Photo: Natalie Levin
It’s been so long since I made homemade bagels, and over the past month I made this recipe for more than 3 times! My spouse got addicted to these soft bagels, and he liked making sandwiches with it, eating it for breakfast or dinner, and as a light snack in the afternoon.
This soft bagel recipe is so easy to make – the dough only requires 4 ingredients, it’s quick and delicious. I like to garnish the top with grains and seeds of all kinds, but you can definitely just use anything you like and have in your own pantry. Either way – these soft bagels are a simply yummy!
Photo: Natalie Levin
Photo: Natalie Levin
Soft Bagel with Seeds and Sea Salt
For the dough:
- 500 grams (3 ½ cups) all-purpose flour
- 8 grams (2 tsp.) active dry yeast
- 300 ml. (1 ¼ cups) water
- 10 grams (1 tbsp.) salt
For coating:
- 1 tbsp. maple syrup
- 2 tbsp. water
- Sunflower seeds
- Black sesame
- Za’atar
- Sea salt flakes
- In a mixer bowl with a kneading attachment, put flour, yeast, water and salt and knead for 10-12 minutes until the dough is soft and shiny.
- Cover the bowl and allow rising for 1-2 hours until the dough almost doubles its volume.
- Divide the dough into 10 equal parts.
- Roll each part into a ball shape and form a hole in the center to create a bagel shape.
- Place the bagels in intervals on an oven pan lined with baking paper.
- Cover and allow rising for about an hour until the bagel almost double their volume.
- Preheat the oven to 180c degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix maple and water and gently brush the bagels.
- Sprinkle seeds, sesame, za’atar and salt.
- 10. Bake the bagels for 15-25 minutes or until they are golden and set.
- 11. Cool and serve.
- Keep the bagels in a sealed bag in the freezer for up to a month.
- You can use any kind of grains or seeds that you like.
- Instead of maple, you can use date syrup or honey in the same amount.
Photo: Natalie Levin
Photo: Natalie Levin