Dairy Free "Pizza" Paleo Bread Sticks With Red Sauce

So for those of you who love pizza (*Hint, *Hint, Thats me!) you seriously have to try these AMAZING paleo "pizza" bread sticks! I used heated organic pizza sauce for dipping, but there are variations to the dip part; Dip them in Ranch dressing (for those of you who are not dairy free), Pizza Sauce or Marinara Sauce, Pesto (My personal idol lol) or whatever else pleases your taste!

Recipe:

Paleo Pizza  Sticks

1 1/2 cups almond flour

2 teaspoons pizza seasoning, divided*

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon sea salt, divided

1 tablespoon bacon grease (ghee or coconut oil), melted

1 teaspoon honey (optional)

3 eggs, divided

2 tablespoons coconut flour

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a large bowl whisk together almond flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons pizza seasoning, garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, bacon grease (or ghee or coconut oil), and honey.

In a small bowl, whisk 2 eggs together.  Add egg mixture to the almond flour mix and stir to combined.  Add 1 tablespoon coconut flour and stir to combine.  Allow the mixture to sit for a minute and then add the other tablespoon of coconut flour and stir to combine.  The batter should be slightly sticky and easy to knead.

Make a ball of dough and on a large clean surface (I used a large cutting board) roll dough using finger tips to make a long rope.  I compare it to play with play dough with my kids and making a snake.  You want a long snake about 1/2 inch thick in diameter.  Carefully fold the long rope in half so you have two pieces in equal size.

Then carefully pinch the two tops together and start twisting the two pieces of dough together to make a twist.  If the dough starts to crack just use damp fingers and smooth out the cracks.

Place the pizza twists/sticks onto prepared baking sheet and place in preheated oven.  Bake for 10 minutes.

In a small bowl whisk 1 egg with 1 teaspoon water.  In another small little bowl add 1/2 teaspoon pizza seasoning and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt and mix to combine.

Remove the sticks from the oven and carefully turn them over.  The bottoms should be golden.  Then brush the tops of the sticks (which were the bottoms) with the egg wash and then sprinkle with the pizza seasoning/sea salt mix.

Increase the heat of oven to 375 degrees.

Place the pizza sticks back in the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes.

Remove and allow the sticks to cool slightly before serving. 

P.s. - Dip them in Ranch dressing (for those of you who are not dairy free), Pizza Sauce or Marinara Sauce, Pesto (My personal idol lol) or whatever else pleases your taste!