Enjoy as breakfast sandwiches or slathered with (vegan) cream cheese. Just 9 ingredients required for bagel bliss, friends. Let us show you how it’s done!
Who Invented Bagels?
Today, bagels are a type of bread so well-known it’s hard to imagine a world without them (and let’s not, it’s too sad)! While the earliest known recipe for a bagel-like bread (called ka’ak) appeared in a 13th-century Arabic cookbook, bagels as we know them were popularized by Ashkenazi Jews in Poland in the 17th century, possibly even earlier. The tradition of putting a hole in the middle of bagels is also hundreds of years old. It helps ensure more even baking and makes bagels easier to transport and display! The following is our vegan and gluten-free take on the concept.
How to Make Gluten-Free Bagels
First, gluten-free bagels need the right mix of flours. Brown rice flour, sorghum flour, and tapioca starch create the perfect balance of structure, fluffiness, and chew! Next we add both ground flax seeds and ground chia seeds, which makes the dough thick and easy to handle. In addition to a balance of flours, bagels need yeast for the right texture as well as their classic bagel taste. After the yeast proofs (a.k.a. gets frothy from munching on a little sugar), it’s time to combine the wet ingredients with the dry and give the dough time to rise! After rising, the dough is ready to form into the shape of bagels. We evenly divide the dough and shape each piece into a “roll” before creating a hole in the center. This is when they start to look like bagels, and yes, it’s very exciting! Next, it’s time to boil! Boiling is what gives bagels their classic chewy texture and shiny exterior, and it also helps the toppings to stick. We tried skipping this step, but it’s just not the same, friends. Once the bagels are boiled and topped with seasoning (like everything bagel seasoning, cinnamon sugar, or poppy seeds), it’s bake time. Baking the bagels is crucial for cooking the insides and creating the fluffiest result. YAY — bagels will be on the table shortly! We hope you LOVE these gluten-free bagels! They’re:WholesomeChewyTenderVersatileUndetectably gluten-free& SO classic! We love topping them with vegan cream cheese, using for sandwiches, or enjoying as part of breakfast! They’re perfect for making a big batch on the weekend, then storing in the refrigerator or freezer and toasting when ready to eat.
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