Homemade Bagels
Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · 2020 · 8
Against 150 bagel recipes
Close to the middle of 150 bagel recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 150 bagel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
- Water in the middle half of recipes: 55% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 59%.
Ingredients (11)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or barley malt syrup≈ 20 g
- 1 (¼-ounce) pkg active dry yeast (2¼ teaspoons)7 g
- 1¼ cups warm water≈ 296 g
- 540 grams bread flour*540 g
- 2 teaspoons sea salt≈ 12 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1½ tablespoons maple syrup≈ 30 g
- 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
- ½ tablespoon salt≈ 9 g
- 1 egg white (optional)≈ 33 g
- 1 tablespoon water (optional)≈ 15 g
- Everything Bagel Seasoning (for sprinkling)n/a
flour 540 gbatter 875 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.
- Water55% · 37th percentile · median 59%
- Malt or sugar3.7% · 43rd percentile · median 4%
- Salt2.2% · 73rd percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast1.3% · 57th percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 14 to 18 minutes
- median 20 minutes
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