Miss_Jayne, pass me a bagel!(update pg 2 easier recipe!)

[miss_jayne]

they were better than bakery bagels. i was shocked. (and slightly terrified.)

 

[skeeter9]

Oh, those look so good!!! I'm going to have to make some soon. I remember trying to make homemade bagels once when I was in college and they were nasty!!!! Do you think it would work to use the "poke your thumb through the doughball, then stretch the hole out" technique with these?

 

[miss_jayne]

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definitely the roll out the snakes technique was easier. it made the dough look much nicer over all and was faster. the 'poke a hole' method would work, it's just more time consuming and not as nice looking.

 

[prairiegirl]

miss_jayne, thanks so much for inspiring me to bake some bagels. I saw this thread yesterday and then read it again this morning and decided to just get busy. Your review and tips on bagel making made it seem fairly easy.
I wasn't able to load the link you shared on page 2, but I found a recipe on recipezaar.
My husband helped me make them and we just shared a warm fresh bagel with cream cheese. YUM!!!
I've been baking our own bread for years, but have never attempted bagels. Now, it's on to english muffins.

Thanks a bunch!


skeeter9, that's how we shaped the bagels - formed a ball, let rest a few minutes, then poked a hole in the middle and slightly stretched to form a bagel. Next time, I will stretch just a bit more.

 

[miss_jayne]

for prariegirl:

copied from hub page mentioned it thread earlier.

Homemade bagel recipe

4 cups bread flour

1 Tbls sugar

1 1/2 tsps salt

1 Tbls vegetable oil

2 tsps instant yeast

1-1/4- 1-1/2 cups of warm water.

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. You don't have to worry about soaking the yeast when you use instant yeast (most yeast sold these days is instant yeast). The dough should feel stiff, but add the extra water if it's really stiff, or you can't get all the dry flour incorporated.

Plop the dough down onto the counter, and knead for about ten minutes, or until the dough is uniform and smooth.

Cut the dough into 8 equal sized balls, and let rest for 10-20 minutes.

Pre heat your oven to 425.

Now, take each of the dough balls and using two hands, roll it into a little snake on the counter. When the snake is longer than the width of your two hands, wrap it around your dominant roiling hand. The dough rope should be wrapped so the overlapping ends are together at your palm, near the start of your fingers. Now take the two overlapping ends, and use your palm to squish/roll these two ends together. Once the dough is fused, you should have a perfectly circular bagel-to-be! This is the only part of the process that can take a little practice before your bagels will look really professional. Don't get discouraged if they don't look perfect, it just takes practice!

Let your bagels rest on the counter for about 20 minutes, and meanwhile, bring a pot of water to boil, and grease a large baking tray lightly. You can just rub a splash of vegetable oil and rub it around.

After the 20 minute wait, your bagels will start to look puffy, and it's time to get them boiling! Add them as many at a time as you can to your boiling water without crowding them. Boil for about a minute, turn them over, and boil for another minute. Take them out a let dry for a minute and then place them on your oiled baking tray. Repeat until all the bagels are boiled.

Add the tray to the oven, and after 10 minutes, flip the bagels over, bake for another ten minutes; and they're done!

Let them cool for at least 20 minutes, get the cream cheese ready, and feast on what's got to be one of the best weekend brunch treats possible!

 

[miss_jayne]

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you are so welcome. the homemade bagels are dangerous good!
glad you enjoyed some with your DH.

my goals in the near future include english muffins and rye bread. yum!

 

[Jen4]

My bagels are baking right now

hope they turn out... I used your 1st recipe in your post. Also I just made plain bagels, wanted blueberry ones but didnt have any, maybe next time.

 

[gumpsgirl]

How in the world did I miss this thread?!?! My kids go through bagels like crazy! I just bought 24 bagels on Thursday and we are down to 8.

Now I can make some!

Thanks for the recipes and the inspiration!

Yours look wonderful, BTW!

 

[lockedhearts]

I made some !!!!!!! Hubby and I shared one. Next time I make them I am dividing the dough to make 10 or 12 , I am also making a loaf of french bread . All this with a Concrete Block for a head

 

[HorseFeathers]

You are making me

miss_jayne, stop before I go.... buy... ingredients............