Quick easy bread to try

Butter Dips
Michelle (MMmom)

1/3 cup butter
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt1 cup milk
*see variations at end for additional ingredients

Heat oven to 400. Melt butter in oven in oblong pan, 13 x 9. Remove pan when butter is melted. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, add milk. Stir slowly with fork until dough just clings together. Turn onto well-floured board. Roll over to coat with flour. Knead lightly about 10 times. Roll out 1/2 inch thick into rectangle, 12 x 8 inches. With floured knife or pizza cutter, cut dough in half lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 16 strips. Pick up cut strips in both hands and dip each strip in melted butter. Next, lay them close together in the same pan in which butter is melted. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. Serve hot.

Makes 32 sticks.

Variations: (1) Add 1/2 cup grated sharp cheese to dry ingredients.
(2) Add 1 clove finely minced garlic to butter before melting.
(3) Sprinkle paprika, celery seed or garlic salt over butter dips before baking.
(4) Add 1/2 cup minced chives or parsley to flour mixture.