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Prep Time: 1 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes |
Ready In: 36 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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These home-baked bagels are crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, and great with cream cheese or butter! 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:
1. In a small bowl, mix yeast, sugar and warm water together and let stand 3 minutes.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Preheat oven to 350°F Drop 2 or 3 bagels at a time into the boiling water for about 45 seconds, turning each once.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Additional Notes:.
10. This recipe and photos were submitted by guest chef Bethany Kerr.
11. 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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