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Healthy Cinnamon Bagels

Prep Time2 hours 10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time3 hours
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 people
Author: admin

Ingredients

For bagels

  • 1 & 1/2 cup Warm water (between 100-110F, 38-43C)
  • 2 & 3/4 tsp Quick rise yeast (I used Red Star)
  • 4 cups spelt flour
  • 1 tbsp molasses (I used black)
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract (I used McCormick)
  • 3 tbsp Pyure (or preferred granulated sweetener)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Water Bath

  • 2 quarts water
  • 1/4 cup honey (maple syrup for Vegan option)

Egg Wash

  • 1 egg white (Almond milk for Vegan option)

Instructions

  • Whisk together the warm water and yeast. Cover and let sit for 5 minutes.
  • Add the flour, molasses, salt, and vanilla extract. If using a stand mixer, mix for 2 minutes on low. (I used our ninja on the dough option and mixed until combined. About 20 seconds.)
  • Mix together the cinnamon and sugar on a clean surface and knead the dough into the mixture for 4 minutes. Make sure you pick up all that cinnamony sweetness!! The dough will seem stickier after this because of the sugar.
  • Lightly spray with nonstick oil inside a large bowl. Place the dough in the bowl and turn it to coat all sides of the dough. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise at room temperature for 60-90 minutes. (Until doubled in size)
  • Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • When the dough is ready, punch it down to get rid of any air bubbles. Divide the dough into 8 pieces. (Don't worry about them being perfectly equal) Shape each piece into a ball and then poke your finger through the middle for your hole. Let them set while you prepare the water bath.
  • Preheat the oven to 425F (218C)

Water Bath

  • Fill a large pot with 2 quarts of water and add the honey (or maple syrup) and whisk in. Bring mixture to a boil then reduce heat to medium-high. Drop the bagels in a few at a time depending on the size of your pot. Leave them enough room to float around.
  • Cook the bagels for 1 minute on each side. (This gives it the nice chewiness!!)

Egg Wash

  • After cooking the bagels, use a pastry brush to wash the top and sides of the bagels with the egg white. (Or milk for the vegan option)

Baking

  • Place 4 bagels on each baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Bake until browned.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the pans for 20 minutes.
  • Transfer to cooling racks to completely cool.
  • Toast or just eat them as is with cream cheese, or whatever you wanna throw on top!!