Pizza Factory Breadsticks

 Have you noticed that some restaurants

become famous for the breads they

serve and the bread is why you want

to go there again and again.

Pizza Factory here in Utah is

like that, they are famous for their twisted

breadsticks.

I have been wanting to make them

for years.  I knew they had to hang them

somehow as there is no flat side to

the twist.  What did I see one day

on Pinterest?  Yes, Pizza Factory Breadsticks.

Bits Of Everything

had posted a recipe for them using skewers

and hanging them on the edge of a 9x13 

cake pan.  Yup!  That sounded like a great

way to do them, so we gave them a try.

(They also used Rhodes rolls - 2 for each one.

I made them that way, then went to Pizza Factory

and decided to do mine with a homemade dough.

 I thought homemade tasted more authentic -

but do whichever you want!)

Pizza Factory Twisted Breadsticks

1 T. yeast

2 T. sugar

1 1/2 C. warm water

1 T. oil

1 tsp. salt

3 1/2 C. flour

3/4 C. melted butter - divided

3/8  tsp. granulated garlic

1/2 tsp. dried rosemary leaves

1/4 tsp. Season All

1 T. Parmesan cheese

8  - 1/4 inch wooden dowels

cut into 18 inch lengths (craft store)

or 8 - 12 inch skewers 

I tried them both ways and decided

I wanted the long wooden dowels like

Pizza Factory uses, but the skewers worked too.

Mix the yeast, sugar and water and

let sit for a couple of minutes to dissolve

the yeast.  Add the oil, salt and flour and

knead by hand or with your mixer with a

dough hook for about 5 minutes.

Cover and let rise until double.

Divide dough into 8 equal parts,

about 4 oz. each if you want to use

a kitchen scale.

Lightly flour your hands and roll

the dough into about an 16-18 inch

long "snake".  Moisten the top of your

dowel or skewer and begin wrapping

the dough around loosely.  Moisten a little where

the breadstick will end too.   Pinch to secure

the dough at the top and bottom.  Leave about

5 inches at the end of the dowel, if you are using

the longer dowels.

Hang over the edge of a 9x13 inch cake

pan with all of the dough inside the pan.

Let them rise until doubled.

Brush with 1/4 C. melted butter.

Heat oven to 375.  Bake at 375 for 

about 15- 20 minutes or until just golden.

Meanwhile mix the remaining 1/2 C. melted butter,

seasonings and parmesan cheese.

When the breadsticks come out of the

oven, brush them with the seasoned melted

butter mixture.

The butter just sizzled when I

brushed it on the hot from the oven breadsticks.

Printable Recipe

Aaaahhh.... best served hot and fresh.

I am such a bread addict!

Pizza Factory's breadsticks are all about

presentation - they place theirs standing

upright in a cute ceramic jar.  I placed

mine in a tin bucket lined with brown

parchment paper.

They definitely received oohs and aahs as

the family walked in for Sunday dinner.  I love
baking bread once the weather starts to cool down!

These will be a new family favorite and

we don't even have to go out to get them

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