Easy Homemade Bagels
An easy bagel recipe using instant yeast. You can make your own bagels and serve them at an event. It will take a little time, but it is not difficult to do and homemade anything is fun to serve. Bagels are first boiled and then baked!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1/2 teaspoon instant dry yeast
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- large pot of water (to boil)
Directions
- In a large bowl, lightly mix together flour, sugar, and salt.
- Add yeast and water, then knead together ingredients with hands to create a sticky but manageable dough.
- Take dough out onto flat floured surface.
- Knead dough firmly with your hands until the dough is no longer lumpy and powdery, approximately 15min.
- Add sprinkles of water or flour as necessary to keep the dough manageable -- it will get elastic but pretty stiff.
- Roll out dough into long tube and cut 1 inch sections as seen in picture.
- Use your finger to poke a hole into the center of each piece.
- Cover the bagels with plastic wrap and let rest for about 15 minutes (30-40 min during winter time).
- In the meantime, fill a large pot with water and a teaspoon of sugar and bring to a simmer.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- When the dough is ready, carefully drop them into the water (doing batches of 2 at a time) and let them simmer for about 15 seconds on each side, flipping them only once.
- The bagels should float when ready.
- Use a slotted spoon to remove bagels and place onto a baking sheet.
- When all bagels are boiled and no baking sheet, bake for approx. 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
