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Stack of mini bagels in a cooling tray.
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Mini Bagels

That's right, let's make mini bagels. These are fun to make because you get 24 little bagels for snacking. You can toast them, make sandwiches, or make pizzas. They're so much fun and taste great too! Let's make some homemade snack foods, and what's more fun than broiling, boiling, and baking up some mini bagels that you can turn into mini bagel pizzas! These are the ultimate homemade snack foods you can make with this easy homemade mini bagel recipe.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Additional Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 35 minutes
Course: Bread Recipes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
Calories: 90kcal
Author: Laura

Ingredients

  • 4 1/4 cups flour bread or all-purpose work just fine
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
  • 1/4 cup sugar divided
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups warm water

Instructions

  • grease a baking sheet and set it aside
  • put 2 cups flour, yeast, 3 Tablespoons of sugar, and salt in the bowl of a mixer
  • stir to combine
  • add the water and run the mixer with the bread attachment until the ingredients are mixed together
  • add 1 1/2 more cups of flour and let the dough come together, if it's sticky you can add the last bit of flour in 1/4 cup increments until a nice soft dough is formed, some days you need all of it it, some days you don't, it all depends on the humidity and how well you measured the flour
  • once you've got a nice soft dough let the machine knead it one more minute
  • then cover the dough with plastic wrap for ten minutes
  • preheat the broiler
  • divide the dough into 24 balls, you can divide the dough into two halves, and roll each into a long roll use a bench scraper to cut the dough into 12 pieces, repeat with the other piece of dough
    Rolled dough for the mini bagels.
  • take each piece and gently round it out to a mini circle repeat with all 24 pieces of dough
    Rounding dough to make mini bagels.
  • flour your fingers and use them to poke a hole in each circle and gently stretch it out to be about 1 inch wide
    Dough rounds with holes poked in the center for making mini bagels.
  • lay each mini bagel on a greased baking tray
    Homemade mini bagels in a greased baking tray.
  • cover and let rest 10 minutes
  • while the bagels rest set up the boiling station put six cups of water and the remaining TBSP of sugar in a large flat skillet or dutch oven
  • remove the cover and broil five inches from the heat, 1-2 minutes per side, try not to let them brown up
  • while they broil bring the prepped water to a simmer
  • when the bagels are done slide half of them in the simmering water, cook 3 minutes per side
    Mini bagels simmered in water.
  • switch the oven to bake and 375˚
  • let the bagels drain briefly on a cooling rack, be sure they don't stick to it
  • cook the remaining bagels the same way
  • once the bagels have drained you can return them to the greased baking sheet
  • when all the bagels have been boiled and drained and put on the greased baking sheet bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned and cooked through

Nutrition

Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 0.001mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg