So, the other day we were watching somebody on TV make bagels (Globe Trekker, Arctic Canada episode, Ian goes and visits a bagel bakery – no, we don’t know why). The thing about it was, though, that they didn’t form the bagels into little rolls & then poke a hole into them; they formed them into snakes & then rolled them over into a bagel shape! This seemed interesting to us, so, of course, we had to see if we could duplicate the process. The movie here will give you my take on the process. How’d they turn out? Well, delicious, of course, as they ought: pinhead oatmeal, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg – that’s the recipe for a wonderful raisin bread, no matter what. Shapewise? Shapewise, I think that this way leaves a bit to be desired, particularly as some of them came out more like pretzels than bagels: with their ends showing. Will I try it again? Why, yes, I think so, because all of the bagels actually had holes in them, as opposed to when we form them into little rolls & try to force a hole into the middle!
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The flavors for these sound so good! Made bagels using both shaping methods, but my favorite is the poke the hole in the middle and then pull the dough back, making sure to pull and pull until there is a fairly large hole…which then partially fills in as they rise. The snake way is OK but seems to yield bagels that usually are not round. Either way bagels are the bomb!
Those bagels sound awesome (and easy to make)!
Nice T-Shirt!
Wow, homemade bagels…what a treat…love the one that you feature..with raisin…yummie!