Peter Reinhart bagels

Homemade Bagels!

I love a good bagel

toasted, chewy, doughy goodness

In NYC ...... not a problem, nip out walk for 30 seconds,
order bagel

..... In the middle of Ireland
...... well, not so easy

so after seeing these pictures last week 

I couldn't wait to get stuck in and try my hand at making my own 

The results were delicious

This is a Peter Reinhart recipe

It is not difficult  

BUT 

it is time consuming,

although, worth it!

You could double the batch and freeze the majority

which I would highly recommend

 I didn't have any poppy or sesame seeds in house so I sprinkled 

sunflower seeds, 

just for decoration.

I recommend an egg wash before baking and after boiling

even if you are not sprinkling seeds, 

as it makes the surface glossy and brown

This recipe makes 8 large bagels 

next time i think i would make 10 slightly smaller ones 

I followed this version of the recipe 

but there is a great version here with step by step pictures 

I will add the note that my dough was not shiny and did not pass the window pane test

it was lumpy and ugly but I carried on and made the balls of dough 

and the end result was pretty great although it did take more than 20 mins of prooving for them to pass the float test , more like 40 mins 

good luck and let me know how you get on 

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