Sourdough Bagels

Now that you’ve gotten used to working with starter, it’s time to try another sourdough recipe.

Sourdough bagels are the next in our sourdough adventure. They were quite similar to the time I made pretzels! For an active starter – I feed it the night before I want to use it (or the morning of if I’m going to make the dough in the evening)

This recipe comes from Baking Sense, however I altered them to make them multigrain.

Ingredients:

For The Dough:

1 cup/224g active starter
1 1/2 cups warm water
2.5 cups/350g best for bread flour (+ extra if needed)
2 cups/280g multigrain best for bread flour
1 tbsp molasses
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp salt

For The Boiling Water:

1/4 cup/56g granulated sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 egg white, whisked
1 large pot of water

Toppings:

Everything but the bagel spice
Kosher salt
Garlic flakes
Poppy seeds
Sesame seeds

Directions:

Combine starter, warm water and 2.5 cups white flour in mixing bowl. Cover and set aside for 1 hour.

Add molasses, honey and salt. Use dough hook to combine with remaining 2 cups of multi-grain flour.

Continue mixing with dough hook for 5-7 minutes. Put dough in lightly oiled bowl. Allow to rise for three hours, stretching and folding the dough every half hour (pull up on one edge, turn bowl, and repeat on all four sides).

Turn dough out onto floured surface and cut into 12 pieces.

Using cupped hands form into circles, punch hole into centre with your finger and form into a circular bagel shape.

Place dough on floured baking sheet. Put in fridge to rise over night.

Remove from fridge in the morning and allow to rise for four hours in the morning.

Preheat oven to 450˚F.

Bring boiling water ingredients to a boil. Boil each side of bagel for 30 seconds and transfer to cooling rack.

Transfer from cooling rack to baking sheet and top with egg white and desired bagel spices.

Bake for 20 minutes at 450˚F.