Name: Tiny & Quick Vegan Garlic Knots
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 packet yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 1 cup warm water; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp garlic powder; ½ tsp salt; 2½-3 cups flour; 1-3 tbsp olive oil; a few sprinkles garlic powder

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In this article you will find an adorable quick and tiny Vegan Garlic Knots recipe. It’s easy enough to make that your kids can help, and the tiny knots are cute enough to help with picky eaters!

This recipe is very similar to my vegan pizza dough recipe, but with a few add ins, and of course forming it differently before putting it in the oven.

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As much as I love promoting a whole foods plant-based diets, sometimes it’s tricky to get that to work for the whole family ALL of the time. Please note this recipe contains, flour, a bit of sugar (not much at all), olive oil, along with a few other ingredients, like yeast. Click on the ‘Jump to Recipe’ button to view the full list of ingredients and directions.

Who doesn’t love a good garlic know!

These garlic knots may not be as stuffed full of butter and garlic like you’d get at a pizzeria, but they are easy to make and a bit more modest for a child’s palate (don’t worry, I love them too!).

No butter, no dairy, no cheese, yet still delicious and will disappear on you just like the less healthy versions.

My 9 year old was a big help in developing this recipe.

Garlic Knots Ingredients

How to Make these Vegan garlic knots with pizza dough (mostly)

These garlic knots use my vegan pizza dough recipe as the base, so if you’re familiar with that recipe, this one will be a piece of cake!

Let’s get to making these garlic knots!

You’ll want to start this recipe by getting out…

your KitchenAid or stand mixer if you have one (reduces the effort it takes to make these)
Dough hook for stand mixer
and all of your ingredients

Start by adding warm water to the yeast…

Before anything else, you need to add your yeast, about a tsp of sugar, and 1 cup of warm water to your mixing bowl and let it sit for about 5 minutes.

During this time the yeast will start to foam a bit, which is what we want.

*This is a great little science experiment for kids!

After the 5 minutes…

Add in the rest of the ingredients (besides the ‘toppings’), start with the low end of flour (2 1/2 cups), and mix well.

Once it’s well mixed, it shouldn’t be sticking to the bowl or too dry.

If it’s sticking, add more flour.

If too dry, add a tiny bit more water or oil, not too much, only 1 tsp or so at a time.

Once you get it to the right consistency, knead the dough.

You can either knead it by hand, or do what I do and simply use the dough hook for your stand mixer. It needs to be kneaded for 10-15 minutes, so a dough hook comes in real handy, especially if you multi-task in the kitchen like I seem to always do!

Make sure you are still keeping an eye on the dough on the hook, as it may still stick to the bowl or become too dry while kneading.

Again, if this happens, add more flour if too wet or oil if too dry.

After kneading the dough

Now comes the fun part.

You literally get to tie your dough into knots!

This is a great activity for little hands and developing fine motor skills, even for kids a bit older. So round your kids up, make sure they wash their hands, and get them to help!