Name: Wild Blueberry Bagels
Yield: Makes 10
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons oil; 3 tablespoons honey; 4 - 6 cups bread flour; 1½ cups frozen blueberries; 1½ cups warm water; 1¾ teaspoons salt; 2¾ teaspoons instant yeast; 6 quarts water; ⅓ cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Makes
10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Best Bagels

By Marcy Goldman

Published 2018

About

These are actually made with cultivated blueberries but they are indeed wildly blue and delicious. Something about a rustic bagel dough as a holding pen for pudgy purple blueberries is fantastic to both behold and eat.

Ingredients

Dough

1½ cups warm water
2¾ teaspoons instant yeast
2

Method

Stack two baking sheets together and line the top one with parchment paper.

In a mixer bowl, whisk together the water and yeast and allow to stand 2-3 minutes. Briskly whisk in the oil, honey, salt and a cup of the flour. Add more flour and begin kneading. Knead 10-12 minutes, adding more flour as required to make a very stiff dough. Add or press in blueberries to the dough gently so as