Cheese yeast sticks

Name: Cheese yeast sticks
Total time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Yield: 9
Cuisine: European, Italian
Ingredients: Wheat flour for baking - 500 g; Milk - 200 g; Water - 1000 g; Hard cheese - 140 g; Sugar - 60 g; Dry yeast - 22 g; Vegetable oil - 35 g; Salt - 8 g; Chicken egg yolk - 17 g; Milk - 60 g

Cookinero 27 March 2025

Italy is considered to be the birthplace of cheese yeast sticks. As early as the 14th century, Italians prepared them as an alternative to the expensive bread of that time. Now there are many recipes from different types of dough. One of the most popular is cheese sticks from yeast dough. The snack is easy to prepare, even a novice cook can easily master the technology. It is better to use hard cheese to prepare the sticks.

How to cook Cheese yeast sticks

Step 1

Prepare the dough. In a deep container, mix salt with 3 tablespoons of flour, add sugar, dry yeast, warm milk and water, pour in vegetable oil. Mix the ingredients thoroughly. Gradually add flour. The dough should be elastic. Cover the container with a clean towel and leave for 40 minutes to rise.

Step 2

Prepare the sticks. Form the dough into sticks. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Leave to rest and rise a little. After 15 minutes, beat the egg yolk with 2 tbsp. milk and grease the sticks. Sprinkle with grated cheese on top. Bake in the oven, preheated to 180 ˚C, for 15 minutes.