Prepare one recipe for White Bread or Cornmeal Cheese Bread. After the first rising, punch down the dough and divide it into 4 equal parts. Shape each part into a cylinder 12 inches long. Cut each cylinder into 12 (1 inch) pieces. One at a time, roll up each piece between your hands and then roll it out on the work surface into an even stick about 1/3 inch in diameter. Grease 2 baking sheets and sprinkle them with cornmeal.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place the sticks on the baking sheets, cover them and let them rise in a warm place for 15 minutes. Brush them with a glaze of egg and salt and sprinkle with coarse salt or poppy or sesame seeds. Bake the sticks for 30 minutes. Then increase the heat to 350 degrees and bake until nicely browned, about 5 minutes more. Makes 48 breadsticks.