New York Style Bagels

Submitted by ellie3763

"from the blog Healthy Delicious - http://healthy-delicious.com/2009/12/new-york-style-bagels/ - cook time includes rising time"

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 12 bagels
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 teaspoons yeast
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1⁄4 cups warm water
• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 egg yolk

directions

1. Add sugar and yeast to 1/2 cup warm water, without stirring. Let sit for five minutes, then stir until dissolved.
2. Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and our in the yeast mixture along with half the remaining water. Begin to mix, adding more water as needed to form a firm dough.
3. On a floured counter, knead for 20 minutes (I know its a long time, consider it your arm workout for the day). Cover and set in a warm place to rise for 1 hour, or until doubled. Punch down and let sit another 10 minutes.
4. Divide dough into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. To form the bagel, dip your pointer finger into some flour and poke it through the middle of the ball to form a rind. Stretch it out so that the hole is about 1/3rd the diameter of the bagel. Continue with remaining pieces. Set on a cookie sheet, cover, and let sit for another 10 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, add the baking soda to a large pot of water and bring it to a boil. Working in batches, add about 3 bagels to the boiling water. They should float to the top almost immediately. Let boil 2 minutes, then flip over and let boil 3 minutes on the other side. Remove and return to cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining bagels.
6. While the bagels are boiling, combine the egg yolk with 2 Tbs water. Brush over the bagel as you remove them from the pot. Sprinkle with any toppings that you desire (ex: coarse sea salt, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, dehydrated garlic, etc).
7. Heat oven to 450. Bake bagels for 10-15 minutes or until the bagels are a light golden color.

Reviews

[Wyogirl145]

Made these today and they were perfect. I doubled the batch , made poppy seed, onion, sea salt and plain. My DH wanted cranberry orange so it's 8PM and am finishing baking my 2nd batch. YUM YUM

 

[chefmick]

made these to go with breakfast. they are perfect. Of course now I have to make more as there were none left over.

 

[BeccaHunter]

It would have helped if you had specified a GREASED cookie sheet. I just finished scraping mine off the cookie sheet. Boy, are they ugly!