Have you ever wondered how to make crazy bread? You are in luck. Years ago in college, I fell in love with Little Caesar’s Crazy Bread. This delicious butter and garlic flavored bread is a treat. The Crazy Bread is even better when you make it with this copycat recipe.
If you have never had these freshly baked bread topped with the flavors of butter and garlic, then sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, you are missing out one of the best side dishes to have come out of a pizza place. These are served with their Crazy sauce, but you can eat these plain or with your favorite marinara. Whenever I have ordered pizza here, I have always ordered some of their crazy bread.
We will start this recipe with a basic bread dough that you can use your food processor to help you put it together. This recipe also works well with a mixer, or even by hand. Unlike the restaurant, we will use real butter for this recipe. I bet you will find it makes the crazy bread even a little bit better. You could also make this recipe with a can of pizza dough if you desire. For this recipe, I like to use yeast that I buy in bulk. I find it when you buy a pound of yeast it costs a lot less than buying individual packages of yeast at the store. I have found yeast at big-box stores such as Costco, Sam’s, or even Amazon.com.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 1/2 teaspoons 1 package of instant yeast
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cups or 22 ounces bread flour plus more for working the dough
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Place the 1/2 cup of warm water and yeast together in a medium bowl and whisk together briefly. Allow the yeast enough time to bubble up and become active, this should take a few minutes. If the yeast is inactive, you may need to replace the yeast and try again. Add room temperature water and oil to the yeast mixture and stir to combine. Into a food processor bowl pour in flour and salt, pulse to combine. Add yeast, olive oil, and water through the tube of the food processor and process. The dough will form into a ball. Process until the dough is smooth and elastic. The dough will be sticky if you are going to use the dough immediately or within a few days place into a bowl that has been sprayed with non-stick spray, cover dough with plastic wrap. Let rise until the dough has doubled in size, this may take up to 2 hours.
- Gently pat out the dough on a floured surface into a rectangular shape. Cut the dough into two equal portions down the middle. Then make about 8 cuts horizontally across the dough. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray. Roll each portion of dough into a breadstick.
- Bake in the 375-degree oven for about 18 minutes or until the breadsticks become golden. Remove breadsticks from oven, mix the melted butter and the garlic salt. Brush the garlic sauce over the breadsticks. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the breadsticks.
J says
They are so different…
I love little Caesar crazy bread, Olive Garden breadsticks and Pizza Hut breadsticks.
All three are my favorites.
Olive Garden is my 1st fave, because paired with their amazing Alfredo sauce, and ice cold salad, the others don’t compare.
For that reason only. LC and PH ar tied.
I miss little Caesar’s breadsticks being a dollar. I would go there’s four times a week otherwise. Instead making my own next time.
Thank you
Stephanie says
I hope you enjoy them.
Stephanie says
I hope you enjoy the breadsticks.
LousivillesMark says
TIME SAVER: Similar to Manny i also managed a LC store many years ago. We used the hand tossed dough which was made fresh that morning and allowed to rise at least 4 hours (as opposed to the pan pizza dough which was cooled and set overnight). We simply stretched it out on the pizza pan – used a pizza cutter and cut it into strips then straight to the oven (no forming them into breadsticks). When they came out we brushed them with garlic butter (yes real butter) then using a large shaker (filled with 50% Parmesan cheese and 50% kosher salt) we coated them then in the bag and out the door.
Lori Macgregor says
Did you ever make the pepperoni crazy bread. It’s been off the menu for YEARS but was amazing. Its essentially crazy bread with pepperoni inside….any ideas how to make that?
Stephanie says
I have never made this before, I would guess you could just add some pepperoni to the dough, and make it just the same.
Nat says
Ahh, there are very few things that tempt me to cheat on my diet, and that’s rolls from Ryan’s, breadsticks from Olive Garden, and Crazy Bread! It’s so worth the consequences of eating gluten.
BUT I love you so much, because I just made this gluten free and it was great! I used Great Value GF AP Flour and I had to add nearly a cup extra of water. I just dumped it in 1/4 of a cup at a time until it formed a dough ball. Then I stopped mixing it, since kneading does nothing to GF dough. I used half the dough to make breadsticks and froze the other half to make pizza later. I pulled them out after 18 minutes, they didn’t turn brown at all, but the insides were fully baked. Obviously the texture is not the same as kneaded regular bread, but it’s pretty good for GF. The cheese and garlic spread on it was spot on. Thanks for the recipe!
Heather says
Turned out great, will be making again, the kids polished them all off.
Deana goetz says
I used to make a crazy bread type loaf years ago, using a no knead dinner role recipe garlic powder/margeribe
and topped with parmesan plus a tiny sprinkle of the club house garlic plus
Thanks I will try with garlic salt instead and use a pizza dough this time
Stephanie says
Your recipe sounds delicious!
Lois May says
Do you have a recipe for _stuffed bread? The cheese is on the inside. I am not looking for recipes like this. The cheese must be on the inside.
Heather says
You couyld possibly make this dough and wrap it around mozzarella sticks?
Ashley says
Even better than the recipe is the phrase :
“lil muthafkkn treats outt da sky”
My world is complete
Marvin says
Classy
Foxxy says
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Foxxy says
That was for Ashley. Dude clearly loves Crazy bread!!!!
Missie says
If I’m not planning to use this right away do I store it in the fridge?Can it be froze?
Stephanie says
You should be able to leave the dough in the fridge for a day or two before making it. I personally have not frozen the dough before.
cheryl says
do I let the pizza dough rise in the fridge or at room temperature?
Stephanie says
I would let the dough rise at room temperature.
cheryl says
Your recipe calls for instant yeast. I only have traditional dry yeast at home. Can I use that instead?
Stephanie says
It should work just fine, it will need more time to raise.
cheryl says
how much longer do I need to wait for it to raise?
Ryan says
Until it’s doubled in size I’d say.
Coffeelove says
Wow! !
This is crazy delicious!! Comes very close to the original and is so easy to do. .
I used all-purpose flour and also stuffed each with a Mozzarella CheeseStick. So Yummy
Thank You for that awesome recipe
Manny says
I managed a Little Caesar’s years ago. Crazy bread was made from the pizza dough and from what I remember that is the basic dough recipe. Only thing different was that we used stick of butter/margarine mixed with a tablespoon of minced garlic and heated it in the microwave to melt.
Stephanie says
I didn’t know you used real garlic! I will have to try it this way.
BrandyLyn says
Do you know how to make the Italian sub? I can’t remember what meats & cheeses were used.
Angie says
Genoa salami, cotton salami, and provolone cheese. The sandwich bread as simply pizza dough baked in a semi-circle.
Taryn says
I LOVE crazy Bread! And this recipe is as close to taste as it gets! I’m a bread fanatic and garlic lover so combining the two is great. Thanks for this recipe!
Stephanie says
I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Reeve says
Hey, instead of Olive Oil, do you think I could use canola oil?
amna says
best sub for bread flour..? I was thinking mix of AP and whole wheat?
Stephanie says
I think I would just make the recipe using the AP flour. Whole wheat flour isn’t a good substitute for bread flour. Bread flour has a different protein content, I would use the AP flour.
kyle jarnevick says
go make me a sandwich
Joel says
Do i have to use bread flour, I have all pourpose and self rising will either of those work?
Stephanie says
You can use all purpose flour. Do not use self-rising flour.
Tyler says
I love this recipe. I’ve been doin somthing similar, however I just use pre made pizza dough from the bakery. 1/2 tsp of garlic salt and the 2 tbls of butter is a good ratio, however I also add a few cloves of fine minced garlic and a pinch of parsley to the butter mixture before I heat it up. This gives it an extra lil kick and makes it better than crazy bread!
Ballicimo Buster says
Love anything made using garlic, maybe even ice-cream. This presentation I liked because it went to the subject without any loud fanfare music like so many do to glorify their own ego and in doing so diminish .joy of learning different methods of home style cooking and baking.
Stephanie says
I just want you to know you really can create delicious food at home, and it isn’t difficult to do!
Stephanie Manley says
Do you like these or the Olive Garden Breadsticks the best?
C. B. J. says
olive garden
CRAZYLUVR69 says
Nah B, U b Str8 Triipn, CRAZY BREad be lik god;;s lil muthafkkn treats outt da sky
Marvin says
Really? Your parents must be proud.