Here is a recipe for some easy homemade bagels, I had made some simple farm cheese and had some whey left over, so I decided to put it to use. So I grabbed some bread flour, sugar, salt, yeast, a egg and the rest of the sesame seeds I haven’t toasted yet
I measured out 4 cups of flour and dumped that into a mixing bowl with a tablespoon of salt
I warmed up 1 3/4 cup of whey
and mixed in 1 tablespoon of yeast and 1 tablespoon of sugar
I let it set for 5-10 minutes to give the yeast time to activate
and mixed it in with the flour and salt
I floured up my cutting board and dumped the dough out
I spent the next 10 minutes kneading the bread,
I lightly oiled the mixing bowl and dumped the dough into it
since I had just finished making some cheese, I decided to use the hot water to my advantage and use it to proof my dough, so I set the bowl on the pot
and covered it with a towel
after about a hour the dough had more than doubled in size
so I floured up the cutting board again and dumped the dough out
and cut it in half
then quarters
then the quarters into thirds
I rolled the dough up into balls and pinched the bottoms
I covered with a towel and let it rest for 30 minutes
there are 2 different methods for forming the bagels, one is to roll the dough out into log and connecting the ends to form a ring, I prefer the simpler method of just sticking your finger into the dough and stretching it out,
by this time I got my whey slowly boiling and set 3 bagels down into it top side down
after letting it boil for 2 minutes and flipped them over with a slotted spoon
after letting it boil for another minute I pulled them out and set them on a clean towel and whisked up the egg
I set them on a cookie tray on parchment paper and brushed them with the egg wash
and sprinkled them with raw sesame seeds and a little kosher salt
I stuck them in the oven for 30 minutes till they were golden brown
and set them on my rack to cool
I should really start breaking down the cost on this stuff, I can’t imagine I have over 2-2.50 for a dozen bagels
If you want to learn how to make cream cheese for the bagels, click here
I’m going to try this!