Homemade Wheat Breadsticks with Garlic Butter
If you love Olive Garden's Breadsticks, then you'll love these eating these easy to make Homemade Wheat Breadsticks with Garlic Butter hot at home.
Ingredients
- 1 cup +2 Tbsp. warm water
- 1 package active dry yeast do not use the rapid rise
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1.5 tsp. salt
Garlic Butter
- 2 Tbsp. butter melted
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
Instructions
- Add yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar to a large bowl. Pour in warm water in bowl and mix well. Allow yeast to proof for about 10 minutes and become bubbly.
- Stir in remaining sugar, salt, olive oil and 1 1/2 cups flour.
- Start adding the remaining flour in increments to form a smooth, elastic dough. Once dough is holding together, turn out onto a well floured smooth surface and knead in the remaining flour, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Grease the bowl and return the dough, covering with a towel. Place in a warn place until dough doubles in size, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Punch the dough down and using a knife, cut into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a 7 to 8 inch rope and place on a parchment covered bakinng sheet.
- Cover and allow breadsticks to rise until doubled, about one hour.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Mix butter and garlic powder together and set aside until breadsticks are baked.
- Bake breadsticks for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and brush with the garlic butter. Serve breadsticks warm. Store in an airtight container.
