Homemade Bagels

Homemade Bagels Ingredients: 3 3/4 cups Bread Flour 1 1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt 1 Tablespoon Sugar 2 1/4 teaspoons Yeast 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil 1 cup Water (warmed to 110 degrees ) OPTIONAL- (1/2-3/4 cups cheese, fruit or spices) In a stand mixer bowl using your dough hook add flour, salt and yeast and mix for about 30 seconds. Add sugar and olive oil and mix another 30 seconds. Now slowly add water and turn mixer up to speed 6 or high and let dough knead for 5 minutes. (If adding cheese, fruit, spices add in the at 4 minutes to incorporate. After dough ball has formed remove from mixer and add to a lightly greased bowl and let proof for 30 minutes. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. When dough has proofed and doubled in size it time to form bagels. Divide the dough in half and each half should make 3 nice size balls (you can however make smaller bagels and divide into 4 balls from each half). Roll the dough into a ball then put your thumb through the middle to make a hole and the swirl the bagel around keeping the hole open a few times to shape the bagel and lay on a the baking sheet your going to bake bagel on. Heat a medium size pot with water and let it come up to a boil. Once you have a boil cut the heat down to medium low and add a little honey or sugar about 1 tablespoon. Take the baking sheet with the bagels and begin to drop bagels one at a time and let cook for about 30-60 seconds per side then remove from water trying to remove as much excess water as possible. Repeat this step until all bagels have had a hot water bath. Now place a piece of parchment paper on baking sheet and place bagel on parchment and brush with a egg wash ( egg and water mixed together) before baking. Bake for 18-22 minutes keeping a eye on them after 18 minutes until they are golden brown. Once removed from the oven let sit with a clean towel over then for about 5-10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!! #bagels #homemadebagels #homestead #homesteading #homecooking #baking