Sunday, December 30, 2012

Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks

Apparently I was good this year because I got a stand mixer for Christmas!  I decided to take it for a spin last night (see what I did there?) and make this recipe I found on Pinterest called Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks.  It started out great, but then when it came time to put the things into the oven I realised that my new cookie sheet didn't fit.  I then tried to transfer it onto a different cookie sheet, but it ended up turning into a log as opposed to sticks.

Here is the recipe for the bread sticks starting with the dough (taken from Lauren's Latest):

Basic Pizza Dough
yield: 2-12 inch pizzas, approximately 1 lb. of dough
Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 tablespoon honey {or sugar}
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons olive or canola oil
3 cups bread flour {give or take 1/2 cup…depending on the heat & humidity}
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, preferably that of a stand mixer, stir yeast and honey into warm water. Sit for 5-10 minutes or until bubbles form and mixture starts to foam. This tells you that the yeast is alive and kicking. Pour in salt, oil and half the flour and mix.
Once that flour is incorporated, start adding flour in bit by bit until you get the pizza dough to the consistency you want: slightly tacky, but when you touch it it doesn’t stick to your hands.
Once you reach this stage, turn the mixer on high to knead for 6 minutes. Turn a timer on and walk away! Resist the temptation to stop earlier than 6 minutes! That seems to be the magical number. It should look something like this when it’s done!
The dough should be smooth and easy to work with. And the bowl should be clean!
Lightly grease the bowl & the dough so it doesn’t dry out, cover with plastic wrap and let it rise 1-2 hours. That’s it!
Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks
yield: 1- 12 inch pie
Ingredients:
1/2 recipe Fail-Proof Pizza Dough
2 tablespoons softened salted butter
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese {use the real stuff!}
1/4 pound grated mozzarella cheese
{salt & pepper, if desired}
Directions:
Preheat oven to 500 degrees with pizza stone inside. 
Mix butter and garlic in a small bowl and set aside.
Spread pizza dough out into a 12-inch circle on parchment paper. (I just used a regular cookie sheet)
Spread the butter and garlic mixture over dough and top with parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. Top with a light sprinkling of salt and pepper, if desired. 
Bake 9-10 minutes or until bubbly and golden. Remove from oven and cool 1-2 minutes before cutting. Serve hot, with marinara.
The shape it was supposed to be.  This was prior to transferring it to the other cookie sheet.

After it came out of the over.  It actually tasted as good as it looks!



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