Sourdough Bagels

Name: Sourdough Bagels
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2¼ teaspoons (1 packet) active dry yeast or ¼ ounce fresh yeast; 2¼ teaspoons (1 packet) active dry yeast or ¼ ounce fresh yeast; ½ ounce (14 grams) malted barley syrup or molasses; 7 ounces (196 grams) ripe sourdough starter; 1 pound (445 grams) bread flour; 1 ounce (28 grams) sugar; ½ ounce (14 grams) dry milk powder; 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt; 1 gallon water; 42 grams malted barley syrup; Toppings of choice, such as poppy seeds, flaked onion or sesame seeds; Toppings of choice, such as poppy seeds, flaked onion or sesame seeds; Toppings of choice, such as poppy seeds, flaked onion or sesame seeds

Preparation info

Makes
11–12
bagels

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Les Dames d'Escoffier New York Cookbook

By Silvia Baldini and Sharon Franke

Published 2023

About

I make these bagels regularly and always have a couple in the freezer. Serve them with your favorite bagel fixings or toasted and smeared with butter. They have a chewy exterior like old-fashioned bagels, not big puffy commercial ones. The recipe looks long, but a lot of the steps are for shaping the bagels.

Ingredients

2¼ teaspoons (1 packet) active dry yeast or ¼ ounce fresh yeast

Americas
United States
New York
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Fit a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment. In the bowl of the stand mixer, whisk the yeast and ¾ cup water. Mix in the malted barley syrup. Add the sourdough starter, bread flour, sugar and milk powder. Mix the dough on low until smooth and firm, 3–5 minutes. Cover the bo