Witch's Hairy Finger Breadsticks

"Green Halloween breadsticks from TOH-has a creepy picture! They're best when served right out of the oven because the cheese is still warm and soft. Serve with marinara dipping sauce."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs
Ingredients:
16
Yields:
32 breadsticks
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water.
  • Add the milk, egg, grated Parmesan cheese, butter, sugar, salt, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, food coloring, and 1 cup flour.
  • Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough.
  • Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes.
  • Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top.
  • Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes.
  • Punch dough down; let stand for 10 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface.
  • Divide into 16 pieces.
  • Shape each piece into a 10 inch rope.
  • Cut in half.
  • Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
  • Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
  • Brush egg white over breadsticks; sprinkle with shredded Parmesan cheese.
  • Place an almond slice at the tip of each.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Serve warm with marinara sauce.

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Reviews

  1. This is a great & fun recipe! I love the colour - just perfect! I used cheddar instead of parmesan cheese. I made these for a Halloween Party at the kids' nutfree school, so I could not use almonds for nails; instead I used some red icing thinned with water. I know - bread and icing don't really go together but as far as I'm concerned - when Halloween comes around the ghosts enter the kitchen and weird things are known to happen. The fingers were a bit time consuming, because I had to re-shape them after they had been in the oven for 5 min. The dough puffed up so much that you could barely see any knuckles or nail impressions I had made, so after 5 min I removed the fingers and redid the forming of nails and knuckles. I would say that you can easily stretch this recipe to 40-50 breadsticks if you want long snarly fingers; mine sort of came out a bit like giants' fingers because the dough rose quit a bit while baking. Next time I would make the fingers longer and skinnier. Oh yes - the flavour :) was great, too! I sent the fingers to school with a side of spreadable cream cheese and cheddar cubes for an easy and fairly healthy snack tray at school. Made for PRMR.
     
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