Montreal Style Bagels are a little bit sweet and a whole lot delicious!
I won a book!
A cookbook from a blog giveaway that my friend Dawn at Girl Heart Food hosted. And can I just say, when I received word that my name had been selected – I was pumped(!) – not just because I had won but because I already knew what to expect from my prize. In the post where Dawn introduced the giveaway, she wrote a review of More Than Poutine, by Marie Porter, and shared some of Marie’s delicious recipes.
Which brings us to today’s delicious recipe ——> Montreal Style Bagels.
These beauts remind me of the first time I made homemade bagels for my family.
The kids were little little little.
I remember jumping out of bed on a brisk autumn (or maybe it was winter) morning, with a plan to surprise my sleepy crew with fresh warm bagels just out of the oven.
Guess what happened?
They all came down to the kitchen in their pj’s……and……
…loved those plain bagels!
The End
(I don’t know why I wrote The End… I guess it felt right.)
And now, thanks to Marie and Dawn and their giveaway, I get to make Montreal Style Bagels for my family. Yaaaaas!!
These bagels are:
- lightly sweet
- perfectly fluffy
- soft and chewy
- rustic
- pleasing
Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or snack-time, it doesn’t get better than this!
Straight from the oven or toasted, slathered in butter, cream cheese, peanut butter or jelly – these bagels are simply wonderful!
Buon Appetito!
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Montreal Style Bagels
- Yield: 12 - 15 1x
- Category: Breakfast
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 4 tsp. active dry yeast
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp. malt extract powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 gallon water
- 1/3 cup honey
- Poppy seeds and/or sesame seeds for sprinkling
Instructions
- Stir yeast and sugar into warm water, alow to stand for 10 minutes. It should get very bubbly.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and malt powder.
- Add the yeast mixture, 1 egg, the yolk, and vegetable oil. Stire wll to combine.
- Dump dough out onto a floured surface. Knead until soft and elastic, 5 – 10 minutes.
- Once dough is fully kneaded, place in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for one hour, or until doubled in size.
- Once dough has doubled, punch it down and divide into 12 – 15 equal sized balls.
- Preheat oven to 425 F.
- Measure water and honey into a large pot. Stir well and bring to a boil while you form the bagels.
- Roll each lump of dough into a thick ‘snake’ and secure the ends together.
- Once you have all the bagels formed, stir honey water and turn the heat down, allowing the water to simmer rather than boil.
- Two or three at a time, drop bagels into simmering water.
- Allow to cook for 1 minute, then flip and let the other side cook for another minute. Repeat with all the bagels.
- Drain well, place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Whisk remaining egg with 1 Tbsp. of water.
- Bruch over the tops and sides of each bagel, sprinkle generously with choice of seeds.
- Bake for 13 – 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
I’ve been trying a few bagel recipes with success! I want to try this recipe. I’m currently in Saudi Arabia. It’s going to be hard to find malt powder extract. Can you recommend any substitute for it? Date molasses is readily available.. what do you think?
I think that should be fine. Molasses is a good substitute for malt powder. Though I haven’t tried it – so, I’d love to know how it goes for you. Thanks for your question! Enjoy the bagels!
Weren’t you lucky winning the cookbook. I’m very impressed with your bagels, they look wonderful.
I sure was! Thank you, my friend!
Homemade bagels are the best! Thank you for sharing such a great recipe!
Thank you for stopping by with a kind word!! 🙂
WOW These bagels look amazing Annie. I love the smell of freshly baking bagels and rolls in my kitchen, and cannot wait to try this recipe out….your pictures look absolutely beautiful.
Thank you so much, Ashika!! There is nothing like that aroma!! 🙂
These look so good Annie!!They have got such a lovely color on them. I love bagels with a generous spoonful of butter! I wish, I could gobble up a couple of these!! Seems like, you have got yourself a good cookbook!
Thank you, Deepika! Nothing like a delicious bagel…with a generous spoonful of butter! 😉 🙂
Congrats on winning the book, Annie! You picked a great recipe looks like. What a beautiful color your bagels have and with all the sesame and poppy seeds..gorgeous. I think I’d simply want to have them with butter and lotsa coffee. Pinned!
It’s incredible the beauty that a little egg wash adds! Yep – lotsa butter and coffee…that’s the way to go! Thanks, friend! 🙂
That was a great story, haha! And a great win! Lucky! I’m glad I also get to know how to make these now thanks to you!! All I’m craving now is a warm, fresh bagel right out of the oven!! 🙂
Hahaha! A real nail biter! Thanks! 😉 Oh yess, I highly recommend trying them! The house smells so good as they bake! 🙂
Wow – these look great, Annie! Good bagels are really hard to find in LA so I am trying these soon – like this weekend soon!
Woohoooo! You will love them! Enjoy! 🙂
You are reminding me that it’s been way too long since I’ve made my own bagels! I love the sound of these and how pretty they turned out. Wishing I had some for breakfast!
It had been too long for me, too! This is a great one to reintroduce homemade bagels to your life!! So good! 🙂
Hooray for winning! I really wish I live next door to you so I could wake up to fresh bagels sometimes :). These are just PERFECT! Is there anything better than a homemade bagel?
I wish you lived next door, too! Hey! Let’s not forget about y/our ol’ college stomping ground! 🙂 You will love these bagels, Kelsie! Have a great weekend, my friend!
WAHOO! Winning anything is always fun, but it’s even better when it’s something practical like this cookbook! I’ve never had Montreal bagels before, but they look delicious! Obviously I need to get my tush into the kitchen and make these, because as a bagel fiend, I definitely NEED a few dozen of these in my life! Pinned! Cheers! xoxo
I had never had Montreal bagels before either – they’re quite yummy!! Soft and a little bit sweet. Always winners in my book! You do need a few dozen! Enjoy!! xoxo
That sounds like quite the little story 😉 Wow! These turned out beautifully! I can practically smell ’em now! This reminds me that I have to make some bagels again soon….like, this weekend 🙂 Have a good one, my friend, and so happy you are enjoying the book! XOXO
Hahahha! What do you think? Should I have it published? 😉 Thank you so much! These bagels are so so good! And toasted up? Oh my!! I can’t wait to get into some of the candy recipes! Have a great weekend, my friend! Cheers! XOXO
I love Montreal bagels, so loving this great recipe to make them myself at home! So pretty 🙂
The instructions are very clear. This is a great little bagel! Thanks, Jennifer!