Brews you can use » Food http://mikk.net/log Life, the Universe, and beer... lots of beer... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:47:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Bagel Recipe http://mikk.net/log/2010/01/24/the-bagel-recipe/ http://mikk.net/log/2010/01/24/the-bagel-recipe/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:47:25 +0000 chris http://mikk.net/log/?p=168 For over a year now, I’ve been satisfying my own damn bagel addiction, rather than completely outsourcing the task to my dealer. I’ve tried a couple different recipes, and my best results have been using a tweaked version of the Cook’s Illustrated recipe (the original is reproduced here).

My tweaks are basically:

  • Don’t bother with the high-gluten flour. Bread flour gives good results.
  • Raised salt content to 1 tbsp.
  • I add extra water as needed to get the dough to come together. On dry days, it can take a few tablespoons extra.
  • Let bagels rise the night before, then refrigerate or freeze until ready to boil and bake.

Total prep time the night before is about 30-45 minutes, plus rising time. In the morning, it takes about 45 minutes from cold water/cold oven to hot bagels. I can be an early riser for these :-)

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