{"id":1229,"date":"2003-08-24T12:12:44","date_gmt":"2003-08-24T19:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:43:20","slug":"crisp-and-spicy-cheese-twists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"Crisp-and-Spicy Cheese Twists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1\/4 C. grated Parmesan<br \/>\n1 tsp. paprika<br \/>\n1\/8 tsp. ground red pepper<br \/>\n1 (10-oz.) can refrigerated pizza crust dough<br \/>\nButter-flavored cooking spray<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl; stir well, and set aside. Unroll pizza dough, and roll into an 8 x 12-inch rectangle. Lightly coat surface of dough with cooking spray, and sprinkle with 2 T. cheese mixture. Fold the dough in half to form a 6 x 8-inch rectangle. Roll dough into a 12 x 8-inch rectangle. Lightly coat surface of dough with cooking spray, and sprinkle with remaining cheese mixture. Using fingertips, press cheese mixture into dough. Cut the dough into 16 (8-inch-long) strips. Gently pick up both ends of each strip, and twist dough. Place the twisted strips of dough 1\/2 inch apart on a large baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 425 degrees for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pan, and cool on wire racks.<\/p>\n<p>YIELD: 16 breadsticks<br \/>\nServing Size: 1 breadstick<\/p>\n<p>Calories: 68<br \/>\nFat: 1.1g<br \/>\nFiber: 0.6g<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/4 C. grated Parmesan 1 tsp. paprika 1\/8 tsp. ground red pepper 1 (10-oz.) can refrigerated pizza crust dough Butter-flavored cooking spray Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl; stir well, and set aside. Unroll pizza dough, and roll into an 8 x 12-inch rectangle. Lightly coat surface of dough with cooking spray, and sprinkle with 2 T. cheese mixture. Fold the dough in half to form a 6 x 8-inch rectangle. Roll dough&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=1229\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[261],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-starches","tag-pizza-dough"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39560,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/39560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}