Homemade Bagels

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (112-115 degrees f)
• 2 tablespoons dry yeast
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 4 1/4 cups bread flour
• 8 cups water, for boiling
• 1 egg , lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon water
• cinnamon, and or raisins
• poppy seed
• onions or garlic
• sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, mix yeast, sugar and warm water together and let stand 3 minutes.
• 2 mix 2 cups of flour with the salt in a large bowl; then add the yeast mixture. stir until combined and slowly mix in the rest of the flour.
• 3 knead dough on a floured surface for 5 minutes, adding additional flour if necessary. dough should be fairly smooth and somewhat firm. place dough in a greased bowl, cover and let rise until double.
• 4 punch dough down (if making cinnamon raisin bagels, add the cinnamon and raisins now -- knead just enough to swirl the cinnamon through the dough). divide and shape into 12 balls. (for larger bagels, make only 8 balls.) allow to rest for 5 minutes.
• 5 bring 2 quarts of water to boil. make a hole in each ball of dough and pull open about 2 inches, making a bagel shape. place the shaped dough onto a cookie sheet and cover for 10 minutes.
• 6 preheat oven to 350°f drop 2 or 3 bagels at a time into the boiling water for about 45 seconds, turning each once.
• 7 drain cooked bagels on a wire rack. mix egg and water; brush tops with egg mixture and top with optional toppings, if using. place bagels on greased baking sheets.
• 8 bake at 350°f for 35 minutes, turning once half-way through baking. (if making plain bagels, you can flip the bagels; otherwise, just rotate.) bagels will be lightly browned and shiny.
• 9 additional notes:.
• 10 this recipe and photos were submitted by guest chef bethany kerr.
• 11 she writes, "i love this recipe because the bagels taste so much better fresh than they do bought from the store -- the kids and hubby adore them! they really are not that difficult or time consuming to make either. :)".