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olive garden copycat breadsticks made with fresh milled flour topped with butter and parmesan
Fresh Milled Mama

Soft Breadsticks Made With Fresh Milled Flour (Olive Garden Copycat Recipe)

4.92 from 12 votes
Ever have a craving for Olive Garden breadsticks, but want to stay home? These soft breadsticks are a cross between Olive Garden's and Little Caesar's breadsticks!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Rising (1st and 2nd) 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings: 16 breadsticks
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup warm water 235g
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 egg
  • 3 3/4 cups hard white wheat flour 470g
  • 1/4 cup honey or sugar (see notes)
  • 1 tsp salt
For Topping
  • 6 tablespoons butter melted
  • garlic salt to taste
  • parmesan to taste
  • italian herbs seasoning to taste

Method
 

  1. Add all ingredients (except for topping ingredients) in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix using the dough hook attachment.
  2. Knead 5-10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic and passes a stretch test. Dough will be soft and slightly sticky and may not completely pull away from the bowl, but most of it should.
  3. Move dough to a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap or clean towel until doubled in size. (about an hour) It will take longer if your house is on the colder side.
  4. Punch down and move to an oiled table or counter. Divide into 16 pieces. Feel free to use a kitchen scale or eyeball it.
  5. Shape and tuck all of the seams under so you get a smooth breadstick. You can shape longer and thinner for Olive Garden style or a little shorter and thicker to do Little Caesar's style.
  6. Place breadsticks seam side down on a baking sheet that's been lightly greased or lined with parchment paper. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes while the oven is preheating.
  7. Preheat oven to 350°F
  8. Bake 14-16 minutes until barely golden. Ovens will vary. My tops don't get golden and if I let them bake any longer the bottoms would burn. So if yours aren't getting golden by 14-16 minutes, but they smell done they should be fine!
  9. While they are baking make your topping mixture. You can either add the Parmesan to the melted butter or just brush on the butter and then sprinkle the Parmesan on.

Notes

If using sugar in place of honey you will need to use a little less flour so your dough is not too dry. So towards the end of adding flour just sprinkle in until your dough is on the moist, smooth side, but still pulls away from the edge of the bowl.