Breadsticks

We are having frozen pizza tonight, but DH and I both wanted pizza Hut. We are resisting for multiple reasons. Therefore, I took it upon myself to make some breadsticks. I was searching for a good recipe that wouldn't take too long because I was hungry and I found this one on recipezaar.com

Yummy Breadsticks
makes 32 HUGE breadsticks

2 tablespoons of dry yeast
3 c. lukewarm water, divided
2 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs salt
1/4 c. oil
8 c. flour
1/2 c. butter melted (1 1/2 t garlic salt may be added to butter depending on variation used)

1. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 c. lukewarm water
2. let stand for 5 minutes
3. Add rest of ingredients (except butter) -- I used my stand mixer
4. Stir into dough and knead until smooth and elastic and slightly sticky (I used my stand mixer here too)
5. Place in a greased bowl, cover, and let rise until doubled, about 1 hr.
6. punch down and divide in half
7 . roll out one half of dough into a 12x8 inch rectangle on a floured surface
8. brush with melted butter
9. cut dough in half vertically and then cut horizontally into 8 strips (16 sticks from 1 half of the dough)
10. repeat step 9 with the other half of the dough (now you should have 32 sticks)
11. Now add the variations:
1. Cheesy breadsticks: press buttered side down into freshly grated parmesean cheese.
Twist multiple times
2. Garlic breadsticks: Use butter and garlic mixture. twist breadsticks multiple times
3. Herb and cheese: use plain melted butter, then sprinkle on parmesean cheese and salad
supreme. Twist.
4. Pizza breadsticks: let breadsticks rise on baking sheet for 30 min. spread with pizza
sauce and place pepperoni on top. The last 5 minutes of baking add chese
5. Cinnamon sugar: DIP breadsticks in 1 stick of melted butter (skip brushing them). Roll in
a mixtue of 2 c. brown sugar and 1 Tbs of cinnamon. Twist
12. Place on a lined baking sheet (lined with parchment paper)
13. Allow to rise for 30 min covered
14. Bake 35o degrees for 15-18 minutes or until brown.

kitchen upsdate

We've been remodeling our kitchen for the last 4 months or so; therefore, I haven't done any exciting cooking. We've been eating out and eating sandwiches/crap food since April. It's just about done so I here I am bringing back the blog. I plan to actually USE my new kitchen and I want to experiment and use new recipes. I will do my best to post them here and be good about updating this regularly.




The before picture:





And the after picture:

We are currently in the process of moving stuff back into the cabinets and fridge now. This pic is actually a lil outdated (we have the faucet in now!)

One year! :)

Ken and I have been married officially for a year today! We went to Toronto for the weekend to celebrate. K is such a romantic, but he will never admit it. He bought be a beautiful green amathyst ring and he decorated the hotel room with rose petals and flowers and candles. It was amazing! I cant believe how fast time has flown.

Here's to many more years to come!

back again.....

I'm back...after a nice long blogging break. Things have been crazy at work and I'm almost done with the Thesis, but I'm really going to try to keep up with this thing.