These Halloween Breadsticks shaped like bones are perfect for your Halloween party! Topped with garlic butter and dipped in blood (pizza or marinara sauce), they are the perfect Halloween side dish!
Total Rising Time (2 times): 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings: 12Breadsticks
Ingredients
1 1/2cupswarm water *about 110 degrees - doesn’t have to be exact, just not super hot
1tbspwhite sugar
1tbspinstant yeast (also called rapid rise or bread machine yeast)
1tspsalt
3 1/2 to 4 1/2cupsall purpose flour*add until the dough is just right- see notes
1tspolive oil or vegetable oil for after the dough is made*do not add to the dough it is rubbed on the dough for rising
Garlic Butter
1/4cupbutter (1/2 stick), softened to room temperature salted or unsalted, doesn’t matter
1/2tbspgarlic salt
1/2tbspgarlic powder
1tbspgrated Parmesan cheese (plastic bottle kind)
1/2tsponion powder
”Blood” Dipping Sauce
1jarpizza sauce or marinara sauce *for dipping
Instructions
In a stand mixer with the dough hook, add your white sugar to the mixing bowl.
Next add your warm water and then your yeast. Give the yeast a little stir so it mixes in with the warm water and sugar. Let it sit for a few minutes until it is foamy and bubbly (this is the yeast proofing so you know the yeast is fresh and will work).
After the yeast is foamy, add your salt and 2 cups of flour. Mix it on low-medium speed. The dough will be sticky and wet at this point.
Slowly add in another cup of flour a little at a time until the dough is not as sticky and wet, pulls away from the mixing bowl and cleans the sides as it mixes. Feel the dough. It should be slightly sticky. Only a little bit should stick to your fingers but your fingers should come away mostly clean. See photo above.
Once you have added enough flour, let the dough mix on medium speed to knead the dough for a few minutes or until the dough is soft and pretty smooth.
After the dough has kneaded, leave the dough in the bowl (remove the dough hook and take the bowl off the mixing stand). Drizzle the oil on the dough and form it into a ball. Run the oil all over the dough. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let it rise until doubled in size.*Preheat your oven and let the bowl sit near the oven to rise faster.
Preheat your oven to 425° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. (I use a half sheet pan and it is the perfect size). Grease the pan if not using parchment paper.
Make your garlic butter while the dough rises. Just add the butter, and seasonings to a small bowl and mix together. If the mixture seems too dry, put it in the micrwave for 10 seconds to soften the butter. Don’t let it melt. Set the butter aside so it is ready when the breadsticks come out of the oven.
When the dough has doubled in size, place it on a lightly floured surface and divide the dough into 12 equal pieces/balls of dough.
Take each ball of dough and roll it out into a snake, leaving a ball on each end. Then push your finger into the top of each ball making it look like a bone. (see photos above).Place each bone on your parchment lined or greased baking sheet.Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let them rise again, until doubled in size.
After the bones breadsticks have doubled in size, bake them in the oven for about 8 minutes. 8-10 minutes is all they should need. Check them around 8 minutes and let them bake until they are barely golden brown on top.
Take the breadsticks out of the oven and brush the garlic butter on top.
Serve with a side of “blood” pizza or marinara sauce if you want to be really fun!
Notes
Add just enough flour to your dough until it is not wet and sticky. There isn’t an exact measurement and it will probably be a bit different every time. Start with 2 cups then add another cup slowly, adding more until the dough is soft, pulling away and cleaning the bowl as it mixes and doesn’t stick too your hands too much. It will be a bit sticky. A little bit of should be left behind when you touch it…but just a little. See the photos in the blog post above.You do not have to brush these breadsticks with the garlic butter in this recipe. You can use my Garlic Basil Parmesan butter spread or just plain butter or buy a seasoned butter at the store! These breadsticks are also yummy brushed with butter and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar for a sweet breadstick!
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.