Bagels…the good ones…are a foodie art form. If you are a bagel lover or better yet, a connoisseur, you know exactly what I am starting to talk about here. To deem a bagel worthy, for me, it must have an ever-so thin crispy outer ‘shell’ with an incredibly moist inner that teeters on the edge of un-done.
Not every bagel is created equal though. From my experience, most of the bagels made and packaged for mass production are made with the same-old factory bread recipe, then shaped into a bagel. It is just bread with a hole in the middle, not a true bagel. Take off your blinders folks…employ your taste buds! Once you do, it is my hope that you not look back or grab the easy way out with bagged grocery bagels!
Perfecting your recipe is, of course, key. Lucky you because I have discovered Our Bagel Recipe is Finally Perfect! It is an ode to bagels with a nom nom recipe and to-die-for photo step-by-step. Hmm! Just what I needed for my first and last bagel making venture.
Stoked to have found a recipe, after experiencing true from the bakery NY bagels, I headed full on to make mine, way before my KitchenAid I might add. No way…that little bit of bagel batter could not make a dozen bagels, so! Well, the ‘so’ ended up in six of the most ‘humongous’ hunks of bagel I’d ever seen. Humbled, yes. Shoulda read the details, yes. Hilarious, now, definitely not then!
Let’s get prepared for your bagel experience…you will need:
- Pukeko's Perfect Bagel Recipe
- A kneader, employ your kids for a couple of nickels or your hubby with a kiss.
- A scale, dammit! Just emailed Pukeko for the recipe yield so we can divide the bagel dough by eye.
- A large pan and slotted spoon.
- A baking pan…umm, cookie sheet.
- A sense of excitement and adventure for trying something different!
Give us your bagel taste experiences...thank you!
Visit: Our Bagel Recipe is Finally Perfect!
That first paragraph describes the perfect bagel. One that I have not had many times. Yes, ashamed of it, but this non-cook usually buys the grocery-shelf bagels. ...Huge admiration for your cooking skills, Correen!
ReplyDeleteI've never made bagels myself but know exactly what you mean about the difference between a good bagel and a not so good one. You know it when you taste it. Will check out this lens and see whether it's something I could tackle.
ReplyDeleteNever made them, and don't want to, but bagels are one of my favorite foods, especially with lox, cream cheese, and tomato. Yum! Great review, Correen. :)
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