Homemade Fresh Bagels
This delicious recipe has been generously shared by one of our great cooks, Carina. She’s always coming up with great recipes which she either invents herself or adapts from various cookbooks to make her own. Carina is a huge source of inspiration to our Lovefoodies Facebook group and always has a tasty recipe or two to share with us. Here, we have Carina’s Homemade Bagels. Her original source for this wonderful recipe was adapted from the cookbook ‘Essentials of Baking’ by Williams – Sonoma. Carina has added several tips and tricks along the way and explained how she has used the cookbook as inspiration fro her Bagels. So without further ado, let’s see how Carina makes these delicious Homemade Bagels!
Recipe from Essentials of Baking’ by Williams – Sonoma and adapted by Carina Duclos
Homemade Fresh Bagels
Prep Time 2 hrs 30 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 2 hrs 55 mins
Ingredients
- 2 large russet potatoes peeled and cubed Do not panic! The bagels are not made of potatoes
- 2 1/2 cups / 590 ml of water
- 5 tsp active yeast
- 1/4 cup / 60 ml vegetable oil
- 4 eggs at room temperature
- 7 1/2 cups 1.6 kg of flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 1 egg beaten
- Sesame seeds/ poppy seeds and optional of course for sprinkling
Instructions
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