I found a recipe for a little taste of home. I was dubious about the results for a while there, but dayum, they taste wonderlicious!
Yield: 9 bagels
INGREDIENTS
3 cups flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup warm water
1 packet active dry yeast
3 quarts boiling water
3 tablespoons white sugar (to boil)
1 tablespoon cornmeal
1 egg white
DIRECTIONS
Combine flour, yeast, sugar, salt and water into a firm dough. Let it raise in warm area for 30 minutes. Once dough has raised, bring 3 quarts of water to boil in a large pot. Stir in 3 tablespoons sugar.
Cut dough into 9 equal pieces and roll each piece into a small ball. Flatten balls. Poke a hole in the middle with your thumb. Twirl the dough on your finger to enlarge the hole and to even out the dough around the hole. Cover bagels with a clean cloth and let rest for 10 minutes.
Sprinkle ungreased baking sheet with cornmeal. Carefully transfer bagels to boiling water. Boil for 1 minute, turning half-way through. Drain briefly on clean towel. Arrange boiled bagels on baking sheet. Glaze tops with egg white, and sprinkle with poppy seeds or another topping of your choice.
Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 20 – 25 minutes until well browned. Cool on wire rack.
