Homemade Fried Cheese Sticks

I love cheese! So what's better than fried cheese? Cheesecake, but it's not time for dessert yet.
My daughter gave me a recipe for these yummy cheese sticks, they are incredible. I used olive oil for a healthier fat, reduced fat mozzarella sticks, homemade bread crumbs from some stale bread I put in the freezer and good eggs from my friend Letitia's pastured chickens. So, really, how unhealthy were they?

You could use sliced mozzarella or the sticks sold as string cheese, in fact, the cheddar or pepper jack sticks would be good too.
Here's the recipe:
1 lb. mozzarella sticks or chunk cut into 1/4 inch slices
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup flour all purpose, white spelt or rice might work too but I didn't try it
3/4 cup bread crumbs
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/2 cup olive oil
I had to make my crumbs by grinding the bread in the food processor, add the seasoning too.

Set up three bowls with the eggs in one, the flour in the second and the crumbs in the third.

I cut the cheese sticks in half. Have ready a sheet pan lined with wax paper.
Dip each stick in egg,

then flour,

then egg again,

then bread crumbs.

Place on sheet pan.

Line them all up and refrigerate for an hour.
Heat the oil in a small fry pan.

Put a few in the hot oil careful not to over crowd them.
Cook one minute per side.

Remove to a paper towel lined plate. Guard them. In fact eat a couple quickly before the family snags them all.
Serve with marinara sauce or tomato soup.