Fruit-Oatmeal Bagel #BreadWorld

6:39 AM FX777222999 2 Comments

Be sure to use the bread flour with good quality because you need it to develop the gluten in these bagels. Be sure to use dried fruit, they will rehydrate during the process of making these bagels. There are also a wide variety of dried fruits out on the market now, so feel free to change it up! Mango, apricot, cranberry, your choices are unlimited.

Ingredients:

1 tbsp instant yeast
2 1/2 cups bread flour
1 1/2 cups oat flour
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
1-3.5 oz package dried blueberries/fruit choices
2 quarts water
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp water
rolled oats

Procedures:

1) Combine the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl, or bowl of your stand mixer, and mix. Knead for about 10 minutes. Add dried blueberries and knead for 5 more minutes. The dough should be stiff and smack the sides of the bowl.

2) Coat a large bowl with cooking spray and add dough. Roll the dough ball around to coat it in oil. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and let the dough sit in a warm place for about 1 hour. The dough should be roughly doubled in size.

3) Grease your work surface with cooking spray and turn dough ball out onto the surface. Divide the dough into 8 equals portions (I used my kitchen scale to weigh out equal lumps of dough). Roll each lump into a ball and loosely cover the balls with plastic wrap. Allow the ball to rise for 30 minutes.

4) In a wide, shallow pan, combine water with the sugars. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Preheat oven to 425.

5) To shape the bagels, poke a hole in the middle of each dough ball. Twirl the dough around the index fingers of your two hands until the hole stretches to about 2 inches. Place the newly formed bagel on a parchment covered baking sheet. Shape the remaining dough balls.

6) Drop the bagels, 3-4 at a time, into the simmering water. Boil the bagels for 2 minutes and flip over to boil for another minute. Remove from the water bath with a skimmer/strainer and let cool for a few minutes on the parchment-lined baking sheet.

7) Whisk together egg and water, brush each bagel with the egg wash and sprinkle with rolled oats.

8) Bake the bagels for 20-25 minutes, or until your bagels are golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow cooling on a rack.