Garlic Breadsticks
An easy garlic bread stick recipe that goes with practically every dish
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ tsp dry active yeast
- 1 ¼ cups warm water divided
- 4 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp butter softened
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp salt
Topping:
- 3 tbsp butter melted
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp oregano
Instructions
- Place ¼ cup warm water in a small bowl, add the yeast and stir. Allow to sit for a few minutes to get foamy.
- In a mixing bowl, add sugar, butter, salt, 4 cups of flour. the remaining water and the yeast mixture.
- Mix until a sticky dough forms. Add some additional flour (about ¼ cup) and mix until a smooth dough forms.
- Place on floured surface and divide dough in half. Form 2 foot long sections of dough.
- Cut each log of dough into 6 pieces. Roll each piece into about a 7 inch breadstick. You will have 12 breadsticks.
- Place breadsticks onto a parchment lined baking sheet, 1-1 ½ inches apart, cover with a cloth or plastic wrap and allow to rise for 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Make the topping and brush the breadsticks with half the mixture.
- Bake until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes or so.
- Remove from the oven and brush with remaining topping.
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Notes
I like to double the garlic in my topping.
You can also add some onion powder and/or parsley to the topping.
If using a salted butter, omit the salt from the topping recipe.