Breadstick Bones
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Yeast:
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*2 1/4 cups Warm Water
*3 teaspoons Instant Yeast
*1 teaspoon Sugar
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Dry Ingredients:
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*4 tablespoons Granulated White Sugar
*3 teaspoons Kosher Salt or Sea Salt
*6 cups Bread Flour, more as needed to make a semi-sticky dough
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Melted Butter Topping Mixture:
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Add the following ingredients in a small bowl and set aside until ready to brush on the risen breadstick bones. Then brush on the melted butter topping ingredients over top of the risen breadstick bones and bake.
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*6 tablespoons Butter, melt when needed
*1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
*1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
*1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning, we used (McCormick Perfect Pinch Italian Seasoning)
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Dough instructions:
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In a stand mixer add the yeast, warm water and 1 teaspoon sugar and allow the yeast mixture to become foamy.
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Then whisk together in a bowl the dry ingredients and add 1 cup at a time to the yeast mixture, mixing in mixer on medium low spread for about 8 minutes or knead by hand.
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Dough will be slightly sticky. Remove the mixing bowl with dough and cover bowl with a damp flour sack towel or tea towel. Allow the dough to rise 1 hour or until double in bulk.
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Roll out the dough on a floured surface about 1/4-1/2 inch thick, in a rectangular shape and then cut the dough with a plastic pizza cutter or pizza cutter of your choice.
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Then take each strip of dough and tie a knot on both ends of the strip, making a bone shape. (Strips need to be fairly long to be able to tie the dough knots.)
Place bones on a parchment paper covered 1/2 baking sheet. Use two 1/2 baking sheets if you don’t want the breadstick bones to touch each other.
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Brush breadstick bones with melted butter topping mixture.
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Bake in a preheated oven on 400*F. for 12-16 minutes or until they begin to brown slightly.
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Note: We made this breadstick dough recipe a few days before we needed the breadsticks and froze the dough bones on the half baking sheet. Adding the butter mixture after thawing and rising. Then we baked them and they turnout great.
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Makes around 20 breadstick bones, depending on size
Breadstick recipe adapted from The Comfort for Cooking
Enjoy!
Lindy
