Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Tuesdays with Dorie: Bagels

I've been gone from TWD for too long.  Every time a new month came I'd tell myself this was the month I'd get back into it.  First it was going to be for the Biscotti, but then I read they were just okay.  Then I saw the Berry Galette and time got away from me.  Then Fall came and I was in pumpkin-mode so I though I'd quick whip the Pumpkin Cranberry Bread. Think again. That's like a 3-day recipe!

So I finally had a free weekend and decided to make the Bagels.


I took some advice I read on P&Qs and shaped the bagels after the first rise.  



The process of boiling and baking was fairly easy - I just wish I could have fit more than 4 bagels in the water at one time.  



I topped half with sesame seeds.  I really had no expectations for these.  I just needed to say I was back in with TWD.  And I thought, wow, this is a lot of work for bagels and I probably wouldn't make them again.  Then I tasted one.  Woah.  They had a thin chewy layer outside and chewy air-filled bread inside.  I only ate one and took the rest in for the guys at work.  I served them up with Nutella and Apple Pie Jam I recently got at the Philly Food Swap.



I would make these again.  But only if there were people around to eat them fresh out of the oven.  I wasn't sure how they held up the following morning.

If you'd like the recipe check out our host at Heather's Bytes!

So for the make-up post, what did I miss in the last 4 months that I should get to baking??

8 comments:

  1. Glad you enjoyed the results of your baking! Well done on the delicious bagels!

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  2. Your bagels look great! Nutella and Apple Pie jam sound perfect with these.

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  3. Yay welcome back! These look great!

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  4. Your bagels look great! I'm sure your co-workers were very happy. :)

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  5. Your bagels turned out great, and I love the sound of that jam. I found that the next day, my bagels were still pretty good, but by day two they had gone off the boil.

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  6. It's fun to be able to share projects like this with others :-)
    Great bagels!

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  7. Welcome back Lauren! Your bagels look great. And I am jealous of your loot from the Philly Food Swap. Apple Pie Jam sounds awesome!

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  8. I'm so glad you loved them... and hope you'll be baking them again...like me!
    The bagels you made look beautiful and "the guys" at work will soon be asking for more...be ready :-)

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