Who goes to the Olive Garden just for their breadsticks???  Now you don’t have to… and you’ll probably end up thinking these are better!!!  They take just a lil over an hour from start to finish… I whipped up a Spaghetti dinner while I was working on these… Everything came together all at the same time and we ended up have a great dinner with no complaints!

Homemade Breadsticks

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp yeast
• 2 TBLS sugar
• 2 TBLS softened butter
• 1 TBLS salt
• 1 1/3 cups warm water 110-120 degrees

Optional

• Optional:
• 2-3 TBLS butter
• minced garlic
• oregano
• basil

Method

 

1. Add 2 TBLS sugar to your mixing bowl… Add 1 1/3 cups warm water and dissolve sugar… Sprinkle 2 1/2 tsp yeast and let set for 5 mins
2. Add 2 TBLS softened butter, 1 TBLS salt and 2 cups flour… Mix
3. Switch to your dough hook and add the remaining 2 1/2 cups flour… Turn on low and let dough come together… about 3-5 mins
4. Should be pulling away from the sides and forming a ball
5. Pull dough out to floured surface and kneed by hand for about 5 mins
6. Roll out evenly about 2 feet long
7. Cut in half… Now cut one side in half… and make four cuts off each half
8. Repeat till you get 16 pieces
9. Roll into ball
10. Then into a log about 6 inches long
11. Repeat and place on greased baking sheet
12. Cover with saran wrap… Place in a draft free warm place and let rise for about 30-40 mins
13. While they are baking I took 2-3 TBLS butter… melted it down… added minced garlic, oregano and basil
14. After they have doubled in size bake at… 425 degrees for about 15-18 mins
15. Right as the breadsticks come out hit them with the butter mixture!

Follow pictures for step by step instructions….

Try these with my Make Ahead Lasagna