Dave and I were looking for a new bread baking challenge this winter, so we decided to give bagels a try after overcoming flashbacks of our respective factory jobs from hell at Bagels Forever in Madison, Wi.!We turned to our trusty source for bread baking, Peter Reinhart's The Bread Baker's Apprentice (http://peterreinhart.typepad.com/) Dave quickly came to realize why this dough is known as the stiffest dough of the bread kingdom: he had to throw his whole weight into kneading it! It was quite a workout. Even though this recipe required a good number of steps, the bagels were not that difficult to make--it was in fact pretty fun especially the boiling and sprinkling of toppings. The results were well worth the work--they tasted amazing!
Anyway, here are some pictures of our first attempt. We hope to make them again soon!
Thems was good bagels. I had me one.
ReplyDeleteWow, they are perfectly shaped too!
ReplyDeleteOooh! Pretty bagels!
ReplyDeleteI've given up trying to make bagels. Mine come out of the boiling water all plump and nice. But before they can make it to the oven they shrivel up into raisinlike toroids. They're the chewiest bagels (a good thing) but ugly as heck.
Maybe I should try once more.