Bagel Recipe

[Oceanoma]

Here you go Coop:

The Basic Bagel Recipe

Recipe Ingredients
2 cups warm water (100 to 115 deg. F)
2 packages active dry yeast
3 Tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoon salt
5 ¾ (about) cups all-purpose flour (unsifted)
3 quarts water
1 cornmeal
1 egg white beaten with 1 Tablespoon water
Recipe Preparation
Combine water and yeast in the large bowl of an electric mixer; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in sugar and salt; gradually mix in 4 cup of the flour. Beat at medium speed for 5 minutes. With a spoon, mix in about 1 1/4 cups more flour to make a stiff dough. Turn out on a floured board and knead until smooth, elastic, and no longer sticky, about 15 minutes; add more flour as needed. Place in a greased bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 30 minutes. Knead dough lightly, then *divide into 12 equal pieces. To shape, knead each piece, forming it into a smooth ball. Holding ball with both hands, poke your thumbs through the center. With one thumb in the hole, work around perimeter, shaping bagel like a doughnut, 3 to 3 1/2 inches across. Place shaped bagels on a lightly floured board, cover lightly, and let stand in a warm place for 30 minutes. (Preheat oven to 350 degrees.) Bring the water to boiling in a 4 or 5-quart pan; adjust heat to keep it boiling gently. Lightly grease baking a baking sheet and sprinkle with cornmeal. Gently lift one bagel at a time and drop into water; boil about 4 at a time, turning often, for 5 minutes. Lift out with a slotted spatula, drain briefly on a towel, and place on the baking sheet. Bake bagels for 10 minutes, then brush with the egg white/water mixture and bake for 20 minutes or until well browned and crusty. Cool on a rack. Makes 12.
*Note: I roll the dough out and use an opened tuna fish can to cut the bagels, and then I use the lid from a water bottle (the kind with a spout that pulls up) to cut the holes. I find it is faster and more uniform.

[Skylar]

Now I had one of these bagels with some cream cheese and I thought they were the best. So good that now that I have the recipe, I'm going to make a batch.

Thanks!

[Sam]

I ate one plain! Very tasty!

[igormothra]

I grew up on those things.... Mom had to make 4-5x batches otherwise there wouldn't be any left by the time she was done making them... (me 2 brothers and my dad) we could eat I learned how to cook from one of the best...Thanks Mom!

[Skylar]

I'll tell you what I enjoyed outside of hte bagels... was the food camp fire set up with the cast iron fry pan. Eggs, sausage and the bagel were a great compliment to a fund day of fishing!

[igormothra]

nothing like cast iron breakfast over an open fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!