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Basic Bagels

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Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoon dry yeast
  • 0.5 teaspoon sugar
  • 1.5 cups lukewarm water
  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 2 teaspoons + 1 pinch salt
  • 1 heaping tablespoon + 2 teaspoons malt barley syrup
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

Equipment

  • stand mixer
  • baking sheet
  • parchment paper
  • pizza stone

Instructions

Make dough

  1. Place yeast and sugar in a small bowl, add water and stir gently. Let stand for 5-10 minutes, until foamy.
  2. Add 4 cups bread flour, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 heaping tablespoon malt barley to bowl of stand mixer with hook attachment.
  3. Once yeast/sugar/water mixture has started bubbling add to mixer bowl
  4. Start mixing on low speed.
  5. Once dough has started to come together, increase speed to medium-low
  6. Keep mixing for another 5-7 minutes, until dough is elastic, shiny and dense.
  7. Remove dough from bowl and let rest for 1 minute.
  8. Divide the dough into 8-10 small sections (depending on how large/small you want your bagels) - use a food scale for precision.
  9. Roll each section into a ball and place on baking sheet lined with parchment. Cover for 10-15 minutes
  10. Shape your bagels
  • Either make hole in middle of balls and shape, or roll into rope and overlap (see picture)
  1. Place rolled bagels back on baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and stick in fridge for 12-18 hours

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Prepare to Boil and Bake

  1. When ready to boil and bake, place pizza stone in oven and preheat to 500F. Allow stone to sit in preheated oven for about 30 minutes
  2. Bring a wide pot of water to a low boil, add 2 teaspoons malt barley, pinch of salt, and 1 teaspoon of baking soda to boiling water

Note: Do not start boiling bagels until your oven has completely preheated. Once the bagels boil for 1-2 minutes, you want to get the bagels into the oven immediately.

Note part 2: Do not take your bagels out of the fridge too soon or they may spread and lose their shape

Boil and Bake

  1. Once water is boiling, reduce heat slightly so it's a robust simmer.
  2. Add bagel puffed side down.
  3. After 30-60 seconds flip bagels over and boil for another 30-60 seconds.
  4. Immediately put boiled bagels onto pizza stone, flat side down. Here is where you'd add toppings to the bagels, if desired
  5. Bake 10 minutes flat side down, then flip onto puffed side.
  6. Bake another 3-5 minutes depending on how crispy you want the outside.
  7. Cool and serve immediately.
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