How to Make Bread Machine Breadsticks without a Bread Machine

We LOVE this recipe for bread machine breadsticks so much that when my bread machine quit working we went through breadstick withdrawal.  I knew we had to have these breadsticks so I tried making them by hand and it worked.  They were just as delicious as before and they were actually pretty easy to make.  I have been making these regularly without a bread machine and they come out perfect every time.  

This dough also makes a delicious pizza crust.  Simply top with your favorite pizza toppings after rolling the dough out onto the pan.  Don't let the dough rise a second time, just bake the pizza after putting on the toppings.  It makes a deliciously sweet breadstick crust.  

Ingredients:  

1 cup warm water
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
3 TBS brown sugar or sucanat
1/4 cup oil (I use olive oil)
3 cups of bread flour (all purpose works too)
1 tsp. salt

Dissolve the yeast in the water.  Add the rest of the ingredients in and mix.

Dump onto a floured surface.

Knead into a smooth dough (five minutes or so).

Put dough in a bowl to rise for about an hour or so.  Cover with a towel.  

Once the dough has risen, roll the dough onto a 10 x 12 lightly buttered cookie sheet.  My cookie sheet is larger than 10 X 12.  Just use a large cookie sheet and don't worry too much about the dimensions.  

Using a pizza cutter, cut the bread sticks into 24 pieces.

Let rise for about an hour.  Cover with a tea towel again while it is rising.  

Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes.

When breadsticks come out of the oven, drizzle 4 TBS melted butter on top,
then sprinkle with 1/2 tsp or more garlic salt.  

Finally, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve with pizza sauce for dipping.

*You can reheat any leftover bread sticks at 375 degrees F for 5 minutes or so until they are warm.  My boys gobble these up, reheated for lunch.