The night before you want to enjoy this recipe, in either your bread machine or with your stand mixer with dough hook attachment, add in order, the starter, water, oil, flour, sugar and salt to your mixer. Turn on machine and let it knead and mix until a dough has formed. If using the bread machine, simply turn on the dough cycle and leave overnight. If using the stand mixer, after the dough is fully needed and glossy looking, remove the bowl from the mixer and cover with a damp cloth overnight on the counter.

2 hours before baking, remove the dough from the bowl and place onto a non-floured surface. This dough is quite glossy and shouldn’t stick to the surface! Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces and roll into your desired breadstick shape. Cover the dough with a damp tea towel for 10 minutes on your counter. This will help with texture and final shaping. Remove the towel and again, reshape the breadsticks, using your pinkie fingers resting on the counter and palms facing you, pull the dough towards yourself creating tension thru the top of the dough. Place onto a cookie sheet or pan or pizza pan and let rise for 1 1/2-2 hours. I like setting my oven to BREAD PROOF and set them in there for the time being.

Once that is complete and your breadsticks have puffed up, remove them from the oven (if that is where you have set them to rise) and turn on your oven to 375 degrees. Melt the extra tablespoon of butter in the microwave and brush this onto of the breadsticks. Now sprinkle your toppings onto the sticky buttery surface! I like starting with garlic powder and then putting on parmesan cheese, smoked salt and dried parsley. TIP! If you want to make your breadsticks a little more crisp, spray them down with water from a spray bottle BEFORE you bake them to help the top crust a little more.

Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until the underside is golden brown.

Eat right away or store in the fridge for 7 days. Reheat in the microwave to enjoy again!