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How to Make Fresh, Home Made Bagels

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How to Make Fresh, Home Made Bagels

This is a quick and easy way to make bagels using store bought pizza dough. This has changed my weekend breakfast!

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Your ingredients. You can also choose whatever toppings you want instead of these.

Your ingredients. You can also choose whatever toppings you want instead of these.

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Take the dough out of the package and let it sit for 20 minutes.

Take the dough out of the package and let it sit for 20 minutes.

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Prior to rolling out your dough, boil enough water in a pot big enough to fully immerse the bagel.

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Divide the dough in 2 parts. You can also cut into 3 or 4 parts for smaller bagels, but oven time would be less.

Divide the dough in 2 parts. You can also cut into 3 or 4 parts for smaller bagels, but oven time would be less.

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Roll dough out to about 10 to 12 inches.

Roll dough out to about 10 to 12 inches.

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Join the ends and pinch to close dough into a bagel shape.

Join the ends and pinch to close dough into a bagel shape.

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Place bagel in boiling water for 4 minutes. Flip bagel over after 2 minutes. It's easier if you use two spatulas. Boil one bagel at a time.

Place bagel in boiling water for 4 minutes. Flip bagel over after 2 minutes. It's easier if you use two spatulas. Boil one bagel at a time.

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After boiling the bagels, let them sit for 15 to 20 minutes.

After boiling the bagels, let them sit for 15 to 20 minutes.

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Preheat your oven to 400F.

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Put a mixture of poppy seeds, minced garlic and onion, sesame seeds and kosher salt on a plate. Set some mixture aside in a small bowl. Your bagel = your desired ratio.

Put a mixture of poppy seeds, minced garlic and onion, sesame seeds and kosher salt on a plate. Set some mixture aside in a small bowl. Your bagel = your desired ratio.

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Brush the bottom of the bagel with water and press into the mixture.

Brush the bottom of the bagel with water and press into the mixture.

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Grab your small bowl with your mixture of toppings. Brush the top of the bagel with water and sprinkle mixture on top to your liking. Press mixture into bagel with fingers.

Grab your small bowl with your mixture of toppings. Brush the top of the bagel with water and sprinkle mixture on top to your liking. Press mixture into bagel with fingers.

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This is what your bagels will look like before going in the oven.

This is what your bagels will look like before going in the oven.

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Bake your bagels for 35 minutes on a lower rack.

Bake your bagels for 35 minutes on a lower rack.

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Take out of the oven and let sit 20 or so minutes. Viola! You have homemade everything bagels.

Take out of the oven and let sit 20 or so minutes. Viola! You have homemade everything bagels.

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Top with your favorite fixings and enjoy.

Top with your favorite fixings and enjoy.

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1 16 oz. packet of pizza dough

Kosher salt

Sesame seeds

Poppy seeds

Minced garlic

Minced onion

Parchment paper

Knife

2 Spatulas

Pastry brush

1 Plate

1 Small bowl

1 Baking pan

1 Pot

Water (boiling & brushing)

Claudette Crosby

What a great clear easily understood guide. Can you use homemade pizza dough? I use my bread-maker to make an artisan dough that all the time and keep 2 in freezer ready to use. Recipe sounds delicious will plan on making for this weekend

Claudette Crosby 2 months ago

A Kimball

In the oven now. Made 4: 1 plain, 1 with cheese and red pepper flakes, 1 with cinnamon, sugar, brown sugar; nutmeg and 1 with savory spices. Super excited. Thx for the idea!

A Kimball 7 months ago

Na3oomah SK

Wow!!! Never knew it was so easy!! Thanks for this guide! Can't wait to try this and save some $$ :-)

Na3oomah SK 8 months ago

Armelle Pouriche-Daniels

So so so so good! Thanks!

Armelle Pouriche-Daniels 8 months ago

Vanessa S.

Ah ok, thanks for the explanation! :)

Vanessa S. 8 months ago

Dianne de Las Casas

Vanessa, traditional bagels are always boiled. Boiling it allows the outer crust to form and gives the bagel it's signature chewy texture. The longer it is boiled, the thicker the crust and the denser and chewier the interior. Baking the bagel after boiling it allows the dough to cook through.

Dianne de Las Casas 8 months ago

Vanessa S.

Awesome. Just one question: why do you have to put in in boiling water, what does that do to the dough?

Vanessa S. 8 months ago

Michelle Plantamura

Definitely going to try this. So simple!

Michelle Plantamura 8 months ago

A Kimball

So doing this

A Kimball 8 months ago

Jessica Hilberman

Great guide!

Jessica Hilberman 8 months ago

Alice Wujciak

Beautiful work!

Alice Wujciak 8 months ago

Cristina Sarmiento

Ah-mazing!!

Cristina Sarmiento 8 months ago

Fadi Asfour

I love the guide and can't wait to make them!

Fadi Asfour 11 months ago

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Gina Facchin

What temperature should the oven be ?

Gina Facchin 8 months ago

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Megha Abraham

Slurp!! Love it!

Megha Abraham 8 months ago

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