If you live in Utah, chances are that you have eaten at the Pizza Factory. I’m not a huge fan of their pizza, but their breadsticks are TO DIE FOR!
They wrap them around a dowel stick before they bake them so they are really fun to eat. They also have an amazing flavor. Every time I eat there I study my bread stick trying to figure out what seasonings are on it so I can replicate it at home.
I think I finally figured it out. I am so excited! The secret ingredient is dried dill weed. Yep, you heard me right, dill weed. I couldn’t believe it either! I thought it looked like dill weed, but I figured I was just wrong. That it was some exotic spice I’d never heard of before. Then I finally went with my instincts and used dill weed on some bread sticks.
Holey moley-they were phenomenal!!! I could have just eaten them for my meal and skipped the main course. (But I didn’t.) Seriously folks, you have got to try these!! I wrapped pieces of dough around skewers that had been soaked in water. You could just twist two pieces of dough together if you don’t have skewers.
Pizza Factory Breadsticks
Pizza Factory Breadsticks
Baked on skewers and brushed with a garlic butter glaze when they come out of the oven, these fun bread twists are the bomb!
Ingredients
- Dough:
- 1 1/2 cups hot water
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp SAF instant yeast
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour (more or less)
- Glaze:
- 3 Tbsp melted butter
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp dill weed
- 1/8 tsp Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Combine water, sugar, salt, yeast, oil, and enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead for 3-4 minutes.
- On greased counter, break off pieces of dough and roll into thin ropes that are about 1 1/2 times the length of your skewers.
- Twist the rope around the skewer and place on a greased cookie sheet. Repeat till all dough is used.
- Let twists rise till doubled, about 30 minutes. While they are baking, combine the glaze ingredients so the flavors will blend.
- Bake twists at 375 for about 12-15 minutes or till golden brown.
- Remove from oven and brush with the butter glaze.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 279Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 233mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 2gSugar: 2gProtein: 6g
Notes:
-You could add some canned parmesan cheese to the glaze if you want. All I had was the fresh stuff and I knew that wouldn’t work as well.
-If you don’t have skewers and are just twisting your dough ropes together, they will need to bake longer because they will be fatter.
-As with all bread recipes, if you don’t have the instant yeast, you must first dissolve your yeast in the warm water, and let the dough rise once before you form your twists.
-I tried brushing the glaze on a few of the twists before baking them, and trust me, it is not as good. Brushing them after really made a difference in the great flavor.
When do you use the olive oil? Just to grease the pans and rolling surface? or is it an ingredient in the dough?
Your breadsticks are amazing!! I made them for both Jr. Prom and Sr. Ball dinners last spring. Your recipe has become very popular. I’ve found it on quite a few blogs on-line; but it’s too bad they don’t all cite the source.
wondering if you’ve tried their cinnamon sugar breadsticks? I want to know how in the world they make the cream they serve with them… YUM!
Now I’m officially homesick for Utah! I probably ate at Pizza Factory once a week (I used to work down the road from the one in AF). I featured your recipe here. YUM!
Thanks for the feature! It’s a good thing I don’t live that close to a Pizza Factory, I couldn’t stay away from those breadsticks. š
I am doing a 30 day food challenge and would love to use this blog post if you don’t mind. I just made my version of this yesterday and was looking for a picture that I could use…but your post is perfect š Please let me know if you would be interested.
The 30 day food challenge I am doing this month is I am not cooking the same meal more than once the entire month. It has been tons of fun so far š Plus I am posting 3 recipes each day to give my readers an idea what others might be cooking. Thanks
Bobbie
sounds delicious! and it looks pretty too š
Thank-you. Thank-you. Thank-you. I love this recipe. I put a link on my blog so my bloggers could come to your blog and get the recipe.
Its amazing. Thank-you Kara!!
http://ashbyfamilyblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/pf-bread-twistsseriously.html