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Best Ever Bagel Recipe

Soft & Chewy Bagels which is super easy to make. These bagels has the perfect crusty topping with chewy interior. A recipe for instant 1 hour bagel is shared as well.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course Breakfast Recipe, Breakfast Recipes
Cuisine American, Germany
Servings 8 Bagels
Calories 269 kcal

Ingredients
  

TRADITIONAL BAGELS RECIPE

FOR DOUGH

  • 3 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1.5 teaspoon Dry Yeast
  • 2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Golden Syrup or Sugar
  • 1 cup Warm Water

FOR POACHING WATER

  • Water for boiling
  • 4 tablespoon Treacle
  • 1 tablespoon Baking Soda

FOR BAGEL TOPPINGS

  • ¼ cup Sesame Seeds
  • ¼ cup Poppy seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Sea salt flakes as needed
  • ¼ cup Granulated Onion
  • 3 tablespoon Caraway Seeds

1 Hour Bagel Recipe

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour / Maida
  • 1½ teaspoon Dry Yeast
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Egg
  • ½ cup Warm Milk
  • Water - as needed
  • Sesame Seeds or Poppy Seeds

Instructions
 

TRADITIONAL BAGELS RECIPE

  • Take warm water, golden syrup, sprinkle yeast over warm water. Leave to activate for 5 mins.
  • Now add in salt, flour and mix to a dough like.
  • Knead for 5 mins. Place it in a bowl, leave to rise for 2 hours.
  • Now take the dough, divide it into equal portion.
  • Roll each ball into a rope like, bring it together and seal it well.
  • Place it in a baking tray and leave it in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
  • Mix together bagel seasoning.
  • Preheat oven to 220 Degree C.
  • Bring water to a boil, add in treacle, baking soda and mix well. Boil for 1 min.
  • Now take the bagel from the fridge 15 minutes before poaching.
  • Drop the bagel in hot water, poach for 30 seconds, flip over and cook for 30 seconds.
  • Drain it and coat in the bagel seasoning.
  • Coat on both sides.
  • Arrange it baking tray and bake for 20 mins.

1 HOUR BAGEL RECIPE

  • Take a baking sheet, line it with foil and brush it with oil.
  • Take warm milk in a bowl, add in sugar and yeast, mix well. Let it sit for 4 to 5 mins till the yeast activates and foams up.
  • Now take flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix them well. Make a well in the center and pour the yeast milk in it. Add in enough water to make a soft and stiff dough. Knead the dough for a good 5 mins till it get smooth.
  • Now roll it into a thick log. Cut into 6 even portions.
  • Take a ball, roll it into a log. Press both ends. Bring them together and pinch it up and seal it.
  • Place them over the tray. Now repeat this with the remaining ball. Cover everything with a damp cloth and let it rise for 30 to 40 mins.
  • Preheat the oven to 190 Degree C / 360 Degree F.
  • Now boil lots of water in a sauce pan. Once the water boil. Place the bagels in boiling water and cook them for a min on both sides.
  • Remove them with a slotted spoon and place them over the baking tray again. Repeat this with the remaining bagels
  • Now quickly crack open a egg and beat the well. Use a pastry brush and egg wash the bagels. Sprinkle the top with sesame seeds and pop them in oven.
  • Bake them for around 20 mins. If your bagels has got good colour then you dont have to do it, my bagels didn't get colour so poped them under the grill for just a min or till they turn golden.
  • Remove them from oven and let them cool a bit. Now remove them and let them cool on a wire rack.
  • Serve them warm, or freeze them for later use.

Notes

  1. Knead the dough really good for 5 to 6 mins till the dough is strechy.
  2. Leave the dough to rise for at least 1 to 2 hours.
  3. You can use sugar or brown sugar instead of treacle in poaching water. But treacle gives perfect colour to the bagel when it is baked.
  4. Coat the bagels in any topping as you like.
  5. You can use the bagels in any recipe.

STORAGE

  1. You can store the bagels in room temp for 2 days.
  2. You can store bagels in fridge upto a week.
  3. Store in freezer for upto a month.

SERVING SUGGESTION

  1. You can make sandwiches using bagels. 
  2. Toast them and spread cream cheese on top and enjoy

Nutrition

Serving: 1bagelCalories: 269kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 8gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1002mgPotassium: 327mgFiber: 4gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 9IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 148mgIron: 4mg
Keyword Bagels, chewy bagels, homemade bagels
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