If you give a Moose a Muffin...

Two weeks ago I made a blueberry pie. When I was done putting it together I had leftover crust, so I rolled it out, cut it into strips, poured on a little butter and sprinkled them with some cinnamon-sugar. I baked them for awhile and then later that evening I started eating them after supper. I ate the first two and then remembered I had frosting in the fridge! So I took it out and heated it up so it would be easier to dip them in. I heated them up and it got pretty runny and I was reminded of the frosting they serve on the side of your dessert breadsticks at Pizza Hut. Then I really wanted some dessert sticks! A few days later I got online and started searching for a recipe... I went to all my usual spots and couldn't find anything! I was surprised. I figured other people would have a recipe for dessert breadsticks, but no.

I ended up choosing a recipe from Tasty Kitchen for Buttery Breadsticks. The recipe called for garlic salt, parmesan cheese, and italian seasoning. I just modified mine to make them dessert-y instead! They were really, really good! In the future I might serve them to a larger group because they were definitely best right out of the oven. By day 2 they were starting to get a little chewy. But we ate them nevertheless :0) By the end of the batch, I realized one of the reasons I was enjoying them so much -- they are like an unfurled cinnamon roll! Yeasty bread, cinnamon sugar, and frosting! Yum! I don't think that combination will ever get old.

Buttery Breadsticks 
*From Tasty Kitchen  by HSchultz
 (Directions are hers, pictures are mine.)

Ingredients:

Dessert Breadsticks! 

• 1 Tablespoon Yeast
• 1-½ cups Warm Water
• 2 Tablespoons Sugar
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 3-½ cups All-purpose Flour
• ½ cup Butter
• Optional Sprinkles: Garlic Salt, Parmesan Cheese And Italian Seasoning (I mixed up some cinnamon and sugar and used that instead.) 
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• Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water in the bowl of an electric mixer. Let stand for a few minutes until foamy. Then add sugar, salt and flour; mix well. Knead until smooth and elastic. Let dough rise for 10 minutes.
  Melt butter in the microwave for a few seconds at a time and once melted, pour half into a baking sheet that you have resting on a flat surface.
  Roll out dough into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into strips using a pizza cutter, twisting if desired. Roll each piece in the remaining butter, covering all sides and arrange on baking sheet. (The dough is pretty stretchy, so I ended up picking up the strip and immediately folding it in half as I twisted it. It made it easier to twist and made them a more reasonable length.)

  

  Headed into the oven... 

  Sprinkle with garlic salt, Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Let rise 15-20 minutes. Bake for 15-18 minutes.

  

  Warm and ready to be enjoyed! 

  The quick frosting I whipped up: 1 stick butter (needs to be soft), about 3 cups of powdered sugar, enough milk to make it the consistency of your choice, but usually start out with just 1 or 2 T. so it's not too runny. Whip until fluffy!
• These just might be one of my new favorite desserts! I love warm bread, especially when it's covered with butter, cinnamon sugar, and frosting! 
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• To life... full of "he'll want some jam to go with it" ideas. 
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