sourdough bagels
Ingredients (for dough)
🥯 150g starter
🥯 250g water
🥯 25g sugar
🥯 500g flour (I use regular but you can use bread or whatever!)
🥯 10g salt
Other ingredients
🥯 1 tsp baking soda
🥯 1 egg yolk
🥯 desired bagel toppings (cinnamon, cheese, everything bagel seasoning, etc.)
Instructions!
1. Mix starter, water and sugar with a fork
2. Add flour and salt until dough is smooth
3. Cover your dough with a damp cloth and let it rise for 6-12 hours. it should double in size!
4. Grab a cookie sheet, line with parchment & spray with olive oil
5. Divide your dough into ~100g pieces, shape into balls, and poke the hole thru the center & shape
*100g makes about 9 bagels for me. you can do bigger bagels of 110-120g if you want!
6. Cover with a damp cloth and let the dough bagels rest for 45-60 mins
*in the last 10-15 mins, bring 6-8 cups of water to a boil and add the baking soda
*prepare your egg wash
*preheat oven to 425°
7. drop in 2-3 bagels at a time for ~1 min on each side
8. let cool for a couple seconds/minutes then brush on your egg wash & add toppings! (some toppings you might want to add later on during baking or after)
9. bake for ~22 minutes or until golden brown
10. let cool then ENJOYYYYYY
og recipe from @ everything.sourdough on IG 🤗
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