Homemade Bagels
jamiegeller.com · 2019 · 8 Servings
Against 150 bagel recipes
More water than 93% of recipes and more salt than 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 150 bagel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 93% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 59%.
- More salt than 77% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Ingredients (7)
- 2½ teaspoons yeast≈ 8 g
- 1 tablespoons brown sugar≈ 14 g
- 1½ cups warm water≈ 356 g
- 4 cups bread flour≈ 508 g
- 2 teaspoons salt≈ 12 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 egg for egg wash≈ 50 g
- toppings: sesame seeds (poppy seeds, dried onion and garlic, sea salt)n/a
flour 508 gbatter 897 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 150 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Water70% · 95th percentile · median 59%
- Malt or sugar2.7% · 35th percentile · median 4%
- Salt2.4% · 81st percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast1.5% · 73rd percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 20 minutes
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