Olive Garden Breadsticks Recipe
With this Olive Garden Breadsticks Recipe you can recreating that warm, buttery perfection you know and love, right at home.
These soft, garlicky breadsticks are the ultimate sidekick to pasta night — fluffy inside, golden on the outside, and brushed with that irresistible buttery garlic topping everyone craves.
You’ll be amazed at how simple it is to make this copycat recipe right in your own kitchen.
With just a few pantry staples and a little patience, you’ can bring that same cozy, comforting aroma into your home and I’ll mpress your family with bakery-style results fresh from your oven.
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What are the ingredients in Olive Garden breadsticks?
Olive Garden Breadsticks Ingredients
- Bread Flour – Gives the breadsticks their signature chewy texture and light interior.
- Active Dry Yeast – Helps the dough rise and creates that soft, fluffy consistency.
- Warm Water – Activates the yeast and brings the dough together.
- White Granulated Sugar – Adds a hint of sweetness and helps with browning.
- Salt – Balances the flavor and enhances the overall taste.
- Olive Oil – Keeps the dough tender and adds richness.
- Unsalted Butter – Brushed over the top for that classic buttery finish.
- Garlic Salt – Adds that irresistible savory touch.
- Parmesan Cheese – Gives the breadsticks a slightly salty, cheesy flavor.
How to Make Olive Garden Breadsticks
- Start by activating the yeast — mix warm water, sugar, and yeast, then let it sit until bubbly. The ideal temperature for activating yeast is around 105–110°F. Too hot, and you’ll kill the yeast; too cool, and it won’t activate properly.
- Stir in half of the flour, then the rest, forming a soft dough.
- Knead for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic, then place it in a greased bowl, cover, and let it rise for 1½ hours until doubled in size.
- Punch down the dough, divide it into 12 pieces, and roll into 8-inch breadsticks.
- Arrange them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, cover, and let them rise again for 1 hour.
- Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes until golden.
- While baking, mix melted butter with garlic salt and parmesan.
- Once out of the oven, brush the warm breadsticks with the buttery garlic mixture for that signature Olive Garden flavor.
Serve warm: These breadsticks are best fresh from the oven, but you can reheat them in foil at 350°F for a few minutes to revive the softness.
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Yes, but the texture will be slightly less chewy. Bread flour gives the best restaurant-style results.
Absolutely! Prepare the dough, let it rise once, then refrigerate it overnight. Bring it to room temperature before shaping.
Olive Garden breadsticks are topped with a blend of melted butter, garlic salt, and parmesan cheese, giving them their signature buttery, garlicky flavor.
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Olive Garden Breadsticks recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup and 2 tablespoons warm water
- 1 ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 ¾ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Topping
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the sugar and yeast to the warm water and stir together.
- Let sit for 10 minutes until the yeast has activated, the mixture will look puffy and bubbly
- Add in half the flour to the yeast mixture and stir together.
- Add the other half of the flour and combine until a dough ball has formed.
- Transfer this to a clean surface and knead the dough together for about 5 minutes
- Place in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel. Let sit in a room temperature area for a rise time of 1 ½ hours.
- The dough should have almost doubled in size. Punch down the dough and divide dough into 12 equal portions.
- Roll each portion on a lightly floured surface out into about 8 inch sized breadsticks and lay on a parchment paper covered baking sheet.
- Once you have rolled out each dough portion, cover these breadsticks with plastic wrap and let rest for another hour for a second rise.
- At the last ten minutes of rising, preheat the oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit.
- Place bread sticks in the oven for 15 minutes or until the tops of the breadsticks are golden brown.
- While the sticks are in the oven, melt the butter and mix together the garlic salt and parmesan together in a small bowl.
- As soon as the breadsticks are out of the oven, brush the top of the breadsticks with the melted butter and sprinkle the garlic parmesan mixture on top.
- Enjoy warm breadsticks.
Can I make this dough in a bread my bread machine?
I don’t see why not.
When do you add the salt?
It’s added to the butter & parmesan to brush on top of the breadsticks.