Zomick's Bagels

A first class bagel experience is something deserved these days... Zomick's has you covered with a sweet recipe for delicious bagels. Here is how it goes:

Yield: 12

Ingredients:

• 600 grams plain flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 10 grams dried active baking yeast
• 300 ml lukewarm water
• 3 tablespoons butter 
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Instructions:

1. These little bread rings, Jewish in origin, are delicious teamed with savoury fillings. 
2. Using the bread machine mix together 600 g flour, 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoons salt, yeast, water and butter in the bread machine on the manual setting. Remove from bread machine.
3. Manually: Mix 300 g of the flour, 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoons salt and yeast. Heat water and butter to 50 degrees C. Add water to dry ingredients; beat 5 minutes at medium speed on mixer. Add 70 g flour; beat at high speed 5 minutes. Stir in more flour gradually to make stiff dough. Knead 10-13 minutes. Cover and let rise. Punch down. Cover; let rest 30 minutes.
4. Divide the bagel dough into 12 pieces; shape 3 pieces into smooth balls. Make a 3 cm hole in each dough ball. Drop bagels into a large frying pan with water with 2 tablespoon sugar and 3 teaspoons salt in the water. Cook on medium low heat for 5 minutes, turn and cook 3 minutes; turn again, cook 2 minutes more. Drain bagels on towel. Repeat the same procedure for rest of dough. Place bagels on greased baking tray. The double cooking method – first by briefly poaching in boiling water, then baking – gives bagels their unique soft crumb and slightly chewy crust.
5. Bake at 200°C 20 to 30 minutes. Remove bagels from towels and cool. If desired, before baking, make egg was with mixing 1 egg white and 1 tablespoon water, brush on bagels, and sprinkle with sesame, poppy or caraway seeds.

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