Homemade Garlic Breadsticks (+Video)

These homemade garlic breadsticks taste so fresh and absolutely delicious. A tender breadstick with an amazing garlic butter topping!

AN HOMEMADE BREADSTICK RECIPE

I initially was calling this a Copycat Olive Garden breadstick recipe. But honestly, that wasn’t exactly accurate because they taste way better and they look more like mini loaves of bread rather than your typical Olive Garden breadstick. These breadsticks are warm and buttery and garlicky and easier to make than you might think!

TIPS FOR MAKING HOMEMADE GARLIC BREADSTICKS:

They only real key here is to have fresh, active yeast and to knead your dough until smooth and elastic. If you can do that, then you can have fresh breadsticks. And the buttery sauce that you spread on top. Oh. My. Word. You can put on as much or as little of it on as you like (and I like a lot)! Also, you gotta try eating these with my PASTA E FAGIOLI or ZUPPA TOSCANA.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)

• very warm water
• active dry yeast
• all-purpose flour
• unsalted butter
• sugar
• salt

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE GARLIC BREADSTICKS:

In a large bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water and allow to sit for 10 minutes, covered. Mixture should be frothy. 

In the bowl of your stand mixer or medium-sized bowl, combine flour and salt.

Add yeast mixture and melted butter to flour mixture.

Mix with dough hook attachment on stand mixer or stir with a wooden spoon until fully combined. Knead dough for about 8-10 minutes just until dough is smooth and elastic.

Spray baking sheet with nonstick spray. Pull off pieces of dough and roll out into strips. It helps to roll them in between your hands or on the countertop until smooth. The first few times I made this, I pulled off way too much dough for each breadstick. So pull off smaller size pieces than you would think you’d need. Remember these are going to double in size!

Cover the dough with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick spray (so dough doesn’t stick to it from the inside) or cover with a clean kitchen towel. Put in a warm place to rise. 

Note: I like to preheat my oven to about 150F degrees and then turn it off once it has warmed. I’ll put my breadsticks in there because it is a nice, warm and draft-free place for the bread to rise. Once they have doubled in size, remove sheet from oven and preheat oven up to 400F degrees. Once it has reached temperature, take plastic wrap off of breadsticks and put in the oven.

While they are baking, make butter topping. Microwave butter until melted and add garlic powder and salt, stir until combined. 

After 6 or 7 minutes of baking, brush the bread sticks with half the butter mixture.

Then continue to bake for another 6-7 minutes. Immediately upon removal from the oven, brush the other half of the butter on the sticks. 

Allow them to cool for a minute or two, and enjoy!

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Homemade Garlic Breadsticks (+Video)

These homemade garlic breadsticks taste so fresh and absolutely delicious. A tender breadstick with an amazing garlic butter topping!

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Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Author: Brandie @ The Country Cook

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Ingredients

For the breadsticks:

• ▢ 1 ½ cups very warm water
• ▢ 1 packet active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
• ▢ 4 ¼ cups all-purpose flour (I like White Lily flour)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• ▢ 2 tablespoons sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon salt

For the garlic butter topping:

• ▢ ¼ cup unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon table salt

Instructions

• In a large bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water and allow to sit for 10 minutes, covered. Mixture should be frothy.
• In the bowl of your stand mixer or medium-sized bowl, combine flour and salt.
• Add yeast mixture and melted butter to flour mixture.
• Mix with dough hook attachment on stand mixer or stir until fully combined.
• Knead dough for a few minutes (about 7-8 minutes) just until dough is smooth and elastic.
• Spray baking sheet with nonstick spray.
• Pull off pieces of dough and roll out into strips. Remember these are going to double in size!
• Cover the dough with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick spray (so dough doesn’t stick to it from the inside) or cover with a clean kitchen towel and put in a warm place to rise.
• Once they have doubled in size (about an hour), preheat oven up to 400F degrees.
• Once oven has reached temperature, take plastic wrap (or dish towel) off of breadsticks and put in the oven to bake.
• While they are baking, make butter topping. Microwave butter until melted and add garlic powder and salt, stir until combined.
• After 6 or 7 minutes of baking, brush the bread sticks with half the butter mixture.
• Then continue to bake for another 6-7 minutes.
• Immediately upon removal from the oven, brush the other half of the butter on the sticks.

Video

Course: Breads, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, Italian

Nutrition

Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Sodium: 1167mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g

Nutritional Disclaimer

“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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Originally published: August 2011
Updated & republished: January 2021