Breadsticks

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp yeast
2 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 c warm water
1 Tbsp oil (I use olive oil)
1 tsp salt
3 1/2 c flour
3/4 c butter (I used less, about 5 Tbsp and had butter left over)

Directions:

Mix the yeast, sugar, and water and let sit for about 5 minutes, until yeast dissolves and starts to foam.

Add the oil, salt, and flour. Either knead by hand or with your mixer, using a dough hook, for about 5 minutes.

Cover and let rise until double (about an hour)

Divide dough into 8 equal parts (about 4 oz)

Lightly flour your hands and roll the dough into about 16-18 inch long 'snake'.

Let them rise until doubled (about 45-60 minutes).

Brush with melted butter, about 1/4 of your butter

Heat oven to 375. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until golden.

Melt remaining butter and brush on cooked breadsticks immediately after removing them from the oven.

*Tonight  we had these with Rigatoni, so I added garlic powder, oregano, and italian seasoning into the dough and added garlic and italian seasoning to the butter! They were amazing.

**8 breadsticks were the full length of my cookie sheet, for smaller eaters I would recommend making smaller 'sticks'.

Nutrition info per serving (8) *Butter not included in calculations: Calories 208, Carbs 44g, Fat 2g, Protein 6g.