Cheesy chili oil Christmas tree bread 🎄🧀🌶️

Preheat oven to 400. Take pizza crusts out of can. Cut each dough into 20 squares each (40 total).

In a bowl, combine chili oil and mozzarella pearls. Mix well to coat. Use a brush to brush a little chili oil on the bottom of each pizza dough square.

Add 2-3 mozzarella pearls in each square depending on how big the square is. (Doesn’t need to be perfect). To close the pizza dough squares, squeeze the bottoms and pinch dough together to close the bottom to form a little ball so the mozzarella pearls are stuffed inside. Repeat for all squares.

On a parchment lined tray, place cheese balls in tree form. Bottom for the trunk starts with 1 ball, then 2, followed by 7, then 6 balls, two rows of 5 balls, two rows of 4, 3 balls, then 2, then top with the last 1. Brush with egg wash all over then bake at 400 for 15-18 minutes until golden brown.

For chili oil butter to brush on top: in a pan melt 1/4 cup butter, 2 tbsp chili oil, 2 tbsp chopped parsley, and salt. Once bread is done baking, brush all over to coat and enjoy!