breadsticks

I have a thing for carbohydrates. I admit it, my diet is not balanced at all. Since I love to bake, I love cakes, cookies, and breads. Therefore, I made breadsticks. Yes, I still have a large amount of that slightly weird white bread left, but I needed breadsticks. Yummy ones, too. The below recipe is an altered version of this one.


Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup milk

3 tablespoons butter (melted)

Process:

combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt

gradually add milk to mixture and stir to form a soft dough

turn onto a floured surface - knead gently 3-4 times

roll dough into a rectangle slightly smaller than your pan

cut into strips the size desired for breadsticks

pour melted butter into your baking pan (I used a 9"x13" glass pan)

place breadsticks into the butter and turn to coat

sprinkle oregano and parmesan cheese on top of butter-coated dough sticks

bake in oven at 450F for 14-18 minutes (or until golden brown)

   
They actually turned out pretty good. A bit on the chewy side (probably because I worked the dough a bit too much) but all in all tasty and rather easy. So now I have two bread things on the baked goods counter. Yep, you read that correctly: baked goods counter. My roommate and I have an entire section of our counter dedicated to stuff we've baked (usually by me ... she ain't as "domestic" as I am). The slightly weird white bread doesn't taste so bad when it's toasted and eaten with a lot of butter. I also have strawberry preserves and orange marmalade, so I'll be good. I will eat it all. I will.