Thursday, August 19, 2010

Garlic Breadsticks (Bread Machine)

I had my friend Tammie over yesterday, with two of her kids, and I got the kids to help make these breadsticks for our lunch. It went well with Taco Soup.

This recipe was submitted for our white recipe book by Audrey Friesen. She mentioned: this recipe can also be used for pizza crust. It makes 2 - 12" pizza crusts.

1 cup of warm water
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp minced fresh basil or 1/4 tsp dried basil
3 cups flour
2 tsp active dry yeast

1 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted

In your bread machine pan, place the first 9 ingredients in order suggested by your bread machine manual. Select dough setting. Check after 5 minutes to see if a tablespoon of water or flour needs to be added.

When cycle is completed, turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into 20 portions. shape each into a ball and roll into a 9" rope. Place on greased baking sheets.

Cover and let rise in a warm place for 40 minutes or until doubled. Bake at 350 degrees for 18 - 22 minutes or until golden brown. Place on wire racks. Brush warm breadsticks with melted butter.

Notes:
I find this recipe needs more salt. I increased the salt in the dough to 2 tsp. I mixed extra garlic powder and a little salt in the melted butter that is brushed on top of the breadsticks.

Speaking of melted butter... I use way more than one tablespoon to cover all of the breadsticks. I'd say it's more like a quarter cup.

If you don't have a breadmaker: I believe it should work to mix all of the ingredients by hand, covering it and letting it rise in a warm place for an hour, then forming it into breadsticks, covering it and letting it rise again before baking.

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