Asiago Spinach Breadsticks With Pine-Nuts

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Rinse the baby spinach leaves and microwave for 3 minutes. Drain & cool in colander. Then coarsely chop.

2. 2

   Separate the egg and put the yolk in your bread machine pan. Save the white for the glaze.

3. 3

   Put the remaining ingredients (except 2 tsp water and coarse salt) into bread pan in order suggested by your bread machine instructions.

4. 4

   My breadman recommends wet ingredients first (egg, water, oil, honey, spinach leaves)with flour and pine-nuts next. Then put salt in off to one side and make a well in the flour for the yeast. Finally sprinkle the cheese on top.

5. 5

   Set machine for dough, press start.

6. 6

   Grease two baking sheets.

7. 7

   Make a wash of the egg white and 2 tsp water.

8. 8

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

9. 9

   When dough is ready, remove from bread machine and punch down.

10. 10

    Cut the dough into 16 pieces.

11. 11

    Roll each pieces between your palms to form a rope about 6 inches long.

12. 12

    Place breadsticks on baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

13. 13

    Brush breadsticks with egg wash. Sprinkle with coarse salt (and chopped pine-nuts if desired).

14. 14

    Bake bread sticks until golden, about 20 minutes.