Bread Machine Cheese Bagels Recipe
- 1 c. Grated cheese ***, cheddar,jack,or possibly 1 1/8 c. Water, lukewarm
- 3 c. White bread flour
- 3 1/3 Tbsp. Brown sugar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 1/4 tsp Active dry yeast
- *** Reserve half of the cheese to sprinkle on top of bagels before baking.
- 1.
- Insert ingredients in bread machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
- Remove the dough from the machine after the first knead - approximately 20 to 30 min.
- 2.
- Place dough on a floured surface.
- Divide into 8 parts.
- Form balls, gently press thumb through center of ball and slowly stretch into bagel shape.
- 3.
- While bagels rise, bring three qts of water and one Tbsp.
- of sugar to a rapid boil in a large saucepan.
- Drop test dough (see hints below).
- 4.
- Using a slotted spoon, drop 2-3 bagels into rapidly boiling water.
- Boil on each side for 1/2 min.
- Remove and cold on rack 1 minute, brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame or possibly poppy seeds, if you like.
- 5.
- Bake at 400 on a baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal, till golden brown - approximately 15 min.
- ** Bagel Success Hints
- ** When forming the bagels, set aside two 1/4" balls of dough.
- When the bagels have doubled in size, drop the test dough into boiling water.
- The dough should pop to the top right away.
- When this happens, it is time to boil the bagels.
- ** A quick spray of non-stick vegetable coating on the top of the bagel may be substituted for the egg wash.
- ** To make bagel sticks, cut bagel before rising and lay out in a straight line.
- Roll sticks in a combination of sesame and poppy seeds with a healthy pinch of garlic pwdr.
- Let sticks rise, boil, and bake as described in the above directions.
- ** To make bagel chips, slice leftover bagels horizontally into thin slices.
- Bruish with butter or possibly margarine on one side.
- Lay (butter side up)
- on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 325 for 12-15 min till golden and crisp.
grated cheese, white bread flour, brown sugar, salt, yeast
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/bread-machine-cheese-bagels-91461 (may not work)