Berry Bagels

Berry Bagels

sobota, 25 stycznia 2014

Berry Bagels

Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups warm water
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packets yeast
• 5 -6 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup mixed dried fruit (I used snipped dried cherries and blueberries)
• 2 teaspoons raspberry extract
• 2 tablespoons cornmeal, for baking sheet
• nonstick cooking spray
• parchment paper
• 1 egg, mixed with
• 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash

Directions

• 1 In a bowl, mix the yeast, sugar, and warm water.
• 2 Let sit for 5 minutes or until bubbly.
• 3 Put the extract in a bowl with your berries.
• 4 Set aside for later.
• 5 Mix salt in with the 4 to 5 cups of the flour, and:.
• 6 With a strong spoon, mix in.
• 7 When the dough gets stiff, turn it out on the table and kneed for 5 minutes adding flour as needed.
• 8 Place dough in greased bowl (use non-stick cooking spray) and cover with damp cloth.
• 9 Let rise until double in size (1 1/2 to 2 hours or so).
• 10 Punch down dough and divide into 12 balls.
• 11 I placed a spoonful of berries in the center of each ball, folded it closed and pinched it.
• 12 Next, I used my thumb and made a hole in the bagel careful not to let the berries sneak out.
• 13 After shaping bagles, place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to rise for 15 minutes.
• 14 While the bagels are rising, bring to a boil 12 cups of water and one TLB.
• 15 of sugar.
• 16 Boil bagels in batches.
• 17 Boil on each side for a total of 5 minutes (they will look funny and bumpy).
• 18 Take bagels out with slotted spoon and place on paper towel.
• 19 Sprinkle cornmeal on the same parchment paper and arrange bagels.
• 20 Brush each with an egg wash (you could sprinkle with poppy seeds or seseame seeds at this point).
• 21 Bake bagels for 25-28 minutes at 400 degrees or until golden brown all over.