Scrumptious homemade breadsticks flavored with fresh herbs, fresh Parmesan cheese and garlic. Perfect side for any gathering!
Do you like to make your own pizza at home?
I sure do. Surprised? Ha!
Well, if you are like me and like to make your own pizza, you probably make enough dough for a couple of pizzas. Sometimes I make it a double feature and serve pizza two nights in a row but sometimes I make something different with the leftover dough. Calzones make a great quick lunch the next day and breadsticks make a great side dish. I’m sure that many of you also like some breadsticks even on the pizza night. I mean, that’s why pizza places have breadsticks on the menu…so you order them with your pizza!
This is my absolute favorite way to make breadsticks. They are long, thin and packed with great Italian flavors. Fresh herbs, fresh garlic, fresh grated Parmesan … makes me wish I spoke Italian so I could tell you just how great this is and sound authentic!
*For your convenience, I included my recipe for pizza dough along with breadstick recipe. *** Remember: that it is a full pizza dough recipe so it will make you a whole lot of breadsticks. Just split pizza dough in half and refrigerate the unused half in an air tight, lightly greased bag.
Homemade Parmesan Grlic & Herb Breadsticks
Ingredients
Pizza Dough:
- 1 cup warm water about 120°
- 1/4 oz pack of active dry yeast
- 1 tsp white granulated sugar
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 ½ to 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
Topping:
- 4 Garlic cloves
- 4 Tbsp Fresh minced Italian Parsley
- 4 Tbsp Fresh minced basil
- 2 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup Fresh grated Parmesan cheese
- Salt
Instructions
The Dough:
- Place the active dry yeast in a large mixing bowl and mix it with 1 tsp of sugar. Add warm water, stir well and let it bloom for about 5 minutes.
- Add 2 cups of flour, salt, honey and olive oil. Mix the dough with a wooden spoon at first and then use your bands until ingredients are combined. Add the other 1/2 cup of flour and knead the dough until combined. (If the dough is too sticky, you might have to add a little more flour.)
- Lightly flour some counter surface and transfer your dough onto the floured surface. Knead the dough until smooth. It will take about 2-3 minutes.
- Rub a clean bowl with some olive oil and place the dough in it. Cover the bowl with saran wrap and let it rise in a warm place (away from draft or AC) until doubled in size, about 1- 1 1/2 hours. Punch the dough and let it rise again for another 30-45 minutes.
- When ready, take out the dough and knead it for about a minute until smooth.
- At this point, you can place the dough in a large ziplock bag and refrigerate. Remember to lightly grease the bag. (Dough can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.)
- If you are just making breadsticks, separate dough in half and refrigerate the other half. You can make a pizza with the other half or make more breadsticks the next day. You can also make all the dough into the breadsticks for a party of holiday dinner. (Double the topping amount.)
For The Breadsticks:
- Preheat the oven to 425° and grease a cookie sheet. (You can also use a pizza stone and in that case, spread some cornmeal over the stone and preheat it in the oven.)
- Split the remaining dough into two or three more pieces just so it's easier to roll it out.
- Roll out the dough into about 5x10 long, rectangles.
- In a small bowl, combine grated garlic, herbs, oil and salt, mix well.
- Spread mixture over the rectangles, covering the whole thing evenly. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top.
- Using a pizza cutter, slice the dough into 1-inch thick pieces, width-wise. Carefully twist each piece.
- Place them on the cookie sheet (or the pizza stone) and bake for 9-11 minutes, until nicely golden.
- You an grate some more Parmesan cheese on top if you wish.
Nutrition
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Teri says
Wow!! These are gorgeous!! I am always looking for a new kinda bread to eat with our pasta! We are traditionally Italian, so pasta is on the supper menu twice a week. I’m also thinking how much I’d love to see these on a charcuterie board? I’m wondering too if you’ve ever frozen them? Thank you for posting this recipe!! 😊
LyubaB says
Hi, Teri! Thank you! And yes, you can freeze these bread sticks!
Marc Richardson says
8 TBSP of Parsley and Basil just doesn’t work for me. I would perhaps go to tsp. instead. Way too much.
Cheri says
Can these be made ahead of time and re-warmed somehow?
lyuba says
Hi Cheri!
Bread is usually not as good re-heated as fresh from the oven but when I have to, I do re-heat it in the oven. Just for a minute or two so it doesn’t cook more but simply warms it up. You can make them and refrigerate in an air-tight container. Then just reheat for a couple of minutes in the oven at 350.
Teresa says
These look wonderful and a great recipe with anything Italian. BTW, did you realize you left the “A” out of garlic when you posted this recipe? Just saying…..
lyuba says
I totally did not 🙂
Thank you, Teresa!!
Laura O|Petite Allergy Treats says
Fantastic idea for leftover dough or to just make soft garlic breadsticks.
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Laura 🙂
Rina I Thee Cook says
Pizza dough is so versatile. I love all the possibilities. These look fantastic!
lyuba says
Absolutely! Thank you, Rina!
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says
You had me at fresh garlic and fresh parm! I would devour a whole batch of these, no lie!
lyuba says
Hehe, thank you, Elizabeth!
Julie | This Gal Cooks says
Mmm, I would eat all of these, Lyuba!
lyuba says
Hehe, I’ll have you come over to help me next time 😉
Thank you, Julie!
Ala says
I’m all for these homemade breadsticks, Lyuba–they remind me of Round Table’s, which is probably a weird thing to say, but these looks TONS fresher and I really do die for parm garlic breadsticks. Sharing this–thanks for the recipe!
lyuba says
Awe, thank you, Ala! I haven’t tried Round Table’s ones but I’ll have to now 🙂
Thank you!
Gloria // Simply Gloria says
My boys would chow a whole batch of these down before the pizza were to ever get out of the oven… definitely making these for our Fall break this week. Hope you’re having a most wonderful day, my friend!
lyuba says
Yay, I hope they like them 🙂 Thank you, love!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
These would be devoured in no time at my house! What great use for leftover pizza dough!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Jessica!
Krista @ Joyful Healthy Eats says
Such a great idea for leftover pizza dough Lyuba! These seriously looks awesome, I could probably just sit and eat those all night dunked in some marinara sauce! 🙂
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Krista!! Me too 😉
carol says
Those are the most amazing bread sticks I have ever made or tasted! I would give them 10 stars if I could. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
LyubaB says
Awe! Thank you for such a kind comment! I am so happy you loved them! 🙂