The Great British Bake Off Bakealong is back for another round of fun baking challenges hosted by Laura from Little House Big Alaska. I didn’t participate in the first week but when I saw that the second week called for breadsticks I was excited. I hadn’t made them in quite some time. The challenge wasn’t just breadsticks but crisp, crunchy homemade breadsticks like grissini.
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Homemade Breadsticks
Makes about 20 – I adapted this recipe from Secrets of a Jewish Baker
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/2 package yeast (1 heaping tsp)
- 1 TBS sugar
- 2 TBS olive oil
- 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
Seasonings for the Breadsticks
- coarse salt
- garlic granules
- herbes de Provence
- In a bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer add the water and sprinkle the yeast. Let stand for a few minutes to soften.
- Add the sugar, oil, 2 1/2 cups of the flour and salt.
- Stir or mix with the paddle until the dough comes away from the bowl adding more flour 1/4 cup at a time as needed.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic or put on the dough hook and knead for 10 minutes. Dough should be soft but not sticky.
- Place dough into an oiled bowl, turn and let rise until doubled in volume – an hour to an hour and a half
- Preheat oven to 400
- Punch down down and shape into a rectangle. Let rest for 10 minutes.
- Roll out into a large rectangle about 1/4″ thick
- Cut into strips making sure they are at least 12″ long. (a pizza cutter works well for cutting the dough)
- If you are seasoning sprinkle on the salt, garlic granules or herbes de Provence and lightly press into the dough strips.
- Twist from each end and place on baking sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. You will need to turn the breadsticks over halfway through baking and switch racks if you are using two baking sheets.
- Cool on a wire rack.
How Were the Homemade Breadsticks?
They were quite yummy. I now had these delicious homemade breadsticks and had to decide what to serve with them. I saw some people in the Bakealong group mentioning lasagna or stew but I thought soup. But what kind did I want to make. I thought about what I had in the house and I finally decided upon Cream of Broccoli Soup.
I usually make it with a combination of broccoli and cauliflower but when I went into the freezer I happened upon packages of just broccoli so that is what I used! The crunchy breadsticks were a perfect accompaniment to the thick soup.
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I also had the pleasure of using a new pastry mat while making these breadsticks. I have always wanted a pastry mat with measurements but somehow never got around to buying myself one. When lethopegrow.org offered to send me one I was pleased to accept and showcase it in a blog post. This is the company’s first offering and I have to say I found it very useful. I know when pie season comes around it is really going to come in handy!
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Homemade Breadsticks
A crunchy breadstick flavored four ways; plain, salt, garlic and herbes de Provence
- Prep Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours
- Yield: 20 1x
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/2 package yeast (1 heaping tsp)
- 1 TBS sugar
- 2 TBS olive oil
- 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
Seasonings for the Breadsticks
- coarse salt
- garlic granules
- herbes de Provence
Instructions
- In a bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer add the water and sprinkle the yeast. Let stand for a few minutes to soften.
- Add the sugar, oil, 2 1/2 cups of the flour and salt.
- Stir or mix with the paddle until the dough comes away from the bowl adding more flour 1/4 cup at a time as needed.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic or put on the dough hook and knead for 10 minutes. Dough should be soft but not sticky.
- Place dough into an oiled bowl, turn and let rise until doubled in volume – an hour to an hour and a half
- Preheat oven to 400
- Punch down down and shape into a rectangle. Let rest for 10 minutes.
- Roll out into a large rectangle about 1/4″ thick
- Cut into strips making sure they are at least 12″ long.
- If you are seasoning sprinkle on the salt, garlic granules or herbes de Provence and lightly press into the dough strips.
- Twist from each end and place on baking sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. You will need to turn the breadsticks over halfway through baking and switch racks if you are using two baking sheets.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Notes
These should be very crunchy
Prep time includes rise time
Keywords: breadsticks, crunchy breadsticks, Italian breadsticks
