Garlic Butter Cheesy Breadsticks - the easiest way to make cheese-filled breadsticks, made with crescent roll dough, garlic butter, and cheese!
Serve these amazing breadsticks with a bowl of Roasted Tomato Soup or 30-Minute One Pan Lasagna!

If you are looking for an easy breadstick recipe, I have one just for you! It's very easy since we are using a shortcut. I rolled out two tubes of crescent roll dough, pinched the seams and layered cheese between them. Best idea ever! Quick, easy and the result is flaky, buttery, cheesy breadsticks. But wait! I also brushed the top dough with garlic butter before baking for more flavor. Score!
These Garlic Butter Cheesy Breadsticks are the easiest and so easy to make thanks to the store-bough roll dough. I used this shortcut in my Garlic Parmesan Skillet Rolls recipe and my Garlic Pull-Apart Rolls recipe. These breadsticks are simply perfect with a big bowl of soup or pasta. So delicious!
Ingredients:
- crescent roll dough
- butter
- garlic
- Parmesan cheese
Instructions:
Start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Remove the dough from tubes and roll out one of them right on the parchment paper. Pinch seams to seal (the dough is scored into triangles, we need a whole piece of dough). Use a rolling pin to smooth it out. Top with 1.5 cups of shredded cheese.
Roll out the second dough and pinch seams. Place on top of cheese and pinch sides to seal both layers of dough. Brush the top dough with garlic butter and top with remaining ½ cup of cheese.
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Bake breadsticks for 15 to 18 minutes or until the top is golden. Remove from oven and score with a pizza cutter while the dough is still warm. Let cool and serve.
What is crescent dough and where to find it?
In the refrigerated section of your grocery stores, you can find tubes with roll dough and biscuit dough. The crescent roll dough is perforated into 8 triangles, that you can separate, roll up and bake to make easy flaky crescent rolls. For this recipe, you need to pinch the seams to seal them and make one sheet of the dough. So easy!
Topping ideas:
- three cheese breadsticks - combine Fontina, Parmesan and mozzarella cheese for an extra cheesy indulgence.
- pizza breadsticks - great quick lunch idea for busy weekdays. Just top the dough with pizza sauce, pepperoni and more cheese!
- creamy herb center - combine cream cheese with Italian seasoning and garlic and spread on bottom layer. Top with second dough layer and more cheese before baking.
More bread and roll recipes:
- Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread
- Garlic Parmesan Skillet Rolls
- Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Rolls
- Easy Garlic Bread
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Garlic Butter Cheesy Breadsticks
Ingredients
- 2 tubes of crescent roll dough 8 rolls each
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, combine melted butter with garlic. Stir. Set aside.
- Remove the dough from tubes and roll out one of them right on the parchment paper. Pinch seams to seal (the dough is scored into triangles, we need a whole piece of dough). Use a rolling pin to smooth it out. Top with 1.5 cups of shredded cheese.
- Roll out the second dough and pinch seams. Place on top of cheese and pinch sides to seal both layers of dough. Brush the top dough with garlic butter and top with remaining ½ cup of cheese.
- Bake breadsticks for 15 to 18 minutes or until the top is golden. Remove from oven and score with a pizza cutter while the dough is still warm. Let cool and serve.
Jola says
I love this bread with your roasted tomato soup.
Paula Davis says
Can you use canned pizza dough instead of the crescent dough?
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Paula! That should work too!
Shanna Cook says
Made these tonight to accompany spaghetti. Hubby loved them! I will be adding to this to my regular recipe rotation. Thank you for posting this!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Yay! That's fantastic! Thank you, Shanna!
Jessica says
cheesy garlicky breadsticks are always a good idea!
Kathryn Bradley says
Pillsbury also makes their crescent dough as a single sheet just for recipes like these.
Erin says
Oh yum! These are gorgeous! Very nice recipe!
Des says
I would love the whole loaf of this.
Jacque Hastert says
Loving all that cheese. Saving for spaghetti night!
Jocelyn says
You had me at cheese filled!!! Our family loves these easy breadsticks!
Abeer says
Oh my goodness! That cheese! I am definitely making these!
Amanda says
Oh these look absolutely amazing! I love it!
Dorothy says
So quick, easy, and delicious! Excited because I have all of these ingredients ready to go!
Aimee Shugarman says
Such an easy side to any meal. My family loves this cheesy bread!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you so much, Aimee!
Jennifer says
The perfect side dish! My family loved them!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Yay! That's awesome, Jennifer! Thank you!
Kellie says
I LOVE how easy they are to make!!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Right? So quick! Thanks, Kellie!
Rachael Yerkes says
These were perfect with our soup the other night!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Awesome! Thanks, Rachael!