The Smith Family

 Tonight for supper I made Homemade Olive Garden Breadsticks and Spicy Shrimp Pasta. They were both really good. I have had several request for the recipes so here they are. Hope you enjoy has much as we did.

The Pasta came from this website.
http://pearls-handcuffs-happyhour.blogspot.com/2011/10/keepin-it-spicy.html

The breadsticks from a friend.

Olive Garden Copycat Breadsticksist!

 *Makes between 12-16 breadsticks, depending how thin you roll them. Unless you’re like me and my first time making them. I ended up with 10 Olive Garden hoagies

**I make mine in my breadmaker because – well, I love my breadmaker. You can make it the traditional way by following the first 3 steps here, then rolling them out into breadstick shapes, and letting rise for 45 mins before baking.

 Ingredients:

For the Breadstick Dough:

§  1.5 cups warm water

§  1 package active dry yeast OR 2 1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast
§  4 1/4 bread flour (use all purpose if it’s not available)
§  2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
§  2 tablespoons sugar
§  1 tablespoon salt

For the topping:
§  1 stick unsalted butter, melted
§  2 teaspoons garlic powder
§  1 teaspoons salt

 Instructions:

In your bread machine, add all the ingredients as instructed by your bread machine manufacturer. Usually its the liquids first, followed by seasonings, then flour – and very last you make a well in the flour and add the yeast.

Set your bread machine on the ‘dough cycle’.

When the dough is done, pull of pieces of dough and roll into strips. Remember, they will get bigger after they have risen, so roll them out thinner than a typical breadstick to give room for them to grow. Place on a greased baking sheet. Set in a warm, draft-free area & let rise 45 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.    Bake preheated oven for 12-15 minutes.

While the breadsticks are baking, combine the topping ingredients. As soon as the breadsticks come out of the oven, brush the topping all over the breadsticks – saturating them with the yummy buttery concoction. Let cool for a couple of minutes before serving.