Name: Olive Garden Breadsticks
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 138 min
Ingredients: 6 frozen bread dough rolls; 6 Tablespoons butter (divided); 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 -1/2 teaspoon sea salt

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Olive Garden Breadsticks are a warmly delicious addition to any meal. With only a few minutes of prep time and four ingredients, you won’t believe how easy these buttery, garlicky copycat breadsticks are!

Known for its soup, salad, and breadsticks, Olive Garden is one of the leading Italian-inspired restaurants in the United States. Today, I’m sharing my personal copycat recipe for soft and fluffy breadsticks. With only four ingredients, anyone can make these tasty Olive Garden Breadsticks from frozen dough.

This scrumptious appetizer pairs easily with almost any lunch or dinner dish! Serving with the classic Olive Garden Salad and Zuppa Toscana Soup is always a win but they can also be used for dipping with my Homemade Marinara Sauce. These copycat breadsticks are quite versatile!

Want other yummy warm bread recipes to try? Try my Peasant Bread or my Everything Sauerkraut Bread!

WHAT ARE COPYCAT OLIVE GARDEN BREADSTICKS?

First originating in late 17th century Italy, breadsticks, also known as grissini, grissino or dipping sticks, are named after their stick-like shape. As the tale goes, these yummy slices of bread are representative of Italian generosity. That’s definitely something we can all celebrate.

In 1982, Olive Garden opened its first store and began serving unlimited breadsticks, along with other Italian-inspired dishes. This incredible bread recipe has remained on the menu for all of those years! While the original Olive Garden recipe is only covered in butter, cheese lovers have the option to dust Parmesan cheese on top of this recipe.

If you do end up having leftover breadsticks, you can effortlessly make Homemade Croutons from Leftover Bread. Breadsticks should ideally not be refrigerated, as the bread will dry out and become stale faster than at room temperature. The bread will typically last for about 2-3 days. You can freeze the breadsticks after they are baked. However, frozen breadsticks will not be quite as soft and tender.

Looking for more copycat dishes to make at home? Try my Copy Cat Taco Bell Enchirito Recipe, Cinnamon Honey Butter – A Texas Roadhouse Copycat Recipe or Cincinnati Chili | Skyline Chili Copycat!

INGREDIENTS FOR COPYCAT OLIVE GARDEN BREADSTICKS RECIPE

Bread Dough Rolls: Using dough rolls adds a level of flaky baked goodness and simplicity. Plus, they are ready to eat so much faster!
Butter: The addition of butter results in a higher rise and a crisper crust.
Garlic Powder: Using garlic powder rather than garlic butter helps keep the bread from being too sticky.
Sea Salt: For baking bread, it’s best to use non-iodized salt such as sea salt because iodized versions can impart an unpleasant flavor.

HOW DO YOU MAKE OLIVE GARDEN BREADSTICKS AT HOME?

PREP

Begin by thawing the bread rolls. Melt half of the butter and spread it onto a cookie sheet.

ROLL

Roll the rolls out into long “snake-like” pieces. Place them on the buttered cookie sheet, with enough room for them to rise.

SET

Cover them loosely with plastic wrap sprayed with a little cooking spray and set them in a warm place to rise until they are at least doubled in size.

MELT

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt the remaining butter, and stir in the garlic powder. Brush the tops of the breadsticks with garlic butter.

BAKE

Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until the breadsticks are golden brown on top.

SERVE

Brush with remaining butter when they come out of the oven. Sprinkle with sea salt. Serve warm. Enjoy!

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One of my family’s most favorite Sunday dinners is when we have Olive Garden Night at home! All you can eat soup, salad and breadsticks, mad right in Mom’s kitchen!

Here re the other two items we enjoy on Olive Garden Night at home, in addition to these yummy breadsticks: Zuppa Toscana & Olive Garden’s Salad & Dressing.

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