Bread Sticks

The other night I was making spaghetti, the kids favorite food and I wanted some bread but I was getting tired of the same only thing and got thinking garlic bread sticks would be a nice treat.  I figured the kids would love dipping them.  These are good for a change and they took them the next day to school as a snack since this recipe makes a LOT

Garlic Bread Sticks

Ingredients

1/2 cups warm water
2 1/4 tsp yeast
3 -3.5 cups flour
2 tbl of butter
2 tbl sugar
1 tbl salt

Garlic Butter Topping
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt

Directions

1. Mix yeast and water together in your  mixing bowl and let sit for 10 min till frothy
2. Add in butter, sugar, salt and  mix
3. Slowly add flour to the mixture till it forms a nice soft ball, knead with your machine for about 5 minutes
4. Pull off chucks of the dough (smaller then you think you will need) and roll into sticks and place on a lined baking sheet
5. Cover and place in a warm place to rise till doubled in size; about 1 hour
6. Heat oven to 400F and place in oven
7. After 6 minutes take them out of the oven and brush with the melted butter and garlic topping
8. Place back in the oven for an additional  7 minutes (approx)
9. Brush the remaining garlic butter topping onto them as soon as they come out.

ENJOY!