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Homeade bagels and pretzels!

03:40, 2006-Feb-16 .. 2 comments .. Link

I can't believe this worked! I just made homeade bagels (poppyseed and onion; toasted sesame seed; and plain) and soft pretzels! I just made up my homeade ww bread recipe, then took small "balls" of dough, rolled them into balls then into ropes (16" or so for pretzels, thin; 6" or so for bagels, thicker). Then I shaped the ropes into big pretzels, and the bagel ropes into bagels (make a circle and "pinch" where the two ends come together). I let them rise a little over an hour, until they were double in size. Then, I put 3 quarts of water to boil on the stove, added 1T cream of tarter and 3T honey. I had to very carefully life the bagels and pretzels (so as not to smoosh them!) and drop them in the boiling water. They float! Let bagels boil 2 minutes per side, pretzels about 30-45 seconds per side. A slotted spoon works well to "flip" them. Don't overcrowd the pot! Do them in batches. Then, I lifted them out of the pot with the slotted spoon and slid them onto a greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle coarse salt on top of the pretzels. To top the bagels, brush with egg yolk mixed with 1t of water; then top with whatever you want! I did half poppyseed and dry minced onion and the other half with sesame seeds. The kids and I have already devoured a few of the pretzels (our favorite dipping sauces are dijon mustard; or melted butter with some parmesean cheese stirred in), and I tried one of the sesame bagels slathered with some real cream cheese! The best part is, I made the whole lot (11 bagels, 9 pretzels) for under $1, using my fresh milled flour!
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Sounds wonderful!

03:58, 2006-Feb-17 .. Posted by Anonymous
These sound great. I have been thinking about a grain mill. Right now we have 2 25# barrels of flour in a storeroom so we are set for a while, but I keep thinking...
Margaret www.homeschoolblogger.com/hsmomof2

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10:00, 2006-Feb-24 .. Posted by Anonymous
This probably a silly question but... I assume you bake them after you boil them? I've always wanted to try making bagels.

Sharon P
http://homeschoolblogger.com/momn4boys/

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