Homemade Bagels

How cool to be able to make some homemade bagels right in your own kitchen. You can easily with this fun recipe. Get the whole family in on the fun and enjoy!

Grab the cream cheese and get ready to bite into the most delicious warm-from-the-oven homemade bagels.

The first time I made these bagels I couldn’t believe how easy the recipe was and how much fun my son and I had making them.

My husband called these bagels a labor of love. ❤️

It was really cold out on a Sunday morning and no one wanted to run out to get our usual Sunday morning breakfast at our local bagel café.

So, I looked on the internet for ways to make homemade bagels and came up with this remarkably easy recipe.

My son Josh loves an everything bagel and believe it or not, I had bought the everything mix from Trader Joe’s a few weeks before.

Thinking I would use it to season chicken.
which by the way, I did use the seasoning to make the chicken and it came out scrumptious.

I’ll have to make it again and put the recipe up on the blog. Note to Pam, make everything chicken and post to blog…

Now, getting back to these marvelous bagels, I had everything else needed to make these homemade bagels in my pantry. Basic ingredients like flour, salt, yeast, etc.

Look how amazing these came out!

We all loved them and now I’m looking forward to having company over one of these Sunday mornings to make a batch of these homemade bagels for them.

Try this recipe soon and don’t forget to top with your favorite schmear. My favorite is plain cream cheese with a slice of tomato right on top. My hubby and son like vegetable cream cheese with a thin slice of lox. These bagels are so tasty, butter alone would be just right too.

Do you know what would be just perfect with a homemade bagel? My “No Machine – 3 Step Homemade Cappuccino”.

It’s the easiest recipe for making cappuccino at home in your own kitchen.

The two make for the perfect breakfast, brunch, lunch, or anytime you want two delicious recipes that you made at home.

Homemade Bagels

Yields: 8 to 11 bagels

What You’ll Need To Make These Delicious Homemade Bagels…

Here are the simple everyday ingredients:

instant or dry active yeast
granulated sugar
warm water
bread flour, you can swap out all purpose flour, bagels won’t be as chewy like a traditional bagel but still delicious
sea or kosher salt
1 egg
Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Seasoning or topping of choice such as coarse salt, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or leave plain
see full printable recipe with amounts in recipe card below

The finished bagel!

Here’s How These Homemade Bagels Are Made…

Directions:

In a small bowl, pour ½ cup warm water, yeast and sugar.
Allow it to sit for about 5 minutes until it is foamy. Then, mix together.
In a second large bowl, combine flour and salt. Make a well in the center and pour the water and yeast mixture.
Mix together. If needed, add a small amount of water.
Knead for about 10 minutes or until dough is elastic and smooth.
Brush with oil and place in a bowl in a warm place. Cover and let rise for 1 hour. Punch the dough and let rise for 10 minutes more.
Divide into 8-11 balls, depending how small or large you like your bagels.
In the center of the ball make a hole with your thumb.
Place on parchment paper or silpat cookie sheet, cover with clean towel and let rest for 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. On the stove, fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil.
Drop the bagel into the boiling water and let sit for 1 minute. (For extra chewy bagels, sit for 2 minutes) Flip and repeat on the other side.
Place on a heavy rimmed cookie sheet lined with a silpat or parchment paper.
Brush the top of the bagels with egg white and sprinkle with seasonings.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool enough to hold. Be careful when cutting if the bagels are still hot. You just made homemade bagels!

Enjoy the deliciousness!

Wait! Here is a great recipe to make with leftover bagels. Check it out!

Bagel Breakfast Casserole

How cool to be able to make a homemade bagel right in your own kitchen. You can easily with this fun recipe. Get the whole family in on the fun and enjoy!

Course bread, Breakfast, brunch, Lunch

Cuisine American

Keyword bagel, bagels and cream cheese, homemade bagels

Servings 8

Author Pam

Ingredients

2 tsp yeast
1 1/2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups warm water
3 1/2 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tsp sea or kosher salt
1 egg
Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Seasoning or topping of choice such as coarse salt, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or leave plain

Instructions

1.In a small bowl, pour ½ cup warm water, yeast and sugar.
2.Allow it to sit, unstirred, for about 5 minutes until it is foamy. Mix together.
3.In a second large bowl, combine flour and salt. Make a well in the center and pour the water/yeast mixture.
4.Mix together. If needed, add a small amount of water.
5.Knead for about 10 minutes or until dough is elastic and smooth.
6.Brush with oil and place in a bowl in a warm place. Cover and let rise for 1 hour. Punch the dough and let rise for 10 minutes more.
7.Divide into 8-11 balls, depending how small or large you like your bagels.
8.In the center of the ball make a hole with your thumb.
9.Place on parchment paper or silpat cookie sheet, cover with clean towel and let rest for 10 minutes.
10.Preheat oven to 425 degrees. On the stove, fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil.
11.Drop the bagel into the boiling water and let sit for 1 minute. (For extra chewy bagels, sit for 2 minutes) Flip and repeat on the other side.
12.Place on a heavy rimmed cookie sheet lined with a silpat or parchment paper.
13.Brush the top of the bagels with egg white and sprinkle with seasonings.
14.Bake for 20 minutes.
15.Remove from oven and let cool enough to hold. Be careful when cutting if the bagels are still hot. You just made homemade bagels!

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Homemade Bagels

Homemade Bagels