Parmesan Bread Sticks

Weekends special shall be Parmesan bread sticks. My husband requested for savory bread, but I didn't want to bake something too heavy. Bread sticks sounds like they can keep longer and not too heavy too. 

(Makes about 20 sticks of 30 cm)

375g bread flour

10g salt

10g yeast

200g milk

50g unsalted butter

3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese 

Olive oil for brushing

Semolina and plain flour mix for dusting

1. Melt the butter and add the milk, heating the mixture gently. When the butter and milk mix reaches about 50 degrees (you cannot hold your finger in the liquid anymore), take it off the heat.

2. Whisk in the yeast. 

3. Whisk the bread flour, cheese and salt together to combine. 

4. Pour the butter mix into the dry mix using the hook attachment. Knead at high speed for about 6 minutes. (If you do not have the electronic mixer, you can use your hand to knead the dough till it is smooth and elastic.)

5. Press the dough into a rectangle, cover with a towel and let it rest for about 30 minutes. 

6. Press the dough with your fingertips and fold. Cover with towel and let it rest for another 30 minutes. 

7. Preheat oven at 220 degrees fan. 

8. Dust the working table top with semolina and plain flour mix. 

9. Cut the dough in half and roll each half into a rectangle. 

10. Cut each rectangle into about 10 long strips. 

11. Roll the strips from center out till you get the length you desire and twirl them together  to get patterns.

12. Let the dough rest for another 10 minutes, brush with olive oil and bake in oven with the temperature lowered to 180 degrees. 

13. There! My bread sticks. 

So there you go, bread sticks for the week. 

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