Rosemary Dill Breadsticks

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1 1/3 cups warm water
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope dry yeast
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 egg, beaten with
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh dill
• kosher salt

Recipe

• 1 combine 2 cups flour with water and yeast in a large bowl, stirring with a wooden spoon until smooth.
• 2 add oil, 2 tablespoons of the egg mixture (egg beaten with 2 tablespoons of water--reserve remainder for glaze), rosemary and dill, stirring with wooden spoon until combined.
• 3 stir in remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time until a soft dough is formed.
• 4 knead on a floured board until smooth and elastic, adding more flour as needed (8-10 minutes) and form into a large ball.
• 5 grease large bowl and add dough. turn to coat all sides of dough. cover with plastic wrap or towel and let rest for 30 minutes.
• 6 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 7 grease baking sheet.
• 8 divide dough in half (you now have two balls of dough).
• 9 roll ball into one 18-inch long rope. cut into 14 pieces. (28 total pieces).
• 10 roll each piece into a 12-inch rope. twist two ropes together.
• 11 place each twisted rope (bread stick) on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough to make a total of 14 bread sticks.
• 12 brush with reserved egg mixture and sprinkle with salt.
• 13 bake for 20-25 minutes or until bread sticks are golden.