I consider myself a rather proficient baker, I even considered starting my own business a few times, but I made bagels once and something about the process of making a well overwhelmed me and caused me to make some of the worst bagels I’ve ever eaten. I was so scarred from the experience that I haven’t felt brave enough to try again for over seven years.
Lately they’ve been taking over various feeds of mine and since good bagels aren’t accessible where I live, I decided to try again. (Credit to EDMbakes’ year old post for pointing me in the direction of the recipe which I used, posted as a comment!)
So just wanted to thank this sub in particular for making me crave bagels so much that I finally had to cave and try again. These were so easy, why have I waited so long!? This is of course dangerous as I’m trying to lose weight for upcoming trips to Asia, but there’s no going back. Is sourdough also so easy? It’s another thing I’ve been avoiding, mostly because of the whole starter thing.
Anyways, I know they aren’t the prettiest but they’re waaaay better than anything I have access to here and I cannot wait to experiment and start creating my own recipes 😍
Tips and other recipes are welcome!
by heretocheckyouboo
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https://bromabakery.com/
homemade-bagels-step-by-step/
This recipe was really so easy! The only big change was that I didn’t have barley malt syrup, so I used a combination of baking soda, honey, and brown sugar in the water. I also left them a bit longer in the fridge and on the counter because my time management is terrible, but they still turned out so tasty 🤤
Those look amazing….mine were a fail when I tried bagels.
Those look beautiful! Very well done. I have to be super vigilant on rotating and moving my baking sheets whenever I do bagels or I get such a visible gradient in doneness among them.
They are beautiful!