While I liked my first take on the recently posted water bagel recipe, I felt it could be so much better. I didn't change the dough itself, but I changed how I boiled it, and we went higher for the baking temperature. Comparing recipes, 375° seemed low. But that is the beauty of baking bread.… Continue reading Breadmaking: Water Bagels Version 2
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Breadmaking: Water Bagels
I was having lunch on Thursday, and my fortune said this: Who knew how right that would be...I didn't predict I'd spend a rainy Sunday morning working on water bagels. I've wanted to master bagel making, as the boys like them in their lunches. It's been one of the few things I don't make from… Continue reading Breadmaking: Water Bagels
Water Bagels
There was only one bread cookbook my mom used and that was her worn copy of Betty Crocker’s Breads. When we made bread, bagels, English muffins, bread sticks and so forth, the recipes always came from that book. I inherited my mom’s copy and it holds a special place for me – flipping through the… Continue reading Water Bagels