{"id":2048,"date":"2004-07-04T20:57:46","date_gmt":"2004-07-05T03:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:43:11","slug":"mexi-cheese-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=2048","title":{"rendered":"Mexi-Cheese Sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1 T. all-purpose flour<br \/>\n10 ounces ready-made pizza dough (unbaked)<br \/>\n1 tsp. mild or hot chili powder<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. garlic powder<br \/>\n1 medium jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined and minced<br \/>\n1 1\/2 ounces grated Parmesan cheese<br \/>\n1 1\/2 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, finely shredded<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 400oF. Spray baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle work surface with flour; with rolling pin, roll out dough on prepared surface to form 18 x 11&#8243; rectangle. Beginning at short end, sprinkle half of dough with chili and garlic powders. In small bowl, combine pepper and Parmesan and cheddar cheeses; sprinkle over seasoned half of dough. Fold unseasoned half of dough over seasoned half, forming 9 x 11&#8243; rectangle; press edges together to seal. With rolling pin, roll dough several times to press filling into dough. Cut dough in half, forming two 4 1\/2 x 11&#8243; rectangles; cut into forty-eight 4 1\/2&#8243; strips. Twist each strip 6 or 7 times; place on prepared baking sheet, pressing ends into pan to hold in place (if any filling escaped while twisting, sprinkle over dough). Bake 15 minutes, until golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>Yield: 8 servings<br \/>\nCalories: 147<br \/>\nFat: 5g<br \/>\nFiber: 1g<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 T. all-purpose flour 10 ounces ready-made pizza dough (unbaked) 1 tsp. mild or hot chili powder 1\/2 tsp. garlic powder 1 medium jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined and minced 1 1\/2 ounces grated Parmesan cheese 1 1\/2 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, finely shredded Preheat oven to 400oF. Spray baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle work surface with flour; with rolling pin, roll out dough on prepared surface to form 18 x 11&#8243; rectangle. Beginning at short end, sprinkle half&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=2048\"> 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-2048","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\/2048","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=2048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39559,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions\/39559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}