Homemade Bagel Recipe
sugarspunrun.com · 2020 · 12 bagels
Against 150 bagel recipes
More yeast than 92% 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 yeast than 92% of recipes: 2% 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 (13)
- 2 cups warm water (between 105-110F (40-45C))≈ 474 g
- 5 teaspoons active dry yeast≈ 16 g
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar≈ 4.2 g
- 2 Tablespoon olive oil≈ 27 g
- 3 Tablespoons light brown sugar (firmly packed)≈ 41 g
- 6 cups bread flour, plus additional as needed≈ 762 g
- 1 Tablespoon salt≈ 18 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 Tablespoon cornmeal (for dusting baking sheet)≈ 9 g
- 2 quarts water≈ 1896 g
- ¼ cup honey or barley malt syrup¹ (optional)≈ 85 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon water≈ 4.9 g
- Bagel toppings² (as desired (see note))n/a
flour 762 gbatter 1342 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.
- Water62% · 70th percentile · median 59%
- Malt or sugar6% · 68th percentile · median 4%
- Salt2.4% · 81st percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast2% · 94th percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 22 minutes
- median 20 minutes
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