Bagels

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 30mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    10
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    217
based on 103 ratings

Bagels are traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring, then boiled and then baked. You can top your bagels with a variety of seeds and sprinkles such as black onion, sesame and poppy seeds.

recipe updated 14 Mar 2024

Ingredients

  • Water icon
    Water
    2.3 kg
  • Active dried yeast icon
    Active dried yeast
    10 g
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    500 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    1 tablespoon
  • Oil icon
    Oil
    1 tablespoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Bicarbonate of soda icon
    Bicarbonate of soda
    1 tablespoon
  • Poppy seeds icon
    Poppy seeds
    50 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Large saucepan
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef

Step preview

  1. Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Attach Spiral Dough Tool
  3. Add water and active dried yeast to the Kenwood Bowl
  4. Let rest - 5 min
  5. Add plain flour, caster sugar, oil and salt to the Kenwood Bowl
  6. Mix - 2 min, Speed 1
  7. Mix - 8 min, Speed 2
  8. Check the dough, it must be flexible and homogenous.
  9. Cover with kitchen towel and let rise - 1 hr 30 min
  10. Carefully transfer the dough from the Mixer bowl to a lightly floured work surface.
  11. Flatten the dough carefully with your wrist.
  12. Take the far edge and roll it back towards you.
  13. Gently roll the dough to make the dough longer, being careful to apply even and gentle pressure.
  14. Divide the dough into 80 g pieces.
  15. Cover them all with a tea towel and let the dough relax for 10 minutes.
  16. Take one piece of dough, place it under the palm of your hand.
  17. Gently apply a little pressure and rotate your hand slowly bring your fingers inward, to make a ball shape.
  18. Insert a floured wooden spoon, or your finger, through the centre of the dough ball.
  19. Gently open the hole to create a ring shape.
  20. Place the dough onto a lined baking tray.
  21. Repeat this action with the rest of the dough pieces.
  22. Cover the dough with a damp tea towel and place in a warm, draught free place.
  23. Let rest - 10 min
  24. Pre-heat oven - 220°C
  25. Add water and bicarbonate of soda to a clean large saucepan
  26. Heat until boiling
  27. Add poppy seeds to a clean plate
  28. Poach bagel for 20 seconds on one side in the boiling water, use a slotted spoon to flip over.
  29. Poach on the other side for 20 seconds.
  30. Gently lift out using a slotted spoon, removing as much excess water as possible.
  31. Dip the bagel into the plate of poppy seeds
  32. Transfer bagels to a lined baking sheet with the seeded side up.
  33. Repeat this action with the rest.
  34. Bake - 20 min, 220°C
  35. Serve
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