Copycat Olive Garden™ Breadsticks

Light, fluffy, and brushed with buttery garlic sauce! Make the famous breadsticks at home—where you can eat as many as you want. MORE+ LESS-

By Buns In My Oven

May 24, 2018

For bread:

2 1/4

teaspoons active dry yeast

1 1/2

cups warm water, about 110º F

4 1/2

cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed

tablespoons butter, room temperature

tablespoons sugar

tablespoon salt

tablespoons butter, melted

teaspoon garlic salt

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1

Place 1/4 cup of water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook. Sprinkle the yeast over the top and let sit until foamy, about 5 minutes.
2

Add the remaining water, 4 1/2 cups of flour, butter, sugar and salt to the mixer.
3

Mix on low speed until combined. Increase speed to medium and knead for 5 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Add more flour as needed, to get the dough to come together.
4

Break dough into fourths. Roll each fourth into a long, thin log about 16 inches long. Cut each log into three pieces. Place the breadsticks on a parchment-lined baking sheet and cover with a clean cloth.
5

Let rise for 45 minutes.
6

Heat oven to 400 ºF.
7

Lightly brush 2 tablespoons of butter over the breadsticks and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
8

Remove from the oven. Brush with the remaining butter and sprinkle with the garlic salt. Serve hot.

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

2 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

So I know it’s not popular in some circles to admit that you love Olive Garden™, but I’m going to do it anyway. That salad. Their Alfredo sauce. Those breadsticks. Wait. Let me repeat that. Those breadsticks. So warm and fluffy straight from their oven. Topped with salty garlic and butter. Heaven, I tell you. Let’s recreate them at home, shall we? I’m starting with a Food Network™ [ recipe with just a few tweaks—because why reinvent the wheel? Do you even know what your house is going to smell like when you make it to this step? Your neighbors will be banging on the door asking for a dinner invite! Guaranteed.