ingredients to make this breadstick recipe.
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
- Cornmeal – For dusting the pan.
- Melted butter – I use unsalted, since the cheeses are salty.
- Garlic – Use fresh minced garlic for aromatics and best flavor.
- Seasonings – Simple dried oregano and black pepper.
- Refrigerated Pillsbury pizza dough – A 13 ounce tube.
- Cheeses – Fresh grated Parmesan and shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Fresh chopped parsley – For garnish.
How to Make Skillet Breadsticks
These cheater breadsticks don’t require any kneading or rising of dough, so they come together super quickly!
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
- Prep a cast iron skillet. Lightly coat a 10-inch cast iron skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle with a little cornmeal.
- Season the butter. Whisk together the butter, minced garlic, oregano, and pepper.
- Prep the pizza dough. On a lightly floured surface, unroll the pizza dough. Brush some of the butter mixture crosswise over half of the dough; sprinkle with the mozzarella. Fold uncovered dough portion over the cheese.
- Cut the dough. Starting from the folded edge, using a pizza cutter, cut into 1-inch strips.
- Arrange breadsticks in skillet. Arrange the dough strips in the skillet in two layers. Brush with the remaining butter mixture; sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.
- Bake. Bake at 400F for 20 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
- Cool and serve. Let stand 5 minutes, sprinkle with the chopped parsley, serve and enjoy.
Make sure the dough is cooked through
Serving Suggestions
We love to enjoy these breadsticks with soup or salad for a complete meal. And of course they’re delicious all on their own or dipped in marinara sauce!
Proper Storage
These skillet breadsticks are best served right away or at least the same day they’re made while they’re fresh. If you do have leftovers, they can be stored tightly covered at room temperature for a day or in the fridge for about 3 days. Rewarm a few at a time in the microwave or air fryer before serving again.
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Cheater Skillet Breadsticks
Ingredients
- cornmeal, , for dusting
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, , melted
- 2 cloves garlic, , minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 13 ounce tube Pillsbury refrigerated pizza dough
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly coat a 10-inch cast iron skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle with a little cornmeal. Set aside.
- In a small bowl whisk together the butter, garlic, oregano, and pepper.
- On a lightly floured surface, unroll the pizza dough. Brush some of the butter mixture crosswise over half of the dough; sprinkle with the mozzarella. Fold uncovered dough portion over the cheese. Starting from the folded edge, using a pizza cutter, cut into 1-inch strips.
- Arrange the dough strips in the skillet in two layers. Brush with the remaining butter mixture; sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.
- Bake 20 minutes or until golden and an internal temperature reaches 190F. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley.
- Serve with soup, dipped in marinara sauce, or all on their own!
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.
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LOVED these Amy!! I served them with some soup and it was the perfect accompaniment.
I’ve been trying to cook everything in a cast iron skillet lately for my kids (extra iron FTW!!), so these are extra fabulous.
I don’t have a cast iron skillet, so I used my teflon-coated Alclad skillet. It didn’t develop that awesome crispy shell you get from cast iron, but they were still great!
SO easy yet so good, these were a hit at my house. Kids LOVED them.
This was absolute genius and turned out so delish!