My mom and I, both teachers, have a favorite topic to discuss in the summer: what are we going to make for dinner? We invited some special dinner guests over tonight and and we didn't want to make our traditional Dutch Oven potatoes for the 4th time this month. We brainstormed and brainstormed. What could be tasty, easy and unique? Homemade lasagna? Nah--we've had plenty of that in the canyon over the past few weeks. Tomato Basil soup? Too hot for summer. Suddenly, it came to me: Homemade Bagels! Why not? My mother went to a Bosch cooking class months ago where they showed her how to make homemade 100% whole wheat bagels. I have been curious to try them out ever since.
Have any of you ever tried making homemade bagels? It is not as easy as picking them up from Einstein's, but it definitely is worth it, let me tell you. First thing you do is grind the wheat flour so that you can get all the vitamins from the freshly ground flour. Next you make the dough, similar to bread dough. You roll it into several balls and then shape them into bagels. You next put them in a boiling pan of water to set their shapes.
Once the shapes are set, you bake them in the oven and voilà--you've got a dozen tasty bagels. This is my cookie sheet of bagels. Because they are 100% whole wheat, they are smaller than regular white bagels. They are one of the tastiest things I have ever had!
You can put all sorts of sandwich fillings inside. I loved putting in fried up roast beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sprouts and olives. These even keep and make good lunches for the next day. Making these made me want to watch Master Chef. Speaking of this show, a blind lady has been doing really well this season! She cut her finger on a live crab, trying to cook and cut it apart, but other than that, she is easily speeding past the competition. She made this flaky apple pie crust last week that really impressed the judges. She is blind, people! She had no way of seeing how flaky it was! Maybe you just have to watch it to understand. I am learning that cooking can be fun and creative, but it can also be stressful and demanding. It is fun to cook when you have time to really try a healthy new recipe. P.S. If you like the bagels, there is also a delicious homemade 100% whole wheat pita pocket recipe from the same Bosch class!
My mom and I, both teachers, have a favorite topic to discuss in the summer: what are we going to make for dinner? We invited some special dinner guests over tonight and and we didn't want to make our traditional Dutch Oven potatoes for the 4th time this month. We brainstormed and brainstormed. What could be tasty, easy and unique? Homemade lasagna? Nah--we've had plenty of that in the canyon over the past few weeks. Tomato Basil soup? Too hot for summer. Suddenly, it came to me: Homemade Bagels! Why not? My mother went to a Bosch cooking class months ago where they showed her how to make homemade 100% whole wheat bagels. I have been curious to try them out ever since.
Have any of you ever tried making homemade bagels? It is not as easy as picking them up from Einstein's, but it definitely is worth it, let me tell you. First thing you do is grind the wheat flour so that you can get all the vitamins from the freshly ground flour. Next you make the dough, similar to bread dough. You roll it into several balls and then shape them into bagels. You next put them in a boiling pan of water to set their shapes. 
Once the shapes are set, you bake them in the oven and voilà--you've got a dozen tasty bagels. This is my cookie sheet of bagels. Because they are 100% whole wheat, they are smaller than regular white bagels. They are one of the tastiest things I have ever had!
You can put all sorts of sandwich fillings inside. I loved putting in fried up roast beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sprouts and olives. These even keep and make good lunches for the next day. Making these made me want to watch Master Chef. Speaking of this show, a blind lady has been doing really well this season! She cut her finger on a live crab, trying to cook and cut it apart, but other than that, she is easily speeding past the competition. She made this flaky apple pie crust last week that really impressed the judges. She is blind, people! She had no way of seeing how flaky it was! Maybe you just have to watch it to understand. I am learning that cooking can be fun and creative, but it can also be stressful and demanding. It is fun to cook when you have time to really try a healthy new recipe. P.S. If you like the bagels, there is also a delicious homemade 100% whole wheat pita pocket recipe from the same Bosch class!
This is Suzie- you should try making home made French bread- the professor that showed us how to do it made it look so easy- he said the trick is letting the dough sit for 24 or so hours.
ReplyDeleteFrench bread?! Which professor taught you how to make that? I would love to make French bread! One of my favorite things to do in France is eat a hot baguette out of the oven. Dang--maybe we could make some in August!
DeleteYummy! You girls are sooo talented! The toppings looked delicious too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cyndi! They were fun to make! When you come out here, we'll have to make more!
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