Easy Homemade New York Style Bagels

These Easy Homemade New York Style Bagels are the BEST homemade bagels! They’re perfectly dense and chewy and they’re SO easy to make with no special equipment or ingredients, and no refined sugar!

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Homemade bagels are one of the best comfort foods around! We can’t get bagels where we live (bagels aren’t a thing here in Europe), so our only choice is to make them at home! These Easy Homemade New York-Style Bagels are our favourite homemade bagel recipe and you’re going to love them too!

Homemade bagels are such a staple bread recipe, right up there with No Knead Dutch Oven Bread and my good old trusty Sandwich Loaf Bread. But homemade bagels aren’t nearly as hard to make as they might seem! This Easy Homemade New York-Style Bagels are perfectly dense and chewy with the perfect classic bagel crust – they toast up so nicely, and top them with cream cheese and you’ll be in homemade bagel heaven!!

Ingredients for Easy Homemade Bagels

To make homemade New York-Style Bagels you’ll need:

• • water
  • liquid honey
  • yeast
  • flour
  • salt
  • an egg

That’s it! This homemade bagel recipe is made with basic, simple ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen!

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How to Make Homemade Bagels

Making homemade bagels is actually very simple and easy enough for beginning bakers. Follow my simple tips below for the perfect homemade bagels!

1. Make the dough. Making bagel dough is SO easy. Simply combine the flour, water, honey, yeast and salt and knead the dough for about 2 minutes. Let the dough rise for about an hour.
2. Shape the bagels. Punch the dough down and divide it into 8 pieces. Roll them into balls and make a hole in the middle of each one with your fingers.
3. Boil in honey water. Add honey to lightly boiling water and boil each bagel for about 1 and a half  to 2 minutes per side. Boiling the bagels is what gives them that perfectly chewy texture, so don’t skip this step!!
4. Brush with egg wash. Place the bagels on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brush the tops with egg wash.
5. Bake to perfection. Bake for about 15-18 minutes and enjoy!

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I hope you love this bagel recipe as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite bagel and cream cheese combination? I’d love to know!  

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Easy Homemade New York-Style Bagels

These Easy Homemade New York-Style Bagels are the BEST homemade bagels! They're dense and chewy with a soft interior, and they're made with minimal ingredients and no special kitchen equipment.

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By Chrissie

Yield 12 bagels

Prep 10 minutes mins

Rise Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Cook 18 minutes mins

Total 1 hour hr 58 minutes mins

Recipe: Ingredients 

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For the bagels:

• ▢ 2 1/4 cups warm water
• ▢ 4 teaspoons liquid honey
• ▢ 1 tablespoon active dry yeast or use instant yeast
• ▢ 5 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• ▢ 2 1/4 teaspoons sea salt

For boiling:

• ▢ 10 cups water
• ▢ 1/4 cup liquid honey

For the egg wash:

• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 2 tablespoons water

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Recipe: Instructions 

• Add the water, honey and yeast to a liquid measuring cup and set aside for the yeast to begin to grow (about 5 minutes).
• Measure the flour and salt into a large bowl and whisk together.
• Add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture and mix together well with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula until a rough dough forms.
• Turn the dough out onto a well floured surface and knead for about 10-15 turns until the dough forms a ball and isn't too sticky.
• Add the dough ball back into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap, letting it rise for about 60-90 minutes or until the dough doubles in size.
• Once the dough has risen, turn it out onto your work surface (flour the work surface a little bit, but this dough is a bit on the dry side to don't add too much flour!)
• Add the water and honey to a pot and let it come to a low boil, turning the heat to medium after it boils to maintain a very gentle boil.
• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare 2 baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper.
• As you wait for the water to boil, divide the dough into 12 pieces (as evenly sized as possible). Roll each piece into a ball with a smooth surface.
• To form a bagel shape, press your middle and ring finger (together) into the centre of one ball to make a hole right through the middle. Move your fingers gently in a circular motion to make the hole a little bit bigger.
• Then, holding the bagel with your thumbs inside the hole, pick it up off the work surface and stretch it gently to make the hole bigger. The goal is to make the hole a little bigger than you actually want it, as the dough will shrink back slightly during baking.
• Let the bagels you've formed sit on the work surface for about 5 minutes before gently lowering them into the boiling honey water 1 or 2 at a time.
• Let the bagels boil for about 1 and a half to 2 minutes per side. Don't skip this step! This is what gives bagels their chewy texture and perfect crust and baking them without boiling will not give you the same result.
• After boiling, place the bagels on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet (6 bagels per large baking sheet).
• Whisk the egg and water together and brush the mixture lightly over the tops of the bagels.
• Bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Let the bagels cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Enjoy with some cream cheese, toasted, or however you like!

Recipe: Notes

These bagels freeze well in an airtight bag or container. They stay fresh in a plastic bag or airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days. 

Overnight Instructions: 

Make the dough as directed and rise for one hour at room temperature. Place the bowl in the fridge overnight and in the morning let the dough rest at room temperature for about 10 minutes before forming the bagels, boiling, and baking as directed in the recipe. 

Options:

Add sesame seeds, poppy seeds, coarse sea salt or sugar, or any other desired topping after brushing the bagels with egg wash (before baking). 

Course: Bread, Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: American, Canadian, Montreal, New York, North American

Keywords: Easy Homemade Bagels, Easy Homemade New York Style Bagels, New York Bagels, Plain Bagels

Recipe: Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Easy Homemade New York-Style Bagels

Amount Per Serving (1 bagel)

Calories 253 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Cholesterol 14mg5%

Sodium 453mg20%

Potassium 76mg2%

Carbohydrates 54g18%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 8g9%

Protein 7g14%

Vitamin A 20IU0%

Calcium 17mg2%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.