Flaxseed Bagels | Classic Plain Bagels | Everything Bagel Seasoning

This bagel recipe includes 15g of ground flaxseed meal. If you do not have any on hand, simply omit it to make classic plain bagels 🤗.

🍞Ingredients: Makes 10 bagels. Halve the dough ingredients if you only want to make 5 bagels.

🌼Dough: Bread flour 600g, ground flaxseed meal 15g (optional), room-temperature water 340-360g (adjust as needed; I used 360g, and use ice water in summer), salt 4g, sugar 25g, instant dry yeast 6g, butter 20g.

🌼Poaching water: Granulated sugar 50g, water 1000g.

🌼Optional toppings: Everything bagel seasoning, cheese.

🍞Method:

1️⃣Place all dough ingredients except the butter into the mixer bowl in the order of water, salt, sugar, flour, and yeast. Mix on low speed until combined, then knead on medium speed and back to low until the dough reaches the thick membrane stage (medium gluten development). Add the softened room-temperature butter and continue kneading until it reaches a thin, translucent membrane.

2️⃣Divide the dough into 10 equal pieces. Shape each into a tight ball, cover with plastic wrap, and let bench rest for about 10 minutes before shaping. Please refer to Photos 7 and 8 for the detailed shaping steps (those photos are from my whole wheat bagel post, which you can also check on my profile).

3️⃣Cover the shaped bagels and let them proof for about 40 minutes (or about 30 minutes in summer). If your oven takes 30 minutes or longer to preheat, time it accordingly and start preheating early. If your oven preheats in just a few minutes, wait until you start boiling the poaching water.

4️⃣When proofing is nearly complete, bring the 50g sugar and 1000g water to a boil in a wide pot, then lower to a gentle simmer. Poach each bagel for about 30 seconds per side, drain well, and arrange on a baking sheet. Top with Everything bagel seasoning, cheese, or leave plain.

5️⃣Bake on the middle rack at 200°C for about 16 to 18 minutes.

6️⃣Once baked to a golden brown crust, transfer the bagels to a wire rack to cool and enjoy!

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