I tried this recipe today - it wasn't bad. I doubled the recipe and divided the batch into 3 - 1/3 were cinammon, 1/3 cranberry and 1/3 strawberry. The cinammon and cranberry turned out great but the strawberry didn't turn out well. I used a strawberry spread (somewhat like a jam but mostly fruit) and it made the dough too moist and the bagels fell apart and didn't bake right.

This was a very yummy and easy recipe. It was actually my first ever attempt at baking. I was so proud of my success. My husband and son love them too; we all send thanks to you :)

Excellent bagels. Thanks! A little gnarly looking, but oh well. Some of them looked great. I added sun dried tomatoes and roasted garlic to punch up the flavor, so I added a tiny bit more flour. Worked perfectly. Thanks!

This was my first attempt to make begels, and I would say it was not difficult to make. However, mines turned out very ugly. The mistake I made was re-forming bagels after they had risen. The dough had risen beautifully but was very sticky. This resulted in the dough sticking to a spatula and a pan. I couldn't transfer begels from the pan into the boiling water. That's why I re-formed begels... They also glued to greased cooking sheets when I baked. Perhaps I didn't grease enough on cooking sheets.... though I don't know why my dough became so sticky. (I followed the recipe precisely.) I will definitetely try this recipe again and see how it goes. Anyway, I give 4 stars because the taste and texture were really good. And could anyone help me how to make less sticky dough!??

I've made bagels in the past with a different recipe and they've always turned out great. But when I found a bagel recipe that took half the amount of time, I decided to give it a try. Unlike many people, I had absolutely no trouble making this dough into 12 equal regular sized bagels. The reason for only a 3 star rating is the fact that they did not bake well. I found they did NOT need the seven minutes of boiling as laid out and the baking time/temperature must be off, because the bagels did not fully cook after being 'golden brown' they cooked in parts but not others. They were more doughy than I would like them to be, but nonetheless good. I'll try again later and hopefully they will work better. But in the meantime, I'm sticking to my other recipe.

These came out very good. My kids enjoyed helping make these. We have made these a few times already. Thanks!

I love this recipe and make it about once a month - whenever I get a craving for fresh bagels (since there aren't any good bagel shops around here). I've always done the broil before boiling method and they come out nicely. They've never risen a ton for me before baking, but puff up in size quite a bit during baking. I've also made different varieties with blueberries, raisins and cinnamon, and topped with cheese. They all come out yummy. They're delicious fresh, but do get dry if you don't eat them all within the first day or two (which isn't often a problem). I usually make fewer larger ones instead of a bunch of small ones, too.

These bagels are very delicious, but this was my very first attempt at making bagels. Anyone new to making bagels should note that the instructions should mention that the bagels must be placed in the oven immediately after boiling. I didn't have a big enough pot to boil all the bagels at once, so I had to boil them in two separate batches. The first batch that I boiled then left to sit and wait for the second batch came out of the oven very dense and rubbery. However, the batch that went directly from the boiling water into the oven came out wonderfully!

This was easy and first batch was gone so fast!

Great bagel recipe!! I think letting the dough rise more would help make the bagels less dense...but overall, very good. I got 8 large bagels from the recipe. Very good topped with cinnamon. I will definitely make these again! Thanks!

I used whole wheat instead and brown sugar in the boiling water, and turn out delicious, my daughter ate one rigth out of the oven with cream cheese. great recipe!

I've made these bagels several times since finding this recipe. My roommates loved them! They were very easy to make! My roommates especially loved wheat bagels with cranberries and walnuts. The only thing with this recipe is that it doesn't make enough! I tried doubling the recipe, and the dough was so hard to knead, and so they didn't rise as much. Perhaps that's just me though.

What a great recipe!! I just made these with my kids and they came out soo great!! We added 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour and kneaded in the rest with white flour. I also let it rise for 30 min. next time I might let it rise a little longer and see what happens. My kids and husband loved them! they were fun to roll with the kids too. Next time I think I'll sub honey for the sugar and add in some carob chips. these are great bagels.. no more perservative filled store bought bagels for us!! Thank YOU!!

I've made this now several times. I use garlic salt instead of regular salt and we love the flavor. We like these so well I've been making them about every 3 days! I use my kitchen-aid mixer for the whole job.

My kids had a blast making these with me, and they came out like Real Bagels! I made a couple small modifications to the recipe: To get commercial sized bagels, we made 8 with this recipe instead of 12. I let the yeast rest with the salt and sugar in the hot water for a few moments before adding it to the other dry ingredients - years of making dough has taught me this is the way I get them to rise better. I let the formed bagels rise in warm oven (oven turned on for two minutes while forming bagels and then turned off) and sprayed the pan they were on with PAM so I could peel them off easier to get them a'boiling. (Used a shortening-greased pan to bake, however).

I took HYDROMONKEY10 advice and boiled the bagels in MOLASSES. It worked like a charm. I had some trouble with the second rise this was the first time I worked with yeast - live and learn. This made 10 bagels I made 6 onion and 4 plain. I used my stand mixer and it was very easy.

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