Breadsticks

Homemade Breadsticks are soft and topped with garlic butter for the perfect addition to any meal. Try this easy recipe if you love the unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden!

I make garlic breadsticks pretty often, they are so simple to make and are a great addition to Italian dinners like lasagna, rigatoni and spaghetti. They also make the best snack dipped in marinara sauce or parmesan ranch dressing.

Ingredients for Homemade Breadsticks Recipe

• Warm Water – 95 – 100°
• Instant or Active Dry Yeast
• Sugar
• Olive Oil
• All Purpose Flour or Bread Flour
• Kosher Salt
• Butter
• Minced Garlic
• Parmesan Cheese 

How to Make Homemade Breadsticks

1. Pour warm water into a large mixing bowl and add in yeast, sugar and oil. Stir together. I like Red Star Yeast Platinum for making bread. It is instant yeast but dry active yeast will also work just fine. 
2. Add 2 cups of flour and salt. Use a dough hook attachment to mix on low until ingredients come together. Knead for 3- 5 minutes until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl, adding additional flour as needed 1/4 cup at a time.

3. Grease a large bowl and add breadstick dough, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set in a warm, draft- free place for about 1 hour and let the dough rise until doubled in size. 
4. Punch down dough and divide in half and then each half into 4 pieces, creating 8 equal pieces. Flatten each piece into a rectangle and then roll up from the long side. Press the seams together and place onto a greased or parchment paper lined baking sheet. 
5. Loosely cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel and set aside to rise 30 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 375°. 
7. Prepare the garlic butter by melting butter with grated garlic cloves, cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes. 

8. Bake breadsticks for 15- 17 minutes until golden brown.

9. Remove from oven and brush breadsticks with additional garlic butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese if desired.

Recipe Notes

• Storage: Place leftover breadsticks in an airtight container at room temperature for 1- 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Place in a freezer bag and freeze up to 3 months.
• Reheat: Cook breadsticks at 300° for about 5-8 minutes on a baking sheet or wrapped in aluminum foil.
• Shaping: You can roll the dough out after the first rise into a rectangle. Use a pizza cutter to cut into 1 1/2 inch strips and cover for second rise before baking. This method will produce Pizza Hut breadsticks. 

If you are looking for a copycat Olive Garden breadsticks recipe, this is our favorite and they are great along with Sausage Potato Soup that tastes just like Zuppa Toscana.

Add these delicious breadsticks to your menu this week. You will love how simple the dough is to work with and they are always a great compliment to any pasta dinner, soup or pizza night.

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Breadsticks

Delicious garlic butter breadsticks made from scratch. A simple recipe to serve with any pasta dinner.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Additional Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time2 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

Keyword: easy breadsticks, garlic breadsticks, homemade breadsticks, Olive Garden breadsticks

Servings: 8 breadsticks

Calories: 439kcal

Author: Milisa

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water 95 – 100°
• 1 package Red Star Platinum Yeast 2 1/4 teaspoons or active dry yeast
• 1 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoons olive oil plus more for greasing the bowl
• 2 1/2- 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

for the garlic butter:

• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 2 garlic cloves grated or finely minced
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese grated

Instructions

• Pour warm water into a large mixing bowl and add in yeast, sugar and oil. Stir together. I like Red Star Yeast Platinum for making bread. It is instant yeast but dry active yeast will also work just fine.
• Add 2 cups of flour and salt. Use a dough hook attachment to mix on low until ingredients come together. Knead for 3- 5 minutes until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl, adding additional flour as needed 1/4 cup at a time.
• Grease a large bowl and add breadstick dough, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set in a warm, draft- free place for about 1 hour and let the dough rise until doubled in size.
• Punch down dough and divide in half and then each half into 4 pieces, creating 8 equal pieces. Flatten each piece into a rectangle and then roll up from the long side. Press the seams together and place onto a greased or parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• Loosely cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel and set aside to rise 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Prepare the garlic butter by melting butter with grated garlic cloves, cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes.
• Bake breadsticks for 15- 17 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove from oven and brush breadsticks with additional garlic butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese if desired.

Notes

Storage: Place leftover breadsticks in an airtight container at room temperature for 1- 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Place in a freezer bag and freeze up to 3 months.

Reheat: Cook breadsticks at 300° for about 5-8 minutes on a baking sheet or wrapped in aluminum foil.

Shaping: You can roll the dough out after the first rise into a rectangle. Use a pizza cutter to cut into 1 1/2 inch strips and cover for second rise before baking. This method will produce Pizza Hut breadsticks. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 439kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 395mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 359IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 4mg