Mix together water, salt, flour, yeast and 2 tsp of Italian Seasoning.
Dough will be sticky be manageable.
Spread dough into bottom of parchment lined pan. Add some oil to your fingertips if needed to handle the dough.
Using a pizza cutter cut 1" wide lines strips down the long side of the pan.
Cover with a cotton towel and allow to rise for 50-60 minutes or until it has about doubled in height.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Drizzle dough with addtional tablespoon of oil and remaining 1 tsp o seasoning.
Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
Remove from oven and lift breadsticks from pan using the edges of the parchment paper.
Place on a cooling rack.
Allow to cool a few minutes and then cut through the breadsticks on the scored lines. Use the pizza cutter for this.
Place the cut breadsticks onto a cookie sheet. Allow a little space between them. Return to oven and bake for 5-10 more minutes (the longer the time, the stiffer the breadsticks will be)
Remove from oven, brush with melted butter and serve.
Notes
If you are using active dry yeast instead of instant yeast, you will need to proof your yeast first to activate it. Put your yeast into 1/2 cup of water (part of the 1 1/2 cups needed) Sprinkle in yeast and let it dissolve and start to foam. (about 10 minutes) then add in with the other ingredients. See my post here on How to Work with Yeast if you have any questions.
To make these into a cheesy breadstick, sprinkle the top with Parmesan cheese or grated Mozzarella cheese before baking.
Instead of sprinkling with Italian seasoning use garlic powder, sesame seeds, bagel seasoning or poppy seeds.