Garlic butter breadsticks, eat them as an appetizer or serve them as a side with your meal. They taste great either way.
I grew up on homemade bread. It was served with every meal. I still love to have homemade bread with my meals. These homemade breadsticks are easy to make and a great addition to almost any meal.
Bread is a great comfort food. My mother always made homemade bread. I love carrying on her tradition of breadmaking. Nothing tastes better than fresh homemade bread.
I love serving these breadsticks with a salad, homemade soups, or just about any meal. I never hear any complaints when there was hot bread out of the oven.
Helpful Tips
- Don’t use water that is too hot. Too hot of water will kill the yeast, and your dough will not rise.
- Add enough salt to the bread dough. Not enough salt will leave your bread tasting flat.
- Add just enough flour. The dough should be just slightly sticky. Adding too much flour will make your bread dry.
- The yeast should not be old. If you buy yeast in bulk, store it in the refrigerator to keep it from getting old.
- Roll the balls of dough on a clean surface. The dough should not be so sticky that it sticks to surface. With the palms of your hands start in the center of the dough ball and roll out until a 5 to 7 inch rope forms.
- Roll the ropes out slowly, this will make a for a better breadstick.
- You can greased the baking sheet or use parchent paper, either one will work.
- If the butter mixture that is left for the baked bread starts to harden while the bread bakes, reheat it so it is easy to use.
- These are best when eaten freshly baked.
- You can freeze these breadsticks for up to a month or two.
Ingredients needed to make these homemade soft breadsticks
- Yeast
- All-Purpose Flour
- Sugar
- Salt
- Warm Water
- Olive Oil
- Butter
- Garlic Powder
- Italian Seasoning
Steps for making garlic butter breadsticks
Steps one and two
Add the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt to a large mixing bowl. Mix the dry ingredients together. Add the water and olive oil to the flour mixture.
Steps three, four, and five
Add enough flour to make a slightly sticky dough. Form it into a ball and set it aside to rise. Once it is doubled it is ready to make into breadsticks.
Steps six and seven
While the bread is rising make the butter mixture for the breadstick. Add the butter, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning to a small bowl. Place in the microwave and melt the butter. Mix until well combined.
Steps eight and nine
Once the dough has doubled in size, divide it into twelve equal parts. Roll each dough ball into a breadstick and place them on a greased baking sheet.
Steps ten and eleven
Once the breadsticks are ready for the oven brush them with the melted butter. Keep half of the melted butter for after they are baked. Bake until lightly brown. Remove from the oven and brush them with the remaining butter.
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If you make these garlic breadsticks, I would love to hear about it! Please leave me a comment and a rating.
Garlic Butter Breadsticks
Ingredients
- 1 package yeast or 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cup warm water 120 to 130 degrees F
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- Garlic butter-
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the yeast, one cup of flour, sugar, and salt.
- Heat water to 120 to 130 degrees F. Add the water and olive oil to the flour mixture and mix in.
- Gradually add enough flour, mix it in by hand, and knead until the dough is smooth and slightly sticky to the touch.
- Cover and let rise for about an hour or until double in size.
- Divide the dough into twelve equal parts.
- Make into 5 to 7-inch ropes/breadsticks.
- Place the breadstick on a greased baking pan.
- Let rise for 15 minutes
- While the breadsticks are rising melt the butter. Stir in the garlic powder and Italian seasoning.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Once the breadsticks have risen, brush the breadsticks with butter (using half of the butter) and place in the preheated oven.
- Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush with the rest of the melted garlic butter.
Notes
- Don’t use water that is too warm. It will kill your yeast.
- Add enough salt to the dough. If there is not enough salt the bread will taste flat.
- Always use fresh yeast. Old yeast will not help the bread rise.
- When rolling the bread into ropes do not flour the surface. The bread should be slightly tacky which will make it easy to roll.
- The breadsticks can be kept frozen for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
This recipe was originally published on October 14, 2016. It has been updated with new content and pictures on August 15, 2024.
I love the look of these and they will be made shortly. However, I may commit sacrilege. I think one of these would be great around one of my bratwurst. Don’t hate me.
Oh, I can just smell them baking! Mmmm! So hungry right now! 😉 Love these! ♥
I love garlic in breads ! These look delicious Dawn 🙂 🙂
Your breadsticks look so delicious! I do agree with you about year-round baking. In winter, it’s so nice to heat the house up (plus, there’s not much to do outside), and in summer, the house is the perfect temperature for rising dough!
Looking good!
These look amazing!!! I should make these the next time we order pizza when the boys are over for dinner. SO much better than the ones from the pizza joints 🙂
Oh man, I haven’t made garlic breadsticks in WAY too long. Time to get to baking…because I could eat these for breakfast! 🙂
I love garlic breadsticks and this looks so perfect and delicious!