Bagels - sooooo easy & delicious!

[brazen20au]

these were wonderful - they take just over 1.5 hours to make, but there's only about 10 minutes of work in that they were chewy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside.

Next time i would probably lower the sugar a little - I'll try 25g and then 20g. they weren't REALLY sweet but still a little sweet for my liking. I also felt that they needed a wash or glaze of some sort too - I'll try egg perhaps (only to keep them dairy free). Original recipe came from here

it would be easy to put cheese on before baking if you desired, and probably not hard to make variations such as cinnamon & raisin, or blueberry (with dried & soaked berries)

Bagels (makes
290g warm water
480g bakers flour
5-10g yeast (i usually add it slowly so it wavers between the 2 to get approximately a sachet worth)
25g sugar
1 tspn salt

add all ingredients into the thermomix. mix on speed 5-6 for around 10-15 seconds until it just starts to come together into a ball.
then put on closed lid, knead setting for 2 minutes

place in an large oiled bowl, cover with cling wrap and leave to rise for an hour.

heat oven to 240'c (or 200' in my stupid oven lol)

divide in half (i found it easiest to use my hands and twist it into pieces), then half again and half again. roll each of the 8 pieces into a ball, then use your thumb/s to create a hole in the middle. i also did a bit of a twist in the doug, sort of pulling the inside towards the outside in a few places. place on a greased tray (i also lined with baking paper), cover with a damp tea towel and leave for 15 minutes.

in the meantime bring a large pot of water to the boil. add in bagels one at a time. cook 30 seconds per side - i generally added a second straight after turning the first and it was fine having 2 in at a time. drain (mine stuck to paper towel, so put them on a strainer over the original bowl used for the dough) then place back on the tray.

bake for 15 minutes.

let cool slightly and then go for it!!!!!!!!!!

originally posted by karen at http://brazen20au.blogspot.com/2010/03/bagels-easy-and-delicious-tmx.html

[willowfox]

Wow, they look awesome!!
I love bagels with cream cheese and jam:)
Will def give these a go soon, thanks Brazen.

[I Love Bimby!]

Thanks Brazen. I've never had a bagel before, might have to try these though.

[gertbysea]

Brilliant. I lurve Bagels.

Gretchen

[Thermomixer]

Great work brazen - love that you actually boil them first 

[Amanda]

Great work brazen - love that you actually boil them first 

Yes - a lot of people don't and yet still call them bagels!

[CreamPuff63]

Thanks brazen, quite an interesting recipe. (lucky your receipt didn't catch on fire - see photo)

[gertbysea]

Great work brazen - love that you actually boil them first 

If they ain't boiled then they ain't bagels.
After seeing them I had to make them. I had just made butter so used half buttermilk and half water, reduced to sugar to 18 gms and made mini (30 gms each) for a morning tea. Tomorrow I will add the gravlox, cream cheese and capers. I boiled 12 at a time and for 1 minute or so each side before just slapping them on the tray and into the oven for about 10 minutes.  Delish.

Next time I will add dried cranberries.

Gretch

[Thermomixer]

Good work Gerty - yum gravlax and bagels with cream cheese or sour cream - I'll be round.

[gertbysea]

They are so good thermomixer and so easy. Thanks Brazen. Yup I think I may go with the sour cream. Think I have some fake cavier in the fridge as well.

Gretch

[cookie1]

I've never had true bagels. I must try these.

[judydawn]

Hi Gretchen, you've been a little quiet of late so it's nice to hear from you again.  Love your bagels.  Tell me, what is gravlax?

[gertbysea]

Hi Gretchen, you've been a little quiet of late so it's nice to hear from you again.  Love your bagels.  Tell me, what is gravlax?

Them bagels is good. Gravlax is liked smoked salmon sort of instead of smoking it,is "cured " with salt and dill. Used to make it a lot in Sydney where I did a lot of entertaining. I have never found true gravlax up here but you can probably get it in Adelaide.
I have a great chef friend in Tassie who makes Gravlax to die for.

Been having new "puter" probs and dealing with DH and his computer "issues". Very frustrating. I have taken to the Sav Blanc.

Have a lovely Easter .

Gertankledeepinwater

Gertankle

[brazen20au]

yummo, they look great gert!

creampuff, the receipt wasn't as close as it looks

[cookie1]

Gretchen don't drown, you should be ok if it's only ankle deep.

Karen I made these and we really like them. I'm not sure what they should be like as I've never tasted them. They are sort of chewy on the outside. I reduced the sugar to 10g and sprayed them with oil before I baked them. Will post some photos. I found making them rather fascinating.