Breadsticks

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 64
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages fast rise yeast
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups very warm water (120 to 130 f)
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons caraway seeds or 3 tablespoons sesame seeds or 3 tablespoons poppy seeds or 3 tablespoons coarse salt or 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine yeast, salt and 2 cups flour.
• 2 stir in very warm water; beat vigorously 1 minute.
• 3 stir in oil.
• 4 gradually stir in 2 1/4 cups of the flour.
• 5 if using caraway seeds, stir them in now.
• 6 turn dough lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
• 7 work in just enough of remaining dough to keep dough from sticking.
• 8 cover dough loosely with plastic wrap and let rest 10 minutes.
• 9 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 10 grease 2 large cookie sheets.
• 11 cut dough in half.
• 12 cover one half; cut remaining half into 32 equal pieces.
• 13 shape each piece into a 12-inch long rope.
• 14 place ropes 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets.
• 15 if not using caraway seeds, sprinkle with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, salt or parmesan.
• 16 bake until golden and crisp, about 20 minutes (if using 2 cookie sheets, rotate in oven halfway through cooking time).
• 17 rosemary-fennel variation: omit caraway, sesame, salt, poppy seeds or parmesan.
• 18 to mixture in step 1 add 2 teaspoons fennel seeds (crushed), 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves (crumbled) and 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper.
• 19 continue as directed.
• 20 repeat with other half.