Olive Garden Breadsticks

For as much as Frog Prince and I love bread, we rarely make bread sticks.

Now, we might have to make an exception.

These bread sticks are amazing!  Great flavor, and really easy to make.  I couldn't go all out whole wheat in this recipe because, well, Olive Garden's bread sticks are not whole wheat.  But, I did use 1 C of white whole wheat flour, just to make them a little more Finding Joy in My Kitchen style!

Olive Garden Breadsticks - Misadventures of Mrs. B

Ingredients

• 3/4 C warm water
• 1 1/8 tsp. yeast
• 2 1/4 C flour {I used 1 C white whole wheat}
• 1 T butter, melted {unsalted}
• 1 T sugar
• 1 tsp salt {I used sea salt}

Directions

Begin by dissolving the yeast in the warm water, in the bottom of your mixing bowl.

Add the melted butter, salt and sugar to the mixture.

 

Add the flour; and mix the flour in using a dough hook. 

Then, shape into 8-10 bread sticks.

 

Allow the dough to rest, covered for ~45 minutes.

 

Bake at 400 for ~7 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix together 1 T melted unsalted butter, 1 tsp. sea salt and 1 tsp. garlic powder.

Brush each breadstick with melted butter mixture.

 

Then, bake for ~8 more minutes, until lightly browned.

 

Brush the rest of the melted butter over the breadsticks.  Serve warm.

 

Enjoy!!!

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