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Beautiful Bagels - (using bread machine to make the dough)

photo by Jenny 2





- Ready In:
- 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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8 bagels
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 3 teaspoons yeast
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons gluten flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1⁄4 cups water
directions
- Place all the above ingredients into bread machine, and select'dough' cycle.
- Stop the bread machine 40 minutes after the mixing starts (1 hour and 10 minutes from beginning of dough cycle).
- Tip bagel dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead by hand for about 1 minute.
- Cut dough into 8 pieces.
- Roll and'gently massage' each piece into a snake.
- Dampen and overlap the ends pressing firmly to form a ring.
- Place each ring on an individual piece of baking paper already lightly sprayed with oil.
- Cover all rings with a sheet of baking paper and allow to rest.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pan of water to the boil.
- Carefully lowering each bagel one by one (about 4 at a time) into the pan of boiling water, slide the paper from each bagel ring away.
- Gently turn bagels allowing about 40 seconds on each side.
- Lift each bagel out and drain on absorbent paper towels.
- Place drained bagels on baking baking tray already lined with baking paper.
- Brush each bagel with lightly beaten egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and sprinkle with lots of poppy seeds or toasted sesame seeds.
- Bake in hot oven (220'C, Gas mark 7) for about 15 minutes- or until a nice deep golden brown colour.
- Remove bagels from oven and place on wire rack.
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Reviews
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My husband and my daughter just made these for lunch. They switched the quantity of white flour for whole wheat (so it was 2:1 white/wholewheat flour) and added raisins and cinnamon to half of the dough and they all turned out amazingly!!! Will definitely be making these again and again! Thank you for a great recipe!
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This is honestly the easiest recipe and was SO tasty! I switched the whole wheat (2 cups) and all-purpose (1 cup) so it was health and delicious. I never honestly thought I could make my own bagels for my family after seeing the complexity of other recipes, but this was wonderful! Thank you for sharing.
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This was my first attempt at making homemade bagels, but I must say that store bagels never looked appetizing enough for me to even attempt to taste, so I've never tasted store bought bagels before. After I pulled these beauties out of my oven, I could barely wait to sink my teeth in them...SUCCESS!!! They were yummy, my whole family loved these bagels.Thanks Karin for sharing this delicious recipe.
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My husband and my daughter just made these for lunch. They switched the quantity of white flour for whole wheat (so it was 2:1 white/wholewheat flour) and added raisins and cinnamon to half of the dough and they all turned out amazingly!!! Will definitely be making these again and again! Thank you for a great recipe!
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Fabulous recipe and easy enough to do by hand. I've been afraid of making bagels because I thought it was too difficult but this has made me change my mind. Next time I will have to double the recipe since these didn't last long. I did use bread flour instead of all purpose flour, and skipped the gluten. These can be frozen and reheated and it still taste great (I managed to hide a couple..lol) Thanks!