Beautiful Bagels - (using Bread Machine To Make The Dough)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3 teaspoons yeast
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons gluten flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/4 cups water

Recipe

• 1 place all the above ingredients into bread machine, and select'dough' cycle.
• 2 stop the bread machine 40 minutes after the mixing starts (1 hour and 10 minutes from beginning of dough cycle).
• 3 tip bagel dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead by hand for about 1 minute.
• 4 cut dough into 8 pieces.
• 5 roll and'gently massage' each piece into a snake.
• 6 dampen and overlap the ends pressing firmly to form a ring.
• 7 place each ring on an individual piece of baking paper already lightly sprayed with oil.
• 8 cover all rings with a sheet of baking paper and allow to rest.
• 9 meanwhile, bring a large pan of water to the boil.
• 10 carefully lowering each bagel one by one (about 4 at a time) into the pan of boiling water, slide the paper from each bagel ring away.
• 11 gently turn bagels allowing about 40 seconds on each side.
• 12 lift each bagel out and drain on absorbent paper towels.
• 13 place drained bagels on baking baking tray already lined with baking paper.
• 14 brush each bagel with lightly beaten egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and sprinkle with lots of poppy seeds or toasted sesame seeds.
• 15 bake in hot oven (220'c, gas mark 7) for about 15 minutes- or until a nice deep golden brown colour.
• 16 remove bagels from oven and place on wire rack.