These delicious breadsticks can be made start to finish in just one hour. So any meal is just minutes away from warm fresh bread just out of the oven. I made them with a Halloween twist, making them into witches fingers. They will pair up wonderfully with the Halloween Spaghetti.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 3-4 drops green food coloring
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 to 4 cups flour
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted (for the baking sheet)
- Dried herbs, garlic salt and grated Parmesan cheese (I used garlic salt and cheese)
- sliced almonds for finger nails
Directions:
In an electric stand mixer fitted with the dough hook (or in a large bowl by hand), mix together the water, yeast, sugar, food coloring, salt and one cup of the flour.
Continue adding the flour until the dough just clears the sides of the bowl; knead for about three minutes. It should be soft and slightly sticky without leaving a lot of residue on your fingers.
Let the dough rest in the bowl for 10 minutes.
While the dough rests, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spread the melted butter onto large, rimmed baking sheet (about 11X17-inches).
On a lightly greased countertop, pat the dough into a long rectangle, about 16-inches by 7-inches or so. Cut the dough every 1-inch (more or less) into strips with a pizza cutter.
Twist each strip slightly and place about 1/2-inch apart on the baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with dried herbs of choice, garlic salt and Parmesan cheese. Then place a sliced almond at the end of each breadstick to make it look like a finger nail.
Let rise for 20 minutes (you can cover with greased plastic wrap, if desired, I usually go without). Bake for 15 minutes until golden.
