Bagels Lab150 recipes
← All bagel recipes

Best Ever Bagel Recipe

Aarthi · yummytummyaarthi.com · 2021 · 8 Bagels

Against 150 bagel recipes

Close to the middle of 150 bagel recipes on every ingredient.

See how all 150 bagel recipes compare →

Get the method at yummytummyaarthi.com →This page has the ingredients and the numbers. The instructions and photos are on the original recipe, which Recipe Lab does not republish.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 150 bagel recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.1%.
  • Malt or sugar in the middle half of recipes: 5.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4%.
Water: 57%, 45th percentileMalt or sugar: 5.3%, 65th percentileSalt: 1.9%, 50th percentileYeast: 1.5%, 73rd percentileWaterMalt orsugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (20)

  • 3 cup All Purpose Flour≈ 375 g
  • 1.5 tsp Dry Yeast≈ 4.7 g
  • 2 tsp Salt≈ 12 g
  • 1 tbsp Golden Syrup or Sugar≈ 21 g
  • 1 cup Warm Water≈ 237 g
  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour / Maida≈ 250 g
  • 1½ tsp Dry Yeast≈ 4.7 g
  • 1 tbsp Sugar≈ 13 g
  • Salt to tasten/a
  • 1 Egg≈ 50 g
  • ½ cup Warm Milk≈ 122 g
  • Sesame Seeds or Poppy Seedsn/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Water for boilingn/a
  • 4 tbsp Treacle≈ 84 g
  • 1 tbsp Baking Soda≈ 18 g
  • ¼ cup Sesame Seeds≈ 59 g
  • ¼ cup Poppy seeds≈ 59 g
  • 1 tsp Sea salt flakes as needed≈ 6 g
  • ¼ cup Granulated Onion≈ 59 g
  • 3 tbsp Caraway Seeds≈ 44 g

flour 625 gbatter 1088 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.

  • Water57% · 45th percentile
  • Malt or sugar5.3% · 65th percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 50th percentile
  • Yeast1.5% · 73rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 425°F
Time
60 minutes
median 20 minutes

Keep exploring

Recipes most like this one

Nearest by baker's percentages: water, malt or sugar, salt, yeast.

Do something with it

Or browse all 150 bagel recipes.