Homemade bagels

• Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt and yeast) in a big glass bowl.
• Mix wet ingredients (milk + demineralized water) in a glass measuring cup going in microwave
• and warm it 1-2 minutes in microwave so it’s warm but not hot ( e.g. 45 C)
• Mix wet and dry ingredients with a wooded spoon until all the flower is wet and you can form a
• ball of dough or use a stand up mixer with bread hook to do the job for you.
• Cover you dough ball in the glass bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and let sit to rise for 2h.

………………2h ……………………

• Remove the dough ball from your bowl, put it onto a flowered surface so it does not stick, and
• cut in 6-8 equal pieces with a bread cutter or knife. I used real bread making tissue to put my
• dough on but you can put it onto a wooded board or clean counter with flour on it so it does not
• stick.
• Make little dough balls with each pieces (6-8) by folding them onto themselves and rolling them,
• and let sit 10-15 min.
• Flatted your little balls gently if you want, just a very little bit, more like the thickness of a bagel.
• Poke a hole in the middle of each of you ball, with your index and thumb, and enlarge it up to
• the hole size you want for your bagel.
• Let sit those formed raw bagel for 30 min
• Meanwhile, prepare your boiling water: Add the bicarbonate de soude and honey into room
• temperature water (demineralized would have a better teste than chlorinated tap water, put to
• boil (should take about 20 mins so perfect time you’re your bagel dough to rise.
• During that time, also start your oven at 350 F.
• Prepare your bagel rack: Place a cooking rack on top of a baking sheet (you can put parchment
• paper also on the baking sheet but the bagels will be cooked on the rack so there are well
• golden on both side) a regular big one would usually holds approx. 6 without touching or 8
• touching).
• Once the water is boiling, put approx. 4 bagels at the time in the boiling water bath, let boil for
• 30 seconds per side (1 min per bagel total) and remove with a spoon with holes and put on your
• cooking rack letting the water drip, do the same for all bagels. The qty of bagels that fits your
• pot should be max so bagels don’t go on top of each other.
• Dip (or sprinkle) your bagels with the topping of your choice and put back on the cooking rack.
• Cook for approx. 20 minutes at 350 F depending on your oven. I cook mine for 19 minutes, till
• perfect golden colour.
• Let dry on rack . Enjoy.