Breadsticks 2 Ways - you choose

WE are bread eaters over here.   When I'm in a pinch for time and I need help I can always ask Talbot to whip up the dough for these bread sticks for me.  She may not always love being in the kitchen but the likes to make these.  They are Easy Peasy. 

Soft, chewy, buttery breads ticks are a hit at this house, and something easy, cheap and filling to make for the evenings we have friends over and a snack is necessary.

Put these ingredients in bread maker
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup oil
3 cups of bread flour
1 tsp. salt
3 TBS brown sugar
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

Once the dough cycle is finished, I roll the dough onto a 10 x 12 lightly buttered cookie sheet.
Using a pizza cutter, I cut the bread sticks into 24 pieces.
Let rise for about an hour.

Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes.

When bread sticks come out of oven, drizzle this mixture on top:
4 TBS melted butter
1/2 tsp garlic salt

Then  sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve with pizza sauce for dipping.

*** Another bread stick recipe that were like is this one from our friend Jenny Agle.  These ones are easy to whip up also, and are light and fluffy.   Hard to choose . . .depends on the day.

1 1/2 Cup warm water

1 TBSP Yeast(Active Dry)

1 TBSP Sugar

Mix and let sit until proofed approx. 10-15 min.

3 Cups Flour

1 1/2 tsp. Salt

Mix flour and salt and then add in yeast mixture and knead(dough attachment) for 3 minutes. Add up to 1/2 cup of flour(less if you can) if the dough appears too wet. It should be sticky but not wet.

Melt 1/2 Cup of butter and pour into bottom of 9x13" pan

Roll dough onto a floured surface into a rectangle approx 9x13". Use a pizza cutter to cut dough into long strips(approx. 10 or so per pan). Dip each strip into the butter top and bottom, and then place in pan.  Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese and garlic salt on top of dough. Cover with a clean dish towel.

Let dough rise approx 30 min. in warm location(I often let it sit longer...up to 50 min. or so). Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Until bottom is lightly browned.

You can double this recipe and make in a large cookie sheet instead of 9x13.

Enjoy!

~Jenny