Combine 1/2 cup of warm water with yeast and set aside to do it's magic.

Mix hot water, sugar, salt, oil, and 3 cups of the flour in your mixer and mix until smooth.

Add the yeast and the rest of the flour and mix in mixer for about 10 minutes.

Melt about 1 1/2 sticks of butter in the microwave. Pour enough of the butter to cover the bottom of a large cookie sheet, about half of it.

Next, roll dough into a rough rectangular shape to fit on the cookie sheet.

Carefully, place the dough in the sheet pan and stretch to fit. (I rolled my dough out on a rolling mat. Once it was big enough, I placed the sheet pan upside down on the dough, then flipped the whole thing over and peeled off the rolling mat.)

Using a pizza cutter, slice the dough in half, width-wise, then into 1" breadsticks, length-wise.

Brush the rest of the butter on the top of the breadsticks.

Sprinkle with garlic salt, Parmesan, and Italian seasoning.

Bake in a 400 degree oven for 15 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.