2016 First Bake!

Happy New Year! We began our 2016 journey today. We had leftovers for breakfast and after attending mass in the morning, I rushed back to bake these highly requested cheese bread sticks. I had to rush, because I had a lunch reservation and wanted them baked before we left for lunch. 

I used to make lots of these breadsticks for afternoon snack, but I do not make them often anymore.  Life happens. Holiday makes people appreciate more of good old times and these bread sticks are one of those things that remind us of the joy we had in the past.

Let's make 2016 a happier, healthier and more positive time for all of us, a productive year which we fill with love and care towards one another.

Cheese Bread Sticks

Back when the kids were smaller, I used to make these bread sticks quite regularly. I recently made them again, after they were asked for. 

Bread Sticks

Years back when we still lived in our first home in Singapore, when the children were still adorable ;), I used to bake this bread sticks for the kids and had them ready when they came home from school. I used the recipe from Better Homes and Gardens recipe book and mixed in some grated cheese as well as sprinkled more cheese on top. 

Then I got to know No Knead Bread and I practically abandoned the recipe that uses egg and olive oil. I stayed on plain and straightforward bread. I used the basic dough that I have to make bread sticks too. 

With all the kids being at home for the holiday, I started to think about this "old"recipe again and finally this afternoon, I made them again. Just like old times. They are even better now!  Nice memory too!

Still Loving ...

Cheese bread sticks, we still love them......

Cheddar Cheese Bread Sticks

These are bread sticks with cheddar cheese. I put the dough together in the morning yesterday after the kids left for school. Grated cheese, flour and the rests of the gang. I kept the dough in the fridge after rising and only took them out towards late afternoon, before the kids arrive back from school and I was ready to bake them. The dough was very easy to work with when it was cold. The basic recipe comes from Artisan Bread In Five Minutes A Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François, Vermont Cheddar Bread, with much more grated cheese added.

Just Another Saturday Morning....

Saturday morning.
Cheese bread sticks!!!!

A Closure?

This may be for closure. After having a "not so satisfying" pizza in Chicago, everyone was so agreeable to have Pizza Hut for lunch on the way to Pittsburgh from Indianapolis. DH had cheese pizza, the rests of the gang had pepperoni pizza. Bread sticks were shared. Simple and yummy .....