Bacon & Garlic Pull Apart Knots with Beer Cheese Sauce

INGREDIENTS

Bacon Garlic Knots:

1 lb

Pizza Dough (, Store Bought or Homemade)

slices thick cut Bacon (– diced)

2 tbsp

Butter

Red Pepper Flakes

6 cloves

Garlic (– minced (roughly 2 TBS))

1/3 cup

Chives (– minced)

3/4

heaping Cup Parmesan ((about 2 oz.) – grated, divided. Plus more for topping)

All Purpose Flour (, for work surface)

1 tbsp

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Beer Cheese Sauce:

2 tbsp

Butter

2 tbsp

All Purpose Flour

Bottle Ale

1 tsp

Mustard Powder

1 tsp

Worcestershire Sauce

1/2 tsp

Sriracha ((can substitute hot sauce of choice))

large clove Garlic (– minced)

1/2 cup

Cream Cheese (– softened and diced (4 oz.))

2 1/4 cups

Sharp Cheddar Cheese (– grated (6 oz.))

1/4 tsp

Kosher Salt (, plus more to taste)

Ground Black Pepper (, to taste)