Grammy's Kitchen · Bagels · Montreal Bagels, A Homemade
One of 76 bagels recipes we measured
from thewoksoflife.com
It ranks #1 of 76 for flavour depth among the bagels recipes we compared. 12 cooks on thewoksoflife.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 54% | 66% |
| fat | 8% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| yeast | 69% | 1% |
| total sugar | 39% | 5% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 355 g | 1 1/2 cups warm water |
| 454 g | 2 packages instant yeast ((active dry yeast can also work)) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon sugar |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 50 g | 1 egg |
| 50 g | 1 egg yolk |
| 54 g | 1/4 cup oil |
| 170 g | 1/2 cup honey |
| 660 g | 5-6 cups bread flour |
| 85 g | 1/4 cup barley malt syrup ((honey can also be substituted)) |
| 327 g | 1 1/2 cup lightly toasted sesame seeds |
Method: 6 steps, published by thewoksoflife.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made these yesterday and they were delicious! Based on comments from fellow bakers, I reduced the oven temperature to 435F and baked for about 20 minutes. Tasted great, but in terms of how my bagels looked? If NYC bagel and Montreal bagel had a baby... Fa” — a cook, 5★
“I have been following this recipe for years! We live fresh Montreal style bagels with lox and cream cheese as a dinner treat. I do cut down on oven time ( 16 min) as I find they cook quick! Still trying to perfect the bagel shape, too. Thanks for this recipe” — a cook, 5★