The Best Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks
 
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These breadsticks are so fluffy and perfect, and the garlic butter and parmesan cheese on top really make them special. For a sweet version, use regular butter and cinnamon sugar as the topping, and then dip them in cream cheese frosting.
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Recipe type: Bread
Serves: 30-40
Ingredients
  • 2¼ cups warm water (temp of a baby's bath water)
  • 2 tbsp yeast (active dry yeast or instant yeast)
  • 2½ tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 5½-6 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • ½ tsp garlic salt
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese
Instructions
  1. In a large plastic mixing bowl or in a stand mixer, combine warm water, yeast, and sugar. Allow to proof for 5-10 minutes or until the yeast gets foamy and bubbly. If using instant yeast, you don't need to wait for it to proof.
  2. Next, add the salt and olive oil. Mix together with a fork (or in a mixer), and then add 5½ cups of flour.
  3. Mix well and knead for 5-6 minutes with your hands or mix in a stand mixer for about 5 minutes or until the dough has a nice springy and smooth consistency. Whether you are using your hands or the mixer, you may need to add a little more flour. You can add up to ½ cup more if needed.
  4. Form the dough into a ball at the bottom of your bowl and cover it with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap.
  5. At this point, you can do one of two things: 1) Let the dough rise for 30 minutes and knead it down and let it rise for 30 more minutes, or 2) you can knead it down every 10-15 minutes for an hour. If your dough is still in your mixer, you just turn it on for a few seconds every 10-15 minutes. Both methods yield great results.
  6. It is also okay if you let it rise for the whole hour before kneading down, but the gluten will be broken down a little differently if you do it multiple times in the hour, and the dough will have a less yeasty taste.
  7. Once you have reached an hour of total rise time, you are ready to roll out the dough and make your breadsticks.
  8. Prepare two large cookie sheets with baking liners or spray them with cooking spray.
  9. Next, divide the dough in half and put one half on each cookie sheet.
  10. Using your hands, press the dough out evenly until it is almost the size of the cookie sheet. When you think you have it big enough, press it out a little more.
  11. Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough as pictured above into 1-inch strips and then in half across the middle.
  12. In a small bowl, melt the butter and then add the garlic salt and garlic powder.
  13. Next, use a basting brush to brush it generously onto the cut breadstick dough. Then sprinkle them with Parmesan cheese.
  14. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Repeat with the second pan of breadsticks.
  15. Once the breadsticks are risen and nice and puffy, bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown on top.
  16. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/the-best-garlic-parmesan-breadsticks/