Homemade Light & Chewy Bagels (Same Day)
Michelle · siftandsimmer.com · 2026 · 10
Against 150 bagel recipes
More water than 76% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 150 bagel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 76% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 59%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Ingredients (17)
- 120 g all-purpose flour (or bread flour)120 g
- 380 ml hot boiling water≈ 381 g
- 480 g all-purpose flour (or bread flour)480 g
- 8 g instant dry yeast8 g
- 12 g fine sea salt12 g
- 20 ml vegetable oil≈ 18 g
- 20 ml honey≈ 29 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1200 ml (6 C) water≈ 1202 g
- 1/2 tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
- shredded cheesen/a
- everything seasoningn/a
- black/white sesame seedsn/a
- poppy seedsn/a
- carawayn/a
- onion flakesn/a
- pumpkin seeds/sunflower seedsn/a
- oatsn/a
flour 600 gbatter 1048 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.
- Water63% · 76th percentile · median 59%
- Malt or sugar4.8% · 59th percentile · median 4%
- Salt2% · 60th percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast1.3% · 57th percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 18 to 22 minutes
- median 20 minutes
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