There is nothing better than having a warm bagel smothered in cream cheese in the morning. It is very rare these days that people have malt barley in there pantry, so most recipes that you find these days are made with easy to find ingredients. If you keep one bagel recipe in your cookbook, make sure it is this one!
You can make your life a lot easier by making the dough portion of this recipe in a bread maker, but if you have a few extra minutes, you can easily make these by hand.
Bagel Toppings
This bagel recipe is so easy that you might want to spice things up a little bit. instead of just cream cheese try adding smoked salmon or make a sausage egg and cheese bagel. It’s all up to you. The main event is going to be the homemade bagel so any way you make it is a win win.
Tips to make sure don’t mess up this easy bagel recipe:
Did you know that the number one reason dough doesn’t rise is because the yeast that you used is dead. Yes, that’s right, yeast can die/expire. To test your yeast before you use it, make sure to mix it with warm water and sugar BEFORE you start your recipe. If your yeast doesn’t start to bubble after 5 minutes then you might need to buy some more yeast! Watch my explanation of testing your yeast on my Tiktok page HERE.
Tips:
Don’t forget that everyone’s environment is different and can affect the way your oven cooks and heats. Be sure to keep an eye on your bagel while it cooks and take it out when it gets to your desired browning.
If you want more bread recipes, check out or bread section HERE.
Everything Bagel Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups AP flour preferably sifted
- ½ tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup warm water no higher than 115 degrees
- 1 ½ tsp instant yeast
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 1 egg optional for egg wash
- everything seasoning enough to top all bagels
Instructions
- add your instant yeast to the warm water, stir it and set it aside while we prepare the rest.
- Mix together flour, sugar and salt.
- add the water and yeast mixture and stir with a spatula.
- lightly flour your work surface and knead the dough until it is a soft dough ball. This should take about 8-10. minutes. (you can also use a stand mixer if you would like)
- Lightly oil a bowl, put in your dough and let it rise for 1 hour or until the dough doubles in size.
- Once it has doubled in size, punch out the access air and split the dough into 4 even pieces.
- form dough balls and then punch holes in the middle with your finger to make the shape of the bagel.
- Boil water in a shallow pan, add 1 tbsp of honey
- Boil the dough for 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
- Put the boiled bagels on a cookie tray, brush the top with egg to help with the browning process (optional), and to help your toppings stick
- add the topping of your choice, we are using everything seasoning
- bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes. let cool and enjoy!
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