Homemade Bagels

Name: Homemade Bagels
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 7 g dried yeast; 55 g honey; 160 ml milk; 450 g bread flour; 150 g wholemeal plain flour; 12 g salt; 1 ea egg; 50 g sesame seeds

Recipe from Poh Ling Yeow · original post

Chewy honey-sweetened bagels made with bread and wholemeal flour, boiled then baked with a sesame or poppy seed crust. Makes 10 and they freeze well. The dough will take up to 1 cup of add-ins such as blueberries or choc chips.

Serves 10 150 minKid-friendly

VegetarianBakeFreezer friendly

Ingredients

dried yeast7 g
honey — 2 tbsp55 g
milk — tepid160 ml
bread flour450 g
wholemeal plain flour150 g
salt — 2 tsp12 g
egg — whisked1 ea
sesame seeds50 g

Method

Mash the yeast and honey together. Add the milk and stir to dissolve. Cover and rest for 20 minutes or until the surface is foamy.
Combine the flours, salt, the yeast-honey-milk mix and only 2/3 of the water (250-330 ml in total). Knead into a pliable dough, adding the remaining water if needed. The dough should knead easily and not stick to the bench even without flour. Cover with a damp tea towel and leave in a warm, draught-free spot until doubled in size.
Punch down the dough and cut into 10 even pieces. Roll each piece into a 2 cm wide sausage. Squash down one tip, bring the other tip to sit on the flattened tip to form a ring, and pinch around it to secure. Flip it over and rest on a 10 x 10 cm square of baking paper. Repeat with the remaining pieces.

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

Vegan
- 45 ml Maple syrup instead of honey
- 180 ml Oat milk instead of milk
- Leave out the egg
Proof the yeast with the maple syrup and 160 ml of the oat milk, and brush the boiled bagels with the remaining oat milk before adding the seeds; bake as written.
Dairy-free
- 160 ml Oat milk instead of milk
Use the oat milk exactly as the milk; timings are unchanged.

Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.

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Aldi UK
· £2.51 of food
£7.72
67% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- wholemeal plain flour
Sainsbury'sBest choice
· £2.53 of food
£10.14
75% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- egg
Morrisons
· £3.34 of food · £0.81 more
£14.28
77% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- dried yeast
Asda
· £1.53 of food
£8.14
81% spare
No price at Asda for:
- dried yeast
- honey
Tesco
· £15.13 of food
£21.03
28% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- dried yeast
- salt