Name: New York Style Water Bagels
Yield: Makes 10
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons malt syrup or honey, optional; Cornmeal, optional; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 teaspoons malt powder, optional; 1 tablespoon oil; 1 tablespoon instant yeast; Sesame, poppy seeds; 4½ - 5½ cups bread flour; 6 quarts water; 1½ cups warm water

Preparation info

Makes
10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Best Bagels

By Marcy Goldman

Published 2018

About

These sassy bagels are also known as water bagels. If the secret ingredient, as New Yorkers brag, is the water, then we out-of-towners are out of luck. Minus the Hudson River, these bagels are still as authentic as you can get without buying them from H&H Bagels!

Ingredients

Dough

1½ cups warm water
1 tablespoon instant yeast
1

Method

In a mixer bowl, whisk together water, yeast, and sugar. Let stand a couple of minutes to allow yeast to dissolve. Briskly whisk in in oil, malt and one cup of flour. Add salt, then most of remaining flour, kneading 10-12 minutes to make a very stiff dough, adding in more flour if required.

Cover with a tea towel and let dough rest on a board about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, line two large