Jeffrey Hamelman

Sesame Bread Sticks

Preparation info
  • Dough Yield:

    72

    bread sticks at 1.33 oz each
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes
Bread

By Jeffrey Hamelman

Published 2004

  • About

These Bread Sticks are crunchy from a thorough bake and nutty from the sesame seeds, and their flavor is rounded out by the olive oil and malt syrup. Like all bread sticks, they will keep for several days in an airtight container.

Method

  1. Mixing: For large-scale production of bread sticks (50 dozen or more), a full-sized spiral mixer can be used. For smaller quantities (3 to 24 dozen), a small spiral mixer or 20- to 30-quart planetary mixer works well. Place all the ingredients except the sesame seeds in the mixing bowl. In a planetary-style mixer, mix on first speed until the ingredients are incor