There’s nothing like the smell of fresh baked garlic parmesan bread sticks baking in your oven on a cold winter’s day. You can almost taste them as you get the butter ready or a great spaghetti sauce cooking on top of the stove. The moment these little babies came out of then oven I had to have one.
1/2 ounce of dry active yeast
10 ounces of 100 degree water
1 ounce sugar
4 ounces olive oil
2 teaspoons salt
1 lb. 2 ounces bread flour
2 ounces parmesan cheese
2 ounces minced garlic
egg wash (1 beaten egg with a splash of water)
1/8 cup parmesan cheese to sprinkle
Whisk the yeast, water and sugar together and place into a stand mixer. Add in the olive oil, salt, minced garlic, parmesan cheese and 8 ounces of flour and mix well. Slowly add in the remaining flour and mix at a medium speed allowing the dough to come away from the side of the bowl. Remove the dough and knead on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes until smooth. Spray the inside of a bowl with vegetable spray and flip the dough inside to coat both sides. Allow the dough to rise in a warm area to almost double for approximately 1 hour. Divide the dough into 18 equal pieces and roll each into 12″ ropes. Pinch the ropes together at one end and twist to form the bread stick. Place onto a greased 1/2 sheet tray and allow to proof to almost double. Egg wash, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
enjoy
Chef Brian Klauss
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