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Copycat Olive Garden breadsticks brushed with garlic butter in a cloth-lined basket

Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks

Soft, pillowy copycat Olive Garden breadsticks brushed with garlic butter and salt - warm, chewy, and impossible to stop at one. Just like the endless basket, made fresh at home.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 12 breadsticks
Calories: 150
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Dough
  • 1 cup warm water about 110F
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 1 packet
  • 3 cups bread flour or all-purpose
  • 3 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon salt
Topping
  • 2 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt fine

Equipment

  • Stand mixer or large bowl
  • Baking sheet
  • Pastry brush

Method
 

  1. Stir the sugar into the warm water, sprinkle the yeast over, and let it sit 5-10 minutes until foamy.
  2. Add the flour, softened butter, and salt. Mix and knead 6-8 minutes until smooth and elastic. Cover and let rise 1 hour until doubled.
  3. Punch down and divide into 12 pieces. Roll each into a 7-inch rope, place on a lined baking sheet, cover, and rise 45 minutes.
  4. Bake at 400F for 12-15 minutes until golden. Stir the garlic powder and salt into the melted butter and brush over the warm breadsticks.

Notes

Brush half the garlic butter on right out of the oven and the rest a minute later so it soaks in. These are best warm but reheat beautifully for 5 minutes at 350F.