Homemade Bagels
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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8-12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups warm water (112-115 degrees F)
- 2 tablespoons dry yeast
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 4 1⁄4 cups bread flour
- 8 cups water, for boiling
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon water
- cinnamon, and or raisins
- poppy seed
- onions or garlic
- sesame seeds
directions
- In a small bowl, mix yeast, sugar and warm water together and let stand 3 minutes.
- Mix 2 cups of flour with the salt in a large bowl; then add the yeast mixture. Stir until combined and slowly mix in the rest of the flour.
- Knead dough on a floured surface for 5 minutes, adding additional flour if necessary. Dough should be fairly smooth and somewhat firm. Place dough in a greased bowl, cover and let rise until double.
- Punch dough down (if making cinnamon raisin bagels, add the cinnamon and raisins now -- knead just enough to swirl the cinnamon through the dough). Divide and shape into 12 balls. (For larger bagels, make only 8 balls.) Allow to rest for 5 minutes.
- Bring 2 quarts of water to boil. Make a hole in each ball of dough and pull open about 2 inches, making a bagel shape. Place the shaped dough onto a cookie sheet and cover for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F Drop 2 or 3 bagels at a time into the boiling water for about 45 seconds, turning each once.
- Drain cooked bagels on a wire rack. Mix egg white and water; brush tops with egg white mixture and top with optional toppings, if using. Place bagels on greased baking sheets.
- Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes, turning once half-way through baking. (If making plain bagels, you can flip the bagels; otherwise, just rotate.) Bagels will be lightly browned and shiny.
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Additional Notes:
- This recipe and photos were submitted by guest chef Bethany Kerr.
- She writes, "I love this recipe because the bagels taste so much better fresh than they do bought from the store -- the kids and hubby adore them! They really are not that difficult or time consuming to make either. :)".
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