Breadsticks

I found a PERFECT picture of what these breadsticks look like, so this is a repeated post, only I'm deleting the previous one. I have tried several breadstick recipes over the years. They were ok, but nothing too exciting, until now! This is the pizza dough recipe that I use most of the time. When I make it into pizza, I double this recipe to make one large pizza. I've posted that recipe previously. This is simple and yet very tasty. Brandon helped with the seasonings and I think it's just perfect! It goes great with many main dishes, so it's pretty versitile. The link takes you to where I found the picture, but the recipe is below.

Breadsticks
1 package active dry yeast(or 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast)
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 to 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water in large mixing bowl. Stir in sugar, salt and 2 cup of flour. Mix until smooth. Stir in enough flour to make dough easy to handle.

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic (5 minutes). (Dough is ready if an indentation remains when touched.)

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Let dough rest for a few minutes so it will be easier to roll out. Using a cookie sheet with sides, place 1 tablespoon of butter on the sheet, and stick it in the oven till the butter melts. When the butter has melted, take it out and rotate the pan till it has greased the entire pan.

With the pan still warm, roll your dough into a rectangle the size of your cookie sheet, and place over the melted butter.

Melt in the microwave 1 Tablespoon of butter, and baste it on top of the dough. Working quickly, sprinkle with garlic salt(or garlic powder and salt), dried parsley flakes, motzerella cheese and then sprinkle with parmesian cheese. Be pretty generous and get all the way to the edges with these toppings.

Score your breadsticks however you want them to be cut. I score horizontally down the middle and then several vertically.

Bake for about 12 minutes. All done. Eat 'em up.


Let me know how this goes for you!