Recipe: Delicious Basic Plain Bagels

Basic Plain Bagels.

You can cook Basic Plain Bagels using 6 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Basic Plain Bagels

1. You need 300 grams of Bread flour (Superking flour).
2. It's 1 tsp of Salt (Okinawa sea salt).
3. You need 1 tbsp of Sugar (cane sugar).
4. Prepare 1 tsp of Dry yeast (saf).
5. Prepare 180 ml of Water.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp of Molasses for kettle boiling.

Basic Plain Bagels step by step

1. Use really fine salt for the best results. Here's the salt that I used..
2. Knead the dough in a bread machine. Take it out and divide into 8 portions. Cover with a damp cloth and let rest for 10 minutes..
3. Punch out the air and roll the dough out..
4. Fold in half from both sides..
5. Again fold the dough in half. Close the seam well. Roll it around several times to close seam properly..
6. Flatten one end with a rolling pin. Fold in the thinner side and close..
7. Twist with the seam facing down..
8. Repeat to shape 8 bagels..
9. Let rise for 30 minutes at 35℃..
10. Add the molasses into a large amount of hot water. Kettle boil the bagel: 40 seconds for one side, and flip over for another 40 seconds..
11. Drain well and align onto a baking tray..
12. Bake for 15 minutes in a 190℃ preheated oven..