Grammy's Kitchen · Bagels · Homemade Bagels Recipe (Boiled & Baked, New
One of 34 bagels recipes we measured
from mealvirgo.com
It ranks #1 of 34 for crust crispness among the bagels recipes we compared.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 34.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 521% | 88% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 2% | 2% |
| total sugar | 7% | 6% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 7 g | 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast (1 packet) |
| 19 g | 1 1/2 tbsp sugar |
| 296 g | 1 1/4 cups warm water (divided) |
| 420 g | 3 1/2 cups bread flour (or all-purpose flour) |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 tsp salt |
| 1893 g | 2 quarts water |
| 12 g | 1 tbsp honey or sugar |
| Optional: 1 egg (for egg wash) | |
| Sesame seeds, poppy seeds, everything bagel seasoning, coarse salt, etc. |
Method: 9 steps, published by mealvirgo.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.