Bread Sticks

Why need to go out to a restaurant to have bread sticks, when we have our own home made, fresh bread sticks.  It is very simple to make. The only secret is to be patient until the dough rise nicely. You can use a bread machine to knead the dough, if you dont have one use your hand.

Ingredients
All purpose flour / Maida – 2 cups
Yeast – 11/2 tsp
Sugar – 1/2 tsp
Milk – 11/2 tbsp
Olive oil – 11/2 tbsp
Water as required
Salt

For Seasoning
Garlic salt
Oregano
Dry parmesan cheese
Olive oil

Method
1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in two tbsps of warm water and keep it for 10mins to rise.
2. Combine flour, yeast water, Milk, oil and salt and knead for few minutes then set to rise until doubled.
3. Roll the dough into rectangle shape (3/4 inch thick).
4. Cut the dough into 3″  to  4 ” long strips. (I used the pizza cutter)
5. Place these strips on a greased baking sheet and cover it with a kitchen towel and allow to rise again until it doubled it size. (appro 45 mins)
6. Brush each strips with olive oil using a brush. Sprinkle cheese, oregano and garlic salt evenly over the bread sticks.
7. Preheat the oven to 350 degree and bake it for 10 to 12 mins. Serve hot.