Breadsticks
April 5th, 2021
This Recipe creates 4 servings
Prep Time: 01 hour 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Breadsticks can be served as a side dish or as an appetizer. These buttery, tasty Breadsticks can escalate the quality of any pasta dish. Serve them with your favorite dipping sauce.
Ingredients:
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4 Cups (17.5 Ounces/500 Grams) of Bread Flour
1 Tablespoon Sugar
3/4 Tablespoon Yeast (Active Dry)
1 Teaspoon Kosher Salt, plus more for finishing
1.5 Cup (12 Ounces) warm water (100° to 115° F)
Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Butter, melted, for finishing
1/4 Teaspoon Garlic Powder, for finishing
Directions:
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In the mixer bowl, add the Flour, Sugar, Yeast, and the Salt.
Mix the dry ingredients.
Add the Butter and the Water.
Use a spatula to ensure that the ingredients are fully integrated.
If mixing by hand...
Work the dough, by hand, in the bowl for a couple of minutes.
Pour 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil onto a clean surface. Turn the dough out onto the surface.
Knead the dough by hand for about 12 to 15 minutes.
If using a mixer...
Use the dough hook and run the mixer on medium for about 5 to 8 minutes. The dough should stick together in a single ball and clean all the flour from the insides of the mixing bowl.
Turn out the dough into a well Oiled bowl, carefully coating the doughball on all sides with Oil. Cover the bowl with a Tea Towel and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or refrigerate up to 5 days.
If you refrigerated the dough, bring it back up to room temperature and let it rise until the dough has doubled from the original size.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Separate the dough into 12 equal pieces and form into dough balls. Each dough ball should weigh about 70 grams.
Stretch and/or roll each ball into a breadstick, about 8" long and 1/2" wide.
Place each Breadstick on the parchment paper, so that they are not touching each other, and let rest for 10 minutes.
After about 10 minutes, preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit.
Brush each breadstick with butter and then sprinkle with Salt and Garlic Powder.
Bake the breadsticks for 18 minutes. Each breadstick should turn a golden brown color.
Remove from the oven and brush with more melted Butter.
Cool the breadsticks on a bread rack before eating.
Serve with your favorite Dipping/finishing sauce, like:
Marinara Sauce
Sweet Pimento Sauce
Alfredo Sauce
Greek Feta Cheese Dip
Peruvian Sauce
Garlic Buffalo Sauce
