Blueberry Bagel Recipe
Ablueberry bagel is like a regular bread, but it contains blueberries mix in thedough.
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3.5 cups all-purpose flour plus extra for dusting
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup for boiling water
Instructions
- In a big bowl, add sugar, warm water, and yeast. Allow it toss it for around 5 minutes until the yeast is bubbly.
- Add salt and flour to the salt mixture and then stir until it forms a dough.
- Put the dough onto a surface with a little dough and press and fold it for about 10 minutes until the dough is soft and elastic.
- Place the dough in a bowl with some oil, cover it with a clean kitchen towel and then leave it in a warm place for about an hour or until it doubles in size.
- Once the dough is bigger in size, punch it down and mix in the blueberries until they evenly spread throughout the dough.
- Split the dough into 8 parts of same size and roll each part to a ball. With the help of your finger, poke a hole through the center of each ball and then stretch the hole gently to form a bagel.
- Put the bagels on a lightly greased or lined with parchment paper baking sheet. Cover then with clean towel and then allow them rise for an additional 20-30 minutes.
- While the bagles are rising, set the temperature of the oven to 400 F (200 C).
- For a chewier crust, you can boil some water in a pot and add maple syrup or honey. Boil the bagels, 2-3 at a time, and allow them cook for around a minutes each side. With a help of a slotted spoon, take them out from the water and then put them back on a baking sheet.
- Bake the bagels in the oven until golden brown and sound hollow when you tap their bottom, it may take around 20-25 minutes.
- Before slicing and serving, let the bagels cool on a wire rack.
- It’s time to serve the blueberry bagels with toppings like jam, butter, cream cheese etc.