Dough

• In small bowl or a cup add warm water, yeast, and granulated sugar together , cover and let it stand for 5-10 minutes. The yeast will rise become foamy.
• In a stand mixer bowl add flour, prepared yeast, olive oil and salt.

  If you don’t have a stand mixer, simply use a large mixing bowl and mix the dough with a wooden spoon .
• Beat it for 2 minutes while adding the water gradually. You may not use the whole amount of water mentioned. As soon as dough comes together stop adding water and beat for another 2 minutes. At this stage the dough should be slighly sticky.
• Lightly grease a bowl with oil and put dough in it. Cover and allow it to rise at room temperature for 2 hours. If you want it to rise quicker, heat oven at 150° C for 10 minutes. The oven should be hot enough to touch. Put the dough inside and it should rise in 45 mins to 1 hr.
• Once the dough has risen and doubled in volume its ready. Dust some flour on bench top or clean surface. Knead the dough for a minutes. Roll it into a log of around 16 inch in size. Divide the log into equal strips of 1 inch each.
• Roll each strip into a thin rope. Tie a knot and tuck the loose ends underneath on each side. Put them on tray lined with baking paper leaving around 3 inch gapo between each knot.
• Cover the tray with clean tea towel and allow it to rest and rise gain for 30-40 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 200°C. Brush the knots with prepared garlic butter herb and place them in oven.
• Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or untill the knots are golden on the top. Remove from the oven and brush the warm knots with remaining garlic butter. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and freshly chopped parsley