Olive Garden Bread Sticks

1-1/2 cups warm water
2 tbs sugar
1 tbs yeast
1 tbs salt
2 tbs butter, softened
4-5 cups flour  
Topping:
3 tbs butter melted
sea salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
Parmesan Cheese 
For the dough:
Pour the water into a stand mixer with the sugar and yeast, let that sit for about 10 minutes.
Add salt, butter, and 2 cups of flour. Mix the dough on low. Add the rest of the flour a half cup at a time, until dough scrapes the sides of the bowl clean.
Mix the dough about 5 minutes on medium speed, until it's soft and easy to work with.
Roll the dough out into a long log, spray a knife with cooking spray and cut the dough into 12-14 pieces.
Roll those pieces into about 6 inch long snakes.
Spray 2 large cookie sheets with cooking spray, and lay the bread sticks out leaving about 2 inches between each one.
Place them in the oven with the temperature turned to 170 degrees. Let them rise for about 15 minutes, or until doubled in size.
Once risen, brush them with the 1-1/2 tbs of melted butter and sprinkle them with salt.
Now preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake them for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
While they are baking combine the rest of the melted butter with 1/4 tsp garlic powder.
When the bread sticks are golden brown, remove them from the oven and brush them with the butter/garlic mixture and sprinkle desired amount of Parmesan.Yields 12-14 bread sticks.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31