Homemade Pizza Hut Pizza & Bread Sticks

There's something delicious about the way Pizza Hut pizza crusts and bread sticks are made that are just so yummy.  Now being pregnant, I have strong cravings for their bread sticks and to cut down on costs, I finally decided to make them.  I found this recipe online and changed it just a bit:

Dough (makes 2 batches of bread sticks or 1 batch and 2 - 8" pizzas)

• 1 1/3 cup warm water (~110 degrees)
• 1/4 cup non-fat dry milk
• 1/2 tsp salt (optional)
• 3 cups flour (about)
• 1 tbs sugar
• 1 package instant dry yeast
• 2 tbs butter or butter-flavored oil

Bread Stick Seasoning

• 2 tbs dry parmesan cheese
  
• 1/2 tbs garlic powder
  
• 1/2 tbs garlic salt
  
• 1 tbs onion powder
  
• 1 tbs oregano
• 1/2 tbs basil

Sauce (I halved the recipe and had way more than enough for 1 batch bread sticks and 2 - 8" pizzas)

• 1 (15oz) can tomato sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp dry oregano
• 1/2 tsp dry basil
• 1/2 tsp dry marjoram
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp salt

For the dough, mix dry milk, sugar, yeast, and salt (optional) together and add in the water.  Stir and let rest for 2-5 minutes, or until it begins to bubble.  Add in butter and stir.  Gently mix in flour until it is all incorporated and forms a ball in Electric Mixer (i.e. Kitchen Aid) and mix for 5 minutes or knead dough on floured surface for about 10 minutes. 

Separate doughs into desired amounts and let rest.  For bread sticks in a 9x13" pan, grease about 3 tablespoons of melted butter or oil onto pan.  For 8" round pizzas, use about 1 tablespoon.


Roll out dough and place onto greased pans.  Cover.  Let rise for at least 1 hour (the bread sticks took 2 hours to raise).

For bread sticks, lightly coat the top with melted butter or butter-flavored cooking spray.  Season with seasoning.  (I added almost the entire amount of seasoning but it was too much for me.  Mike, on the other hand, loved the amount.)

For pizzas, add sauce and toppings.  Lightly top the crust with melted butter or butter-flavored cooking spray.

Place in a 475 degree preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Some people like to boil all of the ingredients for the sauce but I combined them all and let them stand for about an hour and the flavors blended together nicely.