3.20.2011

Fresh garlic breadsticks! Yum

For my grandma's birthday dinner last night we did a bit of a potluck.  My cousin brought a roasted veggie salad with goat cheese (yum!), my mom did dessert of a homemade angel food cake (love how fluffy they are!) with lemon curd and chocolate covered strawberries which left me with some bread to make. I decided on garlic breadsticks. I ended up doubling the recipe which made 12 large sticks total. Check it out after the jump.
*Note: In order to slim down and be healthy my man and I will not be baking over the next few months. I'll post on other items of interest though!




  • 1 1/8 cups warm water
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 4 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 3 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 Tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp minced dried basil
  • 1 tsp marjoram
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp instant yeast
  • 1 or 2 Tbsp butter, melted  
  1. In a medium bowl, mix flour + sugar + yeast + salt. Slowly add warmed water and mix with dough hook until combined.
  2. Take a larger bowl and combine olive oil + cheese + garlic + basil + italian seasoning + salt; mix together then add the yeast mixture
  3. add in all the flour and stir until it comes together as a big lumpy dough. rub all over with a little olive oil and cover with plastic wrap. let it stands for about half hour
  4. to make breadsticks: preheat oven to 175 C (350 F). flour the surface where you'll be kneading the dough. then knead the dough on it a few times till it becomes supple
  5. divide the dough into 2 parts. divide each part into 12 smaller part. roll each smaller part into 9 inch length rope, twist it a bit before you place it on greased baking sheet
  6. let the twisted ropes rise again until double in size about 40 minutes. before baking, brush the ropes with melted butter and sprinkle some more salt and and italian seasoning.  
  7. bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until it has nice golden brown, remove from oven and brush with melted butter again...

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