Breadstick Recipe

(Picture added by Cari - the breadsticks were a HIT at Heidi's birthday dinner. Thanks again for the recipe, Jen!)

¼ cup of Water
½ a cup of Milk
1 Egg
¼ cup of Butter (Melted)
1 teaspoon of Sugar
½ a teaspoon of Salt
2 ½ cups of Flour
3 teaspoons of Instant Yeast

If you have a breadmaker, you can just add the ingredients in the order they are in, however, if you are like me and you break your breadmaker as soon as you get one, then dissolve the yeast in the water and then add the rest of the ingredients. This way you have to beat it down once after it has risen to double and then let raise until double again. Then beat the dough down again and separate into even amounts for as many breadsticks as you like, smaller if you like a lot, and larger if you don't need too many. (I always make the recipe x4 for the whole family). Take your sections of dough and roll them between your hands to make the breadsticks. Place them on a cookie sheet, touching.

Once you have completed the above steps, cover the breadsticks and let rise until double again. Next preheat the oven to 375 degrees and place the breadsticks in the oven for about 18 to 23 minutes. Then turn on the broiler and brush the breadsticks with butter, parmesan cheese, or garlic butter or all three. Now broil the breadsticks until the breadsticks begin to turn golden brown in color.


There you go Care Bear! I love you!