Delicious Garlicky Domino’s Style Twisty Bread. It makes for an excellent side dish along with Pizza Sauce and Donair Sauce for Dipping. Pour the Garlic Sauce back into a small dipping dish and use that for dipping the breadsticks into as well. Add Pesto, Parmigiano and Romano to special Garlic Sauce for a Dominos Twisty Bread. Served with Pizza Sauce, Donair Sauce and Garlic Sauce for Dipping.
I serve these just by themselves with dipping sauce or as a side with Pizza, Pasta, Soups & Stew. Especially good with Pizza Soup or Donair Soup. There are different kinds you can make too!
Domino’s Twisty Bread
At Domino’s, we took the 12″ Hand Tossed Pizza Dough. Flattened it out on a cornmeal surface. Shaped out to a rectangular shape and cut 6–8 strips. Then twisted and placed on the pizza screen to go into the oven.
They went on a rack with a catch pan and Brushed with Sauce. Packaged with your choice of Pizza Sauce, Donair Sauce, or both.
Domino’s Twisty Sauce
The Sauce came in a Large Bottle. It was green in color and liquidy. There were various Herbs & Spices as well as cheeses in the ingredients listing. From what I can remember it had Parsley, Parmesan, and Romano Cheese. With Butter & Oil.
Homemade Domino’s Twisty Bread Sauce
It is basically a Garlic Butter or Garlic Sauce with fresh Herbs Like Basil & Parsley with Parmesan & Romano Cheese. The fresh Herbs chopped finely or placed into a food processor and pulsed is what gives that distinct green color to the Old Domino’s Twisty Bread Sauce. Even easier is the below combination for Twisty Bread Sauce.
- 1/4 C Pesto Sauce
- 1/2 Neutral Oil
- 1/2 tsp Butter Popcorn Seasoning
- Freshly grated Parmigiano
- Optional is some Romano Cheese
OR
- 1 Portion, Special Garlic Sauce
- 1/4 C Pesto Sauce
- Freshly Grated Parmigiano, optionally with Powdered Romano
Homemade Twisty Bread
This is my take on the popular Domino’s Twisty Bread that they no longer offer. These are pretty addictive, and we sold a lot of them. The Pesto Sauce version is the closest, but there are other kinds too. With just using Garlic Butter or Special Garlic Sauce to brush the breadstick, which is also a dipping sauce option. To other flavored Oils that can be used for Twisty Bread.
Twisty Bread Dough
The Twisty Bread or Breadsticks is made from prepared Pizza Dough. Shaped and sliced into strips to make the Bread Sticks. Twisted once while being placed on the pan. Which gives Twisty Bread its name and a nice strip of cornmeal that is twisted all the way around.
Pizza Dough
Dust the counter with Cornmeal and place a 12-inch Pizza Dough on top.
If the Dough is a bit sticky, sprinkle some flour on top.
Shaping
Flatten out into a rectangle, pulling the corners to get a rectangular shape. Large enough to yield about 6–8 breadsticks.
Slicing the Breadsticks
With a Pizza Cutter, slice to get about 6–8 strips.
Twist & Place
Pick up each strip and twist once while placing unto the Pizza Pan.
Twisty Bread Sauce
Use The Pesto Sauce provided in the recipe or other sauces like JAH Garlic Sauce, which is a Papa Johns Garlic Sauce. It’s quick & easy to put together for Garlic Breadsticks.
To this, add some Pesto Sauce (about 2 Tbl or more) with some Parmigiano and powdered Romano, if you’d like. You can customize it any way you like. It’s basically a multi Cheese Flavored Garlic Butter with Green Herbs.
Garlic Sauce
- 1/4 Butter & Sunflower Oil
- 1 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Butter Popcorn Seasoning
- pinch Citric Acid
Brushing the Twisty Bread
Immediately from the oven, place the breadsticks into the tray with the Garlic Butter/Sauce with Tongs.
Brush & Remove
Brush the Twisty Bread by picking up some of the Garlic Butter/Sauce with a brush and dabbing the breadsticks.
Presentation
Transfer the Breadsticks with Tongs to a plate and optionally season them with a variety of Seasoning.
Serve with a Dipping Sauce.
Types of Breadsticks
Pesto Bread Sticks
Add Pesto Sauce to the Sauce mix. This is probably the closest to Dominos Twisty Bread since most of the ingredients that were on the back of the Twisty Sauce are also in Pesto Sauce, besides the pine nuts I think. The green color I assume was coming from the Fresh Basil or Parsley leaves blended with Garlic Butter. Various Cheese was used as well.
Everything Bagel Sticks
Use Everything Bagel Seasoning on top of the Breadsticks as soon as they are brushed and transferred to the plate.
For Bagel Twistixs a Bagel wash is brushed on the dough before it gets cooked. It creates that Light & Dark Strip on the breadsticks.
Rosemary Bread Sticks
Make Rosemary the dominant Herb that comes through by adding in Ground Rosemary to taste. Optionally, with some whole rosemary for aesthetics.
Za’atar Bread Sticks
Add Za’atar Seasoning to the Garlic Sauce. Optionally, with enough Fresh Parsley to achieve that Green Color. You can also sprinkle Za’atar seasoning on the breadsticks as soon as they are brushed with the Garlic Butter/Sauce.
Za’atar Twisty Bread
Twisty Bread seasoned with Za’atar seasoning and a side of Pizza Sauce for dipping.
Twisty Cheese Bread Sticks
This method stretches the Pizza dough into a large Square instead of a rectangle. The Dough then gets brushed with Garlic Sauce and a light sprinkle of Cheese, before being folded over and the ends pressed together to seam. Then slice the breadsticks and twist them before placing them on the screen or pan.
Pictured below uses Mozzarella Cheese. Add in other cheeses like Provolone, Cheddar, or Monterrey Jack for different versions.
Breadstick Dipping Sauce
Serve with some Pizza Sauce and/or Donair Sauce, as well as the leftover Garlic Sauce poured into a small dipping dish to dip the breadsticks in.
Pizza Sauce
Use a Pizza Sauce or Marinara Sauce to dip the Breadsticks in.
Donair Sauce
Donair Sauce is really good with Breadsticks, and I often dip between Pizza Sauce and Donair Sauce.
Garlic Sauce
More of a Garlic Kick can be had with this as a Dipping Sauce. Dip your Breadsticks into this and enjoy that Buttery Garlic Sauce.
Equipment
- 1 Pizza Screen
- 1 Pan & Brush
- 1 Tongs
Ingredients
- 1 12 Inch Hand Tossed Pizza Dough
- 1 Portion Special Garlic Sauce -
- 1/4 C Pesto Sauce - Optional, for Domino's Style
- As Desired Freshly Grated Parmigiano - Optional
- As Desired Powdered Romano Cheese - Optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to the highest setting it will go. Make the Twisty Bread Sauce and place it into a Tray that you will use to brush the bread sticks in. Optionally add in the Pesto & Cheese to get that Domino's Style Twisty Bread Sauce.
- On a flat surface with some Cornmeal, Press Flat the Pizza Dough. Pulling on the edges to shape it into a rectangle and slice strips to make Bread Sticks, about 6–8 slices.
- Twist both ends once when placed unto the baking sheet. Repeat for each Breadstick. Place into the oven (middle rack) for 7 minutes, flipping them over when 3 minutes of cook time remain.
- Remove from the oven, transfer the Breadsticks into the Pan with the Twisty Bread Sauce using tongs and immediately brush with sauce. Transfer to a plate and serve with dipping sauce on the side.