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Easy Bagel Recipe

Easy bagel recipe will help you make the best homemade bagels in less than 90 minutes.You will need only five basic ingredients to make the dough.Step by step video will show you how to make bagels in a quick and easy method.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Proofing Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 8 bagels
Calories 182 kcal

Ingredients
  

To prepare the bagel dough

  • 390 g Flour 3 cups (loosely packed)
  • 270 ml Warm water 1 cup +2 tbsp
  • 12 g Sugar 1 tbsp
  • 6 g Salt 1 tsp
  • 3 g Yeast 1 tsp

For sprinkling on top

  • sesame seeds flakey salt,chopped garlic,poppy seeds etc

Instructions
 

PREPARE THE BAGEL DOUGH

  • Into a bowl,add all our ingredients one by one and mix them to form a shaggy mass of dough.
    Pour in some lukewarm water, water which is not hot nor cold but just slightly warm.Ideally around 95-100F.
  • Add the sugar, salt and yeast.Stir until all ingredients get dissolved in water.
    bagel ingredients
  • Add flour and mix them together to form a shaggy mass of dough.
    Transfer the dough onto a clean work surface .Knead the dough until the dough become soft and elastic.
    Only a well kneaded dough can produce amazing and soft bagels.
    bagel dough

DIVIDE AND SHAPE THE BAGEL DOUGH

  • Once our quick and easy bagel dough is ready, divide the dough into 8 equal pieces.For more precision,I weighed the dough and then divided; each of them weighed 82-83 g.
    Flatten each piece of dough and then roll each piece of dough into small balls.Tuck in the edges towards the centre and roll each of dough into small round balls.
    shaping bagel dough
  • Press gently on top so that it will have a disc shape.Keep it aside.
    Repeat the same with all the rest, dough pieces.
    Now take the first one that we shaped and place it on a lightly floured work surface.
    I lightly dusted the top of the disc with some flour. 
    Then use your thumb to poke a hole into the middle of each piece.
    Stretch the dough little by little as you turn until the hole has enlarged to 1-1/2 to 2 inches. The dough ring should be an even thickness all around.
    Place the shaped bagels into a nonstick baking tray or on to parchment lined baking tray or on to a well greased baking tray.
    shaping bagels
  • Now we need to cover it with cling film.When I first made this easy bagels, the dough got stuck to the cling film.So I would suggest you to dust the top of shaped bagels with some flour before covering the tray with cling film.

PROOF THE BAGEL DOUGH (15 minutes warm +15 minutes in freezer)

  • Unlike other bread doughs, this easy bagel dough need only a small proofing time.
    Keep the bagel dough in a warm environment for 10-15 minutes.(15 minutes if your place is colder)
    During this time the bagel dough will start to puff up slightly.(around 30% rise)
    Then keep the tray in freezer for 15 minutes.
    This will slow down the fermentation and it will help the shaped bagel dough to get firmer structure.

BOIL THE BAGELS (1 minute each side)

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil (the wider the pot, the better) ; have ready a slotted spoon. 
    Gently drop the bagels into the boiling water. It doesn’t matter which side goes in first.
    Boil only as many bagels as will comfortably fit; they should float within 10 seconds, if not immediately. 
    Boil for 1 minute, flip them over, and boil for another 1 minute. If you want very chewy bagels, boil for 2 minutes per side.
    boiling bagels before baking
  • Sprinkle the top with your favorite topping…sesame or poppy seeds, kosher salt, chopped onions, or minced garlic etc

BAKE THE BAGELS

  • Bake the bagels in a 425 F or 220 C preheated oven for around 25 minutes or until they turn golden brown in color.
    Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the bagels to a cooling rack. Let cool for at least 10 minutes.
    homemade bagels recipe
  • Enjoy with some cream cheese or fill it with any of your favourite fillings.

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