Sam's Bagels

Sam's recipe that we use for making bagels in the cafes.  Today the Lord reminded me that there is something about good food that enables people to share community and love with one another.  Give this recipe a try and while you are making it (and eating it), pray that God would use those making the same recipe in Central Asia to make an impact for His kingdom!

Sesame Bagel

Sam’s Bagel Recipe

Yields 8 Bagels

Ingredients

1 1/2 Cups Warm Water

1 Tbsp. Dry Active Yeast

1 Tbsp. Sugar

1 Tbsp. Melted Butter

2 tsp Malt Syrup (find at specialty grocery stores like whole foods)

2 tsp Salt

4 1/2 cups Unbleached Bread Flour

Toppings as desired such as:

Cinnamon Sugar Bagel

Cinnamon sugar

Sesame Seeds

Poppy Seeds

Cheese

Boiling Water Ingredients

4 Quarts water

2 TB Malt Syrup

1 Tsp Salt

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit.
2. Mix warm water, yeast, sugar and allow the yeast to bloom for 5 minutes. 
3. Stir in the melted butter, malt syrup, salt and 1 cup flour.
4. Slowly mix in enough flour to form a stiff bagel dough (reserve the rest of flour if there is any for shaping and kneading the dough, you may need more flour for kneading if there is none left)
5. Knead the dough for 10 minutes.  Set aside in a warm place and cover with plastic wrap or a cloth.  Allow the dough to rise for 30 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, mix the Boiling Water Ingredients together and place over high heat on the stove.
7. Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces and shape:  Shape the dough by taking one of your eight pieces and rolling it into a long even cylinder (about 10 inches in length.  Taper the ends of the cylinder. Wrap the dough around the middle of your hand and roll the two tapered ends together so it forms the bagel shape.  Check out my demonstration video on how to shape bagels below)
8. Once you have shaped the bagels.  Allow them to rest for 20 minutes.
9. Boil the bagels two at at time for 1 minute on each side (flipping them halfway through)
10. Remove them from the water and immediately dip them in your desired toppings, after the topping is applied, transfer the bagel to baking sheet and repeat the process with the remaining bagels.
11. Bake at 425 until golden brown (17-25 minutes)

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