There was one more Recipe Request from one of my readers asking for the recipe of garlic bread sticks. I love garlic flavoured breads and bread sticks sounded so interesting. When I was browsing through so many recipes, I saw some cute twisted sticks and some roughly shaped sticks. And there was so much butter used for the filling and dough. So I came up with my own version and you know what, it turned out so good. The whole recipe took merely 75 minutes from start to finish as I bought a superb quality instant yeast recently. From that day the dough I make doubles in 30 minutes whereas the previous batch I had used to take one hour. I used olive oil in the dough and also for the filling. You can used melted butter instead. 
You need to serve these bread sticks while still warm to relish the crispy crust and soft crumb. Once it cools down, the stick become completely soft which is also delicious. I made a simple cheese dip for these sticks to dip and it was a nice combination. Will share the recipe of the dip tomorrow. Here is the recipe for the dipping sauce.
Makes 12 garlic sticks
Ingredients:
For The Dough:
Flour-2 1/4 cups
Salt- 1/2 tsp
Instant Yeast-1 1/4 tsp
Sugar-1 tbs
Olive oil – 1 tbs
Water-3/4 cup
For The Filling:
Olive Oil-1 tbs
Salt-1/4 tsp
Grated Garlic-2 tbs
Oregano- a pinch
Procedure:
- In a bowl mix together flour, salt, sugar, oil and yeast.
- Add water to make a slightly sticky dough.
- Transfer to the counter and knead it for 10 minutes until soft and elastic.
- Oil a bowl, place the dough inside and cover the dough in oil by rotating it gently in the bowl.
- Cover with cling wrap and allow it to double. This will take 30 minutes to 90 minutes depending upon the yeast and the temperature of your place.
- Once double, take it back to the counter and roll it into a thin rectangle.
- In a small bowl mix together the filling ingredients.
- Brush this all over the rectangle.
- Now with a pastry cutter slice the rectagngle into 12 stripes.
- Fold each stripe into half and twist it to form a rope.
- Place it on a greased tray.
- Cover with a damp cloth and set aside for 15 – 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Brush the top of the sticks with milk and bake them in oven for 20-30 minutes or until they are golden brown.
- As soon as you remove the sticks from the oven brush them with butter and serve immediately with a dip of your choice.
Garlic Bread Sticks
Ingredients
For The Dough
- Flour-2 1/4 cups
- Salt- 1/2 tsp
- Instant Yeast-1 1/4 tsp
- Sugar-1 tbs
- Olive oil- 1 tbs
- Water-3/4 cup
For The Filling
- Olive Oil-1 tbs
- Salt-1/4 tsp
- Grated Garlic-2 tbs
- Oregano- a pinch
Instructions
Procedure
- In a bowl mix together flour, salt, sugar, oil and yeast.
- Add water to make a slightly sticky dough.
- Transfer to the counter and knead it for 10 minutes until soft and elastic.
- Oil a bowl, place the dough inside and cover the dough in oil by rotating it gently in the bowl.
- Cover with cling wrap and allow it to double. This will take 30 minutes to 90 minutes depending upon the yeast and the temperature of your place.
- Once double, take it back to the counter and roll it into a thin rectangle.
- In a small bowl mix together the filling ingredients.
- Brush this all over the rectangle.
- Now with a pastry cutter slice the rectagngle into 12 stripes.
- Fold each stripe into half and twist it to form a rope.
- Place it on a greased tray.
- Cover with a damp cloth and set aside for 15 - 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Brush the top of the sticks with milk and bake them in oven for 20-30 minutes or until they are golden brown.
- As soon as you remove the sticks from the oven brush them with butter and serve immediately with a dip of your choice.
wonderful akka.kalakifying wow.super,badly missing baking for months.:)
Wonderful recipe….wow superb…
The bread sticks look awesome..would like to try them sometime
Looking delicious. Going to try sometime for sure….
this is the thing which i am going to try by sure.. amazingly looking .. so gorgeously made sticks dear nom nom pass me 😛
Liked the spiral shape of the bread sticks
wow what an tempting sticks with wonderful flavor of garlic… ll give a try soon…
Looks delicious.. Can you plz name the brand of instant yeast, you are using?
It is Angel.
Garlic bread stick looks so yummy .Loved the twist to the bread as well.
They are dangerously addictive, love garlic bread sticks to the core.
the garlic bread sticks look so yummy. My husband saw the picture on my facebook and commented that the sticks are so neatly made.
I just love garlic bread sticks and would love to make this. Thanks.
it looks awesome..i already bookmarked it..gonna try soon 🙂
Gayathri, they looks amazing.
Hiwever, I have a doubt, should i add the yeast directly to the dough and not adding the same to the luke warm water n aloow it to froth and then adding the mixture to the flour?
Thank you Tejaswini. As I have used instant yeast, I have added it directly to the flour. If using dry yeast, then you need to allow it to bubble up in warm water before adding it to the flour.
Hi Gayathri, Are you in Chennai, where did u buy the instant yeast from?
Rashmy, I am in Madurai. You will get instant yeast at Viveka in waltax road in Chennai.
Hi Gayathri I have whirlpool jet crisp microwave, how to bake this in microwave at what temperature and duration to keep, kindly help me pplllzzzz
If there is a convection mode, choose it. Then set the temperature as mentioned in the recipe. Preheat for 15 minutes. Then bake in the same temperature for the time mentioned in the recipe.
Any substitute for yeast.
You can try baking powder but you need to do a bit of experimenting to know how much to use.
Should both the heating rods be on or only the bottom one and should the tray be kept in middle rack?
Both filaments on and tray on middle rack.
Hi I am absolutely new to yeast and bread making ..have a doubt..if using active yeast..I can use 1/2 cup water for the yeast.n should add the whole yeast mixture water to the batter and balance 1/4 cup water to the flour
Use 1/4 cup of water to prove the dry yeast and remaining 1/2 cup while mixing the dough.
thanks for the yummy bread sticks. tried it came out perfect.
kindly help me can i add cheese in this. and what will be the life of cheese ones
Thanks for trying. You can add grated cheese while shaping. Between the fold when adding the garlic butter. As for shelf life, not more than a day at room temperature, but if you refrigerate, it would last for a week.
Which brand yeast did you use. Can you share the name please.
Try Weismill from Amazon. It is really good.
Can i try this in whole wheat flour? What changes should i do?pls advise
Yes, you can use wheat flour. You might need a little extra liquid. One or two tbs to make the dough.