Perfect Homemade Bagels
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2025 · 8 bagels
Against 150 bagel recipes
More water than 93% of recipes and more yeast than 84%.
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 yeast than 84% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.1%.
- More salt than 77% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Ingredients (11)
- 1 tablespoon instant or rapid-rise yeast≈ 9 g
- 4 cups bread flour (see note)≈ 508 g
- 2 teaspoons salt≈ 12 g
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar≈ 14 g
- 1 1/2 cups warm water≈ 356 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 to 3 quarts water≈ 2370 g
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar≈ 28 g
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (see note for honey option)≈ 13 g
- 1 large egg white≈ 33 g
- 1 tablespoon water≈ 15 g
- Sesame seeds, Everything Bagel seasoning, grated Parmesan or Asiago cheese, coarse salt, cinnamon and sugar, etc.n/a
flour 508 gbatter 899 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%
- Yeast1.8% · 86th percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 20 minutes
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