{"id":2560,"slug":"plain-bagels","title":"Plain Bagels","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["Dough","4 ¼ cups (530 g) All-purpose flour","1 Tbsp + ½ tsp (14 g) Active dry yeast","1 ½ cups (351.53 g) Warm water 45 °C","3 Tbsp (40 g) White sugar","1 Tbsp + ¼ tsp (20 g) Salt","Boiling","1 gallon (3780 g) Water","1 Tbsp (10 g) White sugar"],"ingredients_norm":["dough","all purpose flour","+ tsp active dry yeast","warm water °c","white sugar","+ tsp salt","boiling","water"],"steps":["In large bowl, combine 1½ cups flour and yeast. Mix water, 3 tablespoons sugar and salt together, and add to the dry ingredients. Beat with a mixer for half a minute at a low speed, scraping the sides of the bowl clean. Beat at a higher speed for 3 minutes. Then, by hand, mix in enough flour to make a moderately stiff dough.","Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic (8–10 minutes). Cover, let rest for 15 minutes.","Cut into 12 portions, shape into smooth balls. Poke a hole in the center with your finger, and gently enlarge the hole while working the bagel into a uniform shape. Cover, let rise 20 minutes.","Meanwhile, start a gallon of water boiling. Put 1 tablespoon of sugar in it, mix it around a bit. Reduce to simmering.","When the bagels are ready, put 4 or 5 bagels into the water, and cook 7 minutes, turning once. Drain them.","Place on a greased baking sheet, and bake at 375°F (190°C) for 30–35 minutes. Remove from oven, eat hot or cold."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Recipes for bread","Boiled recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes using white sugar","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":100,"servings":null,"yield_text":"12 bagels","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Plain_Bagels","source_ref":"4525016","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Plain_Bagels&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"8b9364d938ec7d3d02749e3778de26a25527a63b68165e046425f3bf062eedaa","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/plain-bagels"}