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Italian Restaurant Copycat Breadsticks 

Servings 16 breadsticks

Ingredients

  • 4-5 cups of flour
  • 1 ½ cups of warm water
  • 2 Tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon of yeast
  • 1 Tablespoon of salt

Topping

  • 3 Tablespoons of melted butter
  • sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon of garlic powder

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • In a large mixing bowl, pour in water, sugar, and yeast. Let stand for 10 minutes.
  • Mix in salt, olive oil, and 2 cups of flour until thoroughly mixed.
  • Add in the rest of the flour while continuously mixing until dough comes off the side of the bowl clean.
  • Cover and let the dough rise for 30 minutes.
  • Roll dough into one long tube (about ¾ inch in diameter).
  • Cut dough tube into seven to eight-inch pieces.
  • Place dough sticks on sprayed (cooking oil spray) cookie sheets, and let sit for 15 minutes.
  • Brush dough sticks with ½ of the melted butter, and sprinkle with salt.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes until golden brown.
  • Mix remaining butter and garlic powder, and brush on top of breadsticks after removing from oven.