Let me present you, the best Olive Garden copycat breadsticks.
If i have to be honest I’ve never been to Olive Garden and I’ve never tried them breadsticks, but, what I’ve been doing for the past 2 years is binge TikTok. Everyone talks non stop about them so we had to recreate it in the best way possible without being able to try them, im sure they don’t taste te same but they might…
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This recipe will give you about 12 breadsticks, you can make them smaller and have more o bigger and have less, your choice. Check our instagram and here you have a video where hopefully you can see more of it.
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Ingredients
YOU NEED
- Bread flour
- All purpose flour
- Water
- Butter
- Milk powder or milk (red explanation pls)
- Fresh yeast
- (Sourdough optional)
Ingredients
YOU NEED
- Egg
- Parsley
- Butter
Powdered milk
We normally use powdered milk in our recipes because fresh milk tend to go bad really quickly if you don’t give it a good use, you can find it on amazon here this isn’t the one we normally use but it will do the job, they all the same.
If you don’t have powdered milk, you don’t want to buy it or just can’t, its fine everything has a solution in this world:’)
1.000 grams of powdered milk = 10.000 ml fresh milk so now do the maths..
Just kidding, you are gonna be needing to use 140 ml of fresh milk + 40 grams of water instead of using 180 ml of water, i hope that makes sense. If you are using an added liquid you need to rest from the original liquid. Science guys.
Baking:
Make sure to bake at 210 C or 410F for about 9 minutes. You will know when it’s ready when you see them having some color, we are not trying to find the perfect golden brown color on this. on the upper and lower elements convection position. I hope im saying this correct. If you have pictures on the oven you will se a thick stick on the top and another one on the bottom. Easy.
Sauce
We made a cheese sauce to eat this with but you can eat it like that. Try with butter, whatever sauce you like or just plain bread, everything tastes good tbh.
You can find a lot of good sauce recipes on the internet. For now we don’t have any in our profile but will update a lot soon.
Process
Yeast:
To make this garlic pull apart bread, we are using fresh yeast. It’s really easy to find on grocery stores and pretty affordable, it has a short caducity date tho, so always check that when buying it. I really like using this type of yeast becase it’s really easy to work with, it’s super fast and i don’t have to waste time waiting for it to activate.
Dough:
The dough for this one is gonna be pretty sticky and soft. It will need a lot of kneading so if you happen to have a stand mixer it will make the job so much easier. If you don’t have one i will kindly ask you not to add any extra flour.
We are not giving the wrong recipe, it has to be sticky. If you add more and more flour it will be super dry later and you are gonna be blaming it on me. Not fair okay. Just do as i tell you right now.
Knead for about 15-20 minutes and don’t stress out. Later when we need shape it you can add a bit of flour if you want but not so necessary so first feel the dough in your hands, you will feel like its sticky but its not at the same time.
RECIPE in cups and grams
INGREDIENTS:
- 250 grams bread flour (2 cups)
- 50 grams all purpose flour (0.4 cups)
- 180 ml water (6.09 floz)
- 40 grams butter (3 tablespoon)
- 12 grams milk powder (1.6 tablespoons)
- 18 grams fresh yeast or 10 of yeast and 30 sourdough (1 tablespoon of yeast or 3 of sourdough)
- Parlsey
- 1 tablespoon of Butter
- 1 Egg
INSTRUCTIONS:
1)First step, powdered milk
If you are using powdered milk make sure to warm up the water in the microwave until you feel it hot so it dissolves the powder easier. Just whisk until you can’t see any possible milk lumps.
When using fresh milk you don’t have to do this step at all, just mix it with the ingredients like on ‘2)second step.’
2)Second step, moist ingredients
Add butter to the milk and since it’s hot it will get super soft and pretty much melt, this will make the kneading so much easier. We added sourdough, since it was our first time making it we also used fresh yeast just in case. Now you can go ahead and mix with a spatula, like i said before it will all pretty much melt.
3)Third step, dry ingredients
you want to add all the dry ingredients, bread flour, all purpose flour, salt and fresh yeast if you didn’t add it before, if you did ur good. This is just a reminder.
4)Forth step, kneading
Here we are showing you that it’s possible to knead without using a stand mixer but if you do have one i highly recommend you to use it this time so it will make the job easier. Make sure you are kneading it for about 15 minutes on medium speed with the dough hook attachment.
If you hav to knead by hand because you don’t have a stand mixer or don’t wanna use it make sure to knead it for at least 20 minutes.
5)Fifth step, dough
Roll out the dough do 10-12 cuts up and down, up and down, im sure this has a name. But you understand me, if you don’t just look at the pictures. I feel like just watching the pictures you guys could do the recipe without my help, im just here writing things that you are probably not even reading.
6)Sixth step, first resting
We are allowing our dough to proof, sure to allow the dough to rest for about 1h, really approximate time because you just need to make sure it’s super grown, about 2x times the original size. In order to fasten this process you want to make sure to allow the dough to proof in a warm place, could be by the fireplace, outside on a sunny day…
over it with damp paper, a kitchen towel or some plastic wrap. If you decide to use a kitchen towel make sure you use a wet one (not dripping wet, make sure to remove all excess of water. This is just so the dough doesn’t dry out)
7)Seventh step, cut and shape
Here is where we realized they were too big so we made them smaller, you want to make this shape with each piece of dough. Is really easy just look at the pictures and you will understand.
Place them in a baking pan and allow them to proof for 30minutes. They will get smother and prettier and they will also grow. Make sure to cover them with a damp towel or plastic wrap.
8)Eight step, egg-wash
Beat one egg and spread it all over the dough. You want to bake them at 210 C or 410 F for about 9 minutes, all the ovens work different so what were 9 minutes for me may be 7 or 11 for you. Always keep an eye on your oven specially the first time you bake something. You are so close to eat these Olive Garden copycat breadsticks, only one last step:)
9)Ninth step, butter and parsley
We are at the final step where you just want to chop some clean and pat Dry fresh parsley with some paper towels, melt some butter in the microwave, we always add a bit of extra virgin oil so it doesn’t explode that fast when you are warming it up. Make sure to mix and spread all over the now baked bread! Enjoy!
The best breadsticks Olive Garden copycat
Materials
dough
- 250 grams bread flour
- 50 grams all purpose flour
- 180 ml water
- 40 grams butter
- 12 grams milk powder
- 18 grams fresh yeast or 10 of yeast and 30 sourdough
extra
- Parlsey
- 1 tablespoon of Butter
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- If you are using powdered milk make sure to warm up the water in the microwave until you feel it hot so it dissolves the powder easier. Just whisk until you can’t see any possible milk lumps.
- When using fresh milk you don’t have to do this step at all, just mix it with the ingredients like on ‘2)second step.’
2)Second step, moist ingredients
- Add butter to the milk and since it’s hot it will get super soft and pretty much melt, this will make the kneading so much easier. We added sourdough, since it was our first time making it we also used fresh yeast just in case. Now you can go ahead and mix with a spatula, like i said before it will all pretty much melt.
3)Third step, dry ingredients
- you want to add all the dry ingredients, bread flour, all purpose flour, salt and fresh yeast if you didn’t add it before, if you did ur good. This is just a reminder.
4)Forth step, kneading
- Here we are showing you that it’s possible to knead without using a stand mixer but if you do have one i highly recommend you to use it this time so it will make the job easier. Make sure you are kneading it for about 15 minutes on medium speed with the dough hook attachment.
- If you have to knead by hand because you don’t have a stand mixer or don’t wanna use it make sure to knead it for at least 20 minutes.
5)Fifth step, dough
- Roll out the dough do 10-12 cuts up and down, up and down, im sure this has a name. But you understand me, if you don’t just look at the pictures. I feel like just watching the pictures you guys could do the recipe without my help, im just here writing things that you are probably not even reading.
6)Sixth step, first resting
- We are allowing our dough to proof, sure to allow the dough to rest for about 1h, really approximate time because you just need to make sure it’s super grown, about 2x times the original size. In order to fasten this process you want to make sure to allow the dough to proof in a warm place, could be by the fireplace, outside on a sunny day…
- Cover it with damp paper, a kitchen towel or some plastic wrap. If you decide to use a kitchen towel make sure you use a wet one (not dripping wet, make sure to remove all excess of water. This is just so the dough doesn’t dry out)
7)Seventh step, cut and shape
- Here is where we realized they were too big so we made them smaller, you want to make this shape with each piece of dough. Is really easy just look at the pictures and you will understand.
- Place them in a baking pan and allow them to proof for 30minutes. They will get smother and prettier and they will also grow. Make sure to cover them with a damp towel or plastic wrap.
8)Eight step, egg-wash
- Beat one egg and spread it all over the dough. You want to bake them at 210 C or 410 F for about 9 minutes, all the ovens work different so what were 9 minutes for me may be 7 or 11 for you. Always keep an eye on your oven specially the first time you bake something. You are so close to eat these Olive Garden copycat breadsticks, only one last step:)
9)Ninth step, butter and parsley
- We are at the final step where you just want to chop some clean and pat Dry fresh parsley with some paper towels, melt some butter in the microwave, we always add a bit of extra virgin oil so it doesn’t explode that fast when you are warming it up. Make sure to mix and spread all over the now baked bread! Enjoy!
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