We all know the best thing about Olive Garden is their awesome soup and salad deal. For just a few dollars you can get unlimited breadsticks. Oops, I mean unlimited soup and salad. (We all know the breadsticks are where it’s at though.)
I had a friend who used to work at Olive Garden. On her first day she accidentally dumped an entire glass of soda on a customer’s lap. Times like these that I’m grateful I never worked in food service. That is so me. I prefer to dump food on people in the comfort of my own home.
This recipe is a pretty good knockoff. Breadsticks go with pretty much anything, but I like to eat these with Sausage, Potato and Kale Soup, which is similar to Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana.
Olive Garden Breadsticks
This olive garden breadstick recipe is a pretty good knockoff. I like to eat these with Sausage, Potato and Kale Soup.
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 & 1/2 cups warm water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons soft butter
- 4-5 cups all purpose flour
For the topping
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- sea salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- For the dough, pour the water into a stand mixer with the sugar and yeast, and let that sit and froth for about 10 minutes. Add salt, butter, and 2 cups of flour. Mix the dough on low. Using the dough hook, add the rest of the flour a half cup at a time, until dough scrapes the sides of the bowl clean. Mix the dough about 5 minutes on medium speed, until it is soft and easy to work with.
- Let the dough rest in the bowl (covered) until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Roll the dough out into a long log, spray a knife with cooking spray and cut the dough into 12-14 pieces. Roll those pieces into about 6 inch long snakes. Spray 2 large cookie sheets with cooking spray, and lay the breadsticks out leaving about 2 inches between each one.
- Place them in the oven and let them rise for about 15 minutes, or until doubled in size. (If you are not in a hurry, you could let them sit at room temperature until they are doubled in size and then proceed with the baking step.)
- Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a bowl. Once risen, brush breadsticks with about half of the melted butter and sprinkle them liberally with salt. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake them for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown.
- While they are baking add 1 teaspoon garlic powder to the remaining butter (about 1 and 1/2 tablsepoons). When the breadsticks are golden brown, remove them from the oven and brush them with the butter/garlic mixture.
Notes
Source: a blog called Readable Eatables, which is no longer active
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Potassium: 52mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 146IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 2mg
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My 9yo grandson made these this evening. He only needed help stirring in the flour when it got stiff & kneading the dough (we didn’t use a stand mixer).
These breadsticks are PHENOMENAL!!! Fluffy, garlicky perfection. Made me wish we’d doubled the recipe so we’d have leftovers.
Your grandson is awesome Tonya! And so are you, for coming to tell us how much you loved the breadsticks :-) So so glad to hear that these were perfect for you!
You are evil for posting this because I will make this recipe and eat two dozen of these bad boys. In five and a half minutes.
Yeah, that’s about the amount of time it took me. It’s a good thing I didn’t have any alfredo sauce around, otherwise I might never have resurfaced.
Yummmmm!!! :)