Breadsticks

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Breadsticks
16 oz pizza dough (store bought or homemade, recipe below)
Olive oil (for brushing and oiling the sheet pan)
4 tbs butter, melted
3 cloves garlic, finely minced or grated
1 tbs parsley, chopped
1 tsp dried basil
3 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
Pizza Dough:
1 1/2 cups water, lukewarm
3/4 tbs active dry yeast
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1/8 cup olive oil
3 to 4 cups flour
Pizza Dough:
Add the yeast, salt, sugar and oil to the lukewarm water in a large bowl, preferably the bowl of a stand mixer-mix, gently.
Using the dough hook attachment, add in the flour gradually until the dough is no longer sticky and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

Continue to knead the mixture with the dough hook for about 3-5 min. If the dough is too sticky, add more flour, about 1/4 cup at a time.
Drizzle the dough, and the sides of the bowl, with more olive oil. Cover the bowl with a fresh cloth and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place.
Breadsticks:
Preheat the oven to 425°.
Roll out the pizza dough on a piece of oiled parchment paper with an oiled rolling pin, into a thick rectangle.

The dough should be about 3/4-inch to 1-inch thick, and make roughly a 8 x 11-inch rectangle.
Cut the dough into strips using a pizza dough cutter, or flour scraper. Should be able to cut about 10 (1-inch wide) strips.
Place the strips on an oiled baking sheet. Can also line the baking sheet with parchment paper.

Brush the strips with olive oil.
Bake in the oven for 20 min, or until golden brown and fluffy.
Whisk together the melted butter, chopped parsley, basil, garlic, salt and garlic powder in a small bowl.
While bread sticks are still warm, brush with the mixture on top of each breadstick and serve.
Breadsticks can also be frozen. Just wrap the cooled breadsticks in a generous amount of aluminum foil and place in the freezer. Makes 10 breadsticks

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