Saturday, January 21, 2012

workin' in the kitchen

I love those bright colors!


Italian seasoned stir-fry!

This little fellow loves homemade bagels!



Wishing you all a very blessed Lord's day!



m.e.

5 comments:

Breathe deep said...

MMMMMMmmmmmMMMMmmmmm!!!!!
You got me droolin' :)

Sisters of Grace said...

Looks delicious! I would love the recipe for both!

Have a great Sunday!
Emily

Willys and Elizabeth (Lizzie) said...

Your bagels look delicious... I have to ask, would you be willing to share your recipe. My brother in law just mentioned he would like homemade bagels but I have to admit I have never made them before and am a little nervous about making them.

Anonymous said...

Those look sooo-ooo good! It's funny 'cause just today I was saying that I wanted to make some bagels! Is it the bread beckers recipe?

~ McKenzie Elizabeth~ said...

Yes, it is a Bread Becker recipe.

~Whole Wheat Bagels~
2 1/4 cup of warm water
2Tbs. honey
2 1/4 tsp. salt
5 cups of freshly milled wheat flour (hard white)
1 Tbs. gluten (optional)
2 tsp. instant yeast

Combine water, honey, and salt. Add half the flour, yeast, and gluten and mix well. Add remaining flour and knead to form a slightly stiff dough (about 8-10 minutes). Let rise until double, covering to keep dough from drying out.
Divide the risen dough into 12 pieces and shape into balls and allow to rest. In a large pot bring 1 gallon of water to boil then add 1/3 cup of honey to it.
working with only 6 balls at a time, take each ball and poke your thumb through the middle forming a hole, twirling each new bagel on your thumb to enlarge the hole until the hole is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Let each bagel rest about 5 minutes, then place in the boiling honey water. Cook 2-3 bagels at a time adjusting the heat so the water is simmering all the time. While these cook, prepare your next 6 balls for the water. The bagels should sink, then rise in a few seconds; if they don't, they have rested too long but are still fine. Just turn them over so that both sides get wet. After 1 minute in the water remove with a slotted spoon and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at once in a preheated oven at 425 degrees for about 35 minutes, turning bagels over at the halfway point if they haven't browned evenly.
The bagels may be brushed with a mixture of 1 beaten egg and 2 Tbs. water then sprinkled with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, minced onions, or minced garlic. The egg wash makes even ungarnished bagel shiny and pretty.
Have fun!