Bagels

You can’t get good bagels in the city where I live, so we have to make them ourselves!

Ingredients:

4½ cups flour (I used plain white, but you can mix in wholemeal too)

1 package dried yeast (7 g)

2-3 tbsp sugar (or some combination of sugar and honey), plus 1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp sea salt

1 tbsp oil

1½ cups warm water, plus more water for boiling

1 egg

sesame seeds, poppy seeds, onion seeds, garlic, oats, etc

Instructions:

1. Mix the flour, yeast, 2-3 tbsp sugar, salt, oil, and water together well.

2. Leave in a warm place to rise 30-60 minutes.

3. Then knead and divide into 12 pieces. Put a hole in the middle of each. Leave to rise another 20-30 minutes.

4. Bring water to a boil with the 1 tbsp sugar. Boil 4 bagels at a time in a large saucepan for 7-8 minutes, turning over halfway through.

5. Brush egg over the bagels. Top with seeds, garlic, oats, or other things, or leave plain.

6. Bake for 15-25 minutes at 190 C.