Quick Breadsticks

This recipe uses yeast for leavening, but is rather quick to make. It makes a good pizza dough as well.

1 ¼ cup warm water

1 tablespoon yeast

2 tablespoons sugar

½ teaspoon salt

3-3 ½ cups flour

¼ cup butter or margarine, melted

garlic salt and parmesan cheese, optional

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water.

2. Add sugar, salt and 2 ½ cups flour. Mix to form dough.

3. If more flour is needed, add up to 1 cup more. Mix about 3 minutes.

4. Let dough rest for 10 minutes.

5. Put half of melted butter or margarine in jelly roll pan.

6. Using rolling pin or hands, flatten dough into buttered jelly roll pan.

7. Spread remaining butter or margarine over top of dough.

8. Using pizza cutter, cut dough into strips.

9. Sprinkle with garlic salt and parmesan cheese, if desired.

10. Let rest another 10 minutes.

11. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

12. Cut with pizza cutter again.