It is not difficult to make your own bagels from scratch and the taste cannot be beat! Once you’ve tasted the Authentic New York Style bagels, you’ll never go back to those stale bagged bagels from the grocery store.
The key to a great bagel is the ultra-chewy crust and dense interior that gives the bagel the perfect texture.
How to Make Your Own Bagels
To get started making bagels, we generally use a Kitchenaid mixer. If you don’t happen to have stand mixer, you could also use a hand mixer. Combine half of the flour, and all of the sugar, salt, yeast in the bowl of the mixer.
Mix the ingredient together until combine, then add both the oil and the water into the mixing bowl. Mix the ingredients until smooth and creamy looking.
Add the remaining flour and continue to knead with the dough hook for several minutes until the dough is uniform and smooth. At this point, if you’re doing flavor variations, such as cinnamon raisin bagels or onion bagels, you’d add the ingredients to the dough here.
Cut dough into 8 equal size balls and let them sit for about twenty minutes to rise.
The dough balls will puff up like as pictured below. Then preheat the oven to 425°F.
Roll each of the dough balls into a long “snake” until it will wrap around your hand, forming a circle.
Fuse the ends well, gently rolling with the palm of your hand. Do not make your circles small, or when the bagels rise they;ll form together and you won’t have a center at all.
Let them rest again for twenty minutes. In the meantime, bring a pot of water to a boil, and grease a large sheet pan.
Boil the bagels on each side for 1 minute, let them dry for a moment then place on oiled sheet pan. Boiling the bagels is what gives the exterior their chewy texture.
If you prefer an ultra-chewy texture, boil for 2 minutes on each side, basically, the longer the boil, the thicker and chewier the crust becomes.
Brush each of the bagels lightly with oil, then bake them at 425°F for ten minutes. Remove the pan from oven, flip bagels, bake for additional ten minutes.
You can add any number of flavors you desire, in the photos above I actually made cinnamon raisin bagels.
I simply added 1/3 cup of raisins, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and an additional 1 tablespoon of sugar to the dough (before adding the remaining 2 cups of flour).
Or, alternatively, once you remove the bagels from the hot water, place them face down into sesame seeds, poppyseeds, minced dried onions, etc, and then bake the bagel as usual.
MYO Bagel Recipe
You’ll Need:
4 cups of Bread Flour
1 T. Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1 T. Vegetable Oil
2 tsp. Instant Yeast
1 1/2 c. Water 120-130F
Combine 2 cups flour, sugar, salt, yeast in your mixer.
Add oil to the water and pour into the mixing bowl, mixing until smooth and creamy looking.
Add remaining flour and continue to knead with the dough hook for several minutes until the dough is uniform and smooth.
Cut dough into 8 equal size balls & let sit for 15-20 min. Preheat oven to 425F
Roll each of the dough balls lengthwise until it will wrap around your hand, forming a circle. Fuse well, then roll with the palm of your hand.
Let them rest for 20 minutes. In the meantime, bring a pot of water to a boil, grease a large sheet pan.
Boil the bagels on each side for 1 minute, let them dry for a moment then place on a prepared sheet pan.
Brush bagels lightly with oil, then Bake at 425F for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, flip bagels, bake for additional 10 minutes.
Bagel Variations
For Cinnamon Raisin Bagels: 1/3 cup of raisins, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and an additional 1 tablespoon of sugar
Or, alternatively, once you remove the bagels from the hot water, place them face down into sesame seeds, poppyseeds, minced dried onions, etc, and then bagel as usual.
For Onion Bagels add 1/2 c. chopped dehydrated onions to the dough (before adding the remaining 2 cups of flour).
For an Everything Bagel:
Combine the following in a small bowl, mix well:
2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
2 Tablespoons sesame seeds
1 Tablespoon dried minced onion
1 Tablespoon dried garlic flakes
1 Tablespoon coarse salt
Once the bagels have been boiled, brush them with an egg wash and then dip them into the everything bagel mixture and bake as directed above.
© Can Stock Photo Inc. / albertocc311
i am so going to try this! thank you!!
i made these today, they are so goood! mine didn’t rise as much as yours look like they did-maybe my water wasn’t warm enough? i’m going to make some more tomorrow, practice makes perfect!
they still taste really good even if they didn’t get quite as big as they were surpose to.
can you freeze these? thanks
liss,
have you ever made these with whole flour or some other combo for more fiber?
can you give other variations and quantities to use for different types of bagels such as cinnamon sugar, etc.?
i actually made these on monday, i was going to make plain ones but decided to make the cinnamon raisin. mine weren’t as pretty but they did taste better than what you get at the store. planning on making more this afternoon with more bread.
thankyou for posting this recipe.
i love making my own bagels. this recipe looks like the one i use except mine has an egg in it (they’re egg bagels). so easy to make your own and you can make them as big or small as you like.
thank you for the recipe.
my kids absolutely love these for an afternoon snack with cream cheese and sliced fresh strawberries. thank you so much for this!!
these look great! can’t wait to try them out.
my husband is from new york and he’s a bagel fanatic! i’m anxious to make these and see what he thinks. 🙂
we eat a lot of bagels in my house. i am going to try this and see if it is approved. thank you so much for sharing this
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this looks like a winner, my family will love these. can’t wait to make them!
trying these now! i’m very excited to have one less thing to buy on my grocery list!
what are you using that has a dough hook?? is it a stand mixer and you just stick the bowl underneath? and where can you get one?
i have breadmaker that has a dough only function. it will mix all the ingredients together and let it raise, but doesn’t bake it. would it be possible to use this recipe in it?
so, i asked about using the dough function on my breadmaker and decided to try it out. i’m doing it right now and i’ll let you know how it comes out.
this sounds like a great thing to make on such a cold day. can’t wait to try it.
my favorite for breakfast!! thanks for sharing. going to save lots of money using this site!!
i made bagels years ago. i don;t know why i have not kept making them because i remember it as so much fun. yeah, this could save some money!
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3-21-14 35ibgramma do you have print freindly for recipes,etc. i have not seen one.
In case you didn’t find the way to get print friendly recipes. Look up at the top below the name of the recipe where all the buttons are for facebook, twitter, instagram, to the right is a printer button, it takes you to a print friendly copy of the recipe….
hope that helps.
these look so easy, i am definitely gonna try these.
i am lovin’ this site more and more everyday!
Maybe it’s just me, but I still don’t see a print button. I see the FB, Twitter, etc, but no print. And mine are to the right of the page.
here’s a link that explains how to print in each of the 3 areas of the site
https://www.budget101.com/content.php/4341-how-to-print
I worked in a national breakfast chain. When the bagles were baked off, they were frozen without toppings. Once they were thawed, they were misted with water and dipped in the required topping then baked.
Other than the garlic being a little over done, they came out fine.
How much fruit could you add and does it have to be dried?
I made this homemade bagel recipe and I’m never buying store-bought bagels again because they’re so much better! These bagels are soft and chewy, with the perfect amount of crust. Plus, they’re so easy to make. I can’t believe I ever wasted my money on store-bought bagels when I can just make my own at home. If you’re looking for a delicious homemade bagel recipe, give this one a try.