Olive Garden Bread Sticks Copycat Recipe
We all love that warm, straight-from-the-oven taste of Olive Garden's signature bread sticks, and now you can make them at home with this Olive Garden Bread Sticks Copycat Recipe. Deliciously buttery and touched with a hint of garlic, you'll love each bite! Try this bread sticks recipe when you're making a pasta dish or serve it alongside your favorite salad. These tasty bread sticks are great for dunking in marinara sauce, but they're also delicious on their own. One taste of this recipe, and you'll be hooked.
Notes
Kitchens are different temperatures and sometimes have drafts blowing. The raising dough needs a constant temperature around 70-80 degrees F. One way to do this is in a modern kitchen is to put a bowl with 2 cups water into the microwave and cook on high for 2 minutes. Leave the bowl of water in the microwave and add the covered bowl of dough alongside it- close the door and the warm steamy interior will encourage the dough to rise properly.
Makes16
Cooking Time15 min
Cooking MethodOven
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup warm water (90 degrees F)
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon yeast (Slightly more than 1 packet)
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoon softened butter
- 4 5 cups flour
- 3 tablespoon melted butter, divided
- 1 teaspoon sea salt or coarse kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
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Place warm water, sugar and yeast into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and let stand for 10 minutes it will be thick and frothy. Mix briefly, then add salt, butter and gradually add 2 cups of the flour, mixing on low for 2 minutes.
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Slowly add about 2 cups of the remaining flour, more if necessary to get a dough that begins to clump on the mixer paddle and pull away from the sides of the bowl. Continue to mix on low for 5 minutes to knead the dough.
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Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and set in a warm place for 1 hour or until it doubles in size. (See Note)
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Lightly sprinkle work surface and your hands with some of the remaining flour and scoop the dough onto the surface. Cut the dough in half and roll each half into a log shape, then cut each log into 8 equal size pieces.
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On the work surface, roll each dough piece with your palms into a roll about 8 inches long and 1 inch thick. Place on cookie sheets which have been lined with parchment paper, leaving about 2 inches between each bread stick.
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Cover again with plastic wrap and allow to stand in a warm place for 20 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Meanwhile, melt the butter and just before baking, brush the bread sticks with butter and sprinkle with sea salt or coarse kosher salt.
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Bake for about 15 minutes, until they are just beginning to brown.
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Add the garlic powder to the remaining butter and brush the bread sticks. Serve while warm with marinara sauce if desired for dipping.