Homemade Bagels Recipe

These bagels were delicious, with a milk and butter taste, soft texture and slightly crispy on top .... a true delight! You can sprinkle them with sesame seeds, poppy seeds or salt flakes and they will go perfectly with your favorite beverage.

Ingredients
All-Purpose Flour
400 g
White Flour
Active dry yeast
2 tsp
Milk
250 ml
Butter
50 g
Powdered sugar
30 g
Salt
0.5 tsp
Egg
1 piece
Sesame seeds
2 tbsp
or poppy, or salt
Step by step
Step 1

Heat the milk until it's boiling.

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Step 2

Add the sugar and butter, stirring until melted. Then let it 10-15 minutes to cool down.

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Step 3

Add the yeast and stir, leave aside until the milk makes foam.

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Step 4

Separate egg yolks and whites.

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Step 5

Whisk egg whites with a pinch of salt until they foam.

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Step 6

Add the egg whites and the yeast mixture to the flour.

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Step 7

Knead the batter with a wooden spoon, until it turns to a sticky dough.

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Step 8

Sprinkle some flour on the table and continue kneading  the batter. On the table this process will be easy and fast.

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Step 9

Knead the dough until you obtain a uniform composition.

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Step 10

Put it in a bowl, cover with foil and let it rise.

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Step 11

When it doubles its volume,it is ready.

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Step 12

Split the dough into 12 small pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and set it aside.

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Step 13

Put your thumb through the center of each roll and then rotate the dough.

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Step 14

Try to make the hole as wide as possible as they will further grow when baked.

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Step 15

Let the dough rise for about 20 minutes.

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Step 16

Heat a large pot of water until boiling. Drop sme of the bagels into the pot, one at a time and let them boil for 20-30 seconds. Then remove the bagles from the pot with a spoon and place them in an oven tray, which was previously covered with baking paper.

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Step 17

Brush the bagles with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle sesame seeds(or any seeds that you like) and bake them in the preheated oven at 200 C until nicely browned.

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Step 18

Remove the pan from the oven and let the bagels cool on a gril.

Bon appetit!

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Quantity: 12 pcs ()
Prep time:
45 min
Difficulty: intermediate
Ready in: 60 min