Bagels

Spectacular, tender inside with a thin crispy crust on the outside ... slice in half with cream cheese and a generous helping of strawberry jam or chocolate paste ... or just butter or cream cheese..

Ingredients: Milk 350ml. Butter 50g. Dry yeast 5-7gr. if fresh, the 15-20g. Flour 530-550gr. Granulated sugar (to your taste, I love 1/2 sweet rolls) 2 pinch Salt 1 pinch. Water for cooking 1.5 to 2 litre. 1.5 tablespoons of soda. ...Knead the dough: Mix the flour with the yeast. Melt the butter in half the milk, remove from heat, add the sugar and salt, stir until dissolved. Mix cold and hot milk and butter - get the ideal temperature for the dough. Mix dry ingredients and milk. Knead the dough in the mixer with attachments "hooks" or hands on work surface.

Put the dough in bowl, covering with a towel to increase it to 2 times in total.

I then put the kneading dough in a bag and placed overnight in the refrigerator, took it out the morning, leave for an hour at room temperature and started forming the bagels. ...then press down the dough, divide into equal pieces (I have got 8 pieces. BUT, if you want to make smaller bagels, feel free to make 10-12 pieces .

Form the bagels are as follows, connecting the ends.

Bring the water to a boil, gently pour soda, and reduce the heat to medium so that the water bubbles slowly. Carefully, one by one, put the bagels with a slotted spoon into the pot, 30-40 seconds, they should increase in volume during this time, you can flip them a couple of times.

Take them out of the pan, drain water, and placed them on a baking tray, cover with baking paper. Repeat this process with the remaining bagles. If desired, sprinkle the bagels before baking with sesame or poppy seeds

Bon appetit to you and your family!