Share the Savviness!
Yesterday, I attempted to replica the amazing rosemary salt bagels from the bakery down the street. I even broke out my latest obsession, rosemary salt from the Filling Station in NYC.
I didn’t have any bread flour, so I used regular flour with some vital wheat gluten thrown in.
I think this was ultimately my downfall. Not enough gluten = softer, less chewy bagels.
But the kneading was fun.
At first, these bagels looked amazing. Firm and covered with rosemary and rosemary salt.
But they didn’t have the browned, shiny outside. And they were much softer than typical bagels. So I’m not quite ready to share the recipe. At least they still taste good.
Nevertheless, it was a fun kitchen experiment!
What kitchen experiments have you taken on lately? Were they flops or successes?
Share the Savviness!
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ooh, rosemary salted bagels sound so good!
That’s one thing I have yet to try: homemade bagels. But it’s on my list!
brandi recently posted..German Chocolate Cookie Bars
Experimenting is tons of fun. I bet the bagels are still a tasty bread product, if not quiet bagels (which are pretty tough to make properly). I personally made a gross, crusty raspberry sugar paste instead of salty raspberry caramel sauce this weekend. Oh well…
Victoria (District Chocoholic) recently posted..January Daring Bakers Challenge- Biscuit Joconde Imprime for Entrements Dessert
Even though they didn’t quite turn out as you had hoped, I think they are still beautiful! I’m excited to hear how you tweak the recipe– I’ve never made bagels before, but, as a self-proclaimed carb-aholic…. I simply must try
Rosemary salted bagels sound like absolute perfection!
My biggest (recent) flop was cake balls. Sigh. Apparently I am incapable of melting chocolate properly. They tasted great, but looked horrific.
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Oops. How did you try to melt it?
In the microwave
Next time I am going to use a make-shift double boiler… I’ve always heard that that is really the way to go, but I was trying to cut corners…
Amy recently posted..2011
Last night, I made Jess’s Green Apple Salsa – Oh my word – this is so good! Let us recreate when you girls come to visit. SO SO GOOD. (esp with sweet potato flavored Food Should Taste Good chips. TO DIE!)
They are really pretty though! Here’s to perfecting the recipe soon, so you can share it with us!
I love bagels. Can’t help it. It’s genetic… Haven’t made them from scratch in years. Most impressive. Much work. Many dirty dishes.
wow, i’m impressed with your experiment! (and i can’t wait for you to perfect the recipe). i’m not much for big kitchen experiments – i usually wait for someone to figure out the details and then i customize the recipes to suit my tastes! is that cheating? oh well…
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Rosemary salt bagels? That sounds amazing!
Kate (What Kate is Cooking) recently posted..Getting Organized- Part Deux
Your experiment sounds like a success to me! I actually prefer softer bagels. And rosemary salt, yum! I wish I was eating one for breakfast right now!
Bread baking is definitely my biggest challenge. Everything I make ends up too dense. One day, I’d love to take a bread class at King Arthur’s Flour to improve my technique.
megan @ blackberries for jam recently posted..Books Make Me Happy
Did you boil the bagels before baking them? I’m actually curious about the recipe you used. I’m not a baker by any stretch of the imagination, but I bought some yeast recently hoping to try my hand at some homemade bread items.
I love recipe experiments, but I do flop as well. A few months ago I tried making kim chi and it turned out horribly. It was way, way to salty and I had to dispose of everything. I’m trying my hand at making kombucha for the first time, so hopefully that experiment will be more successful!
Yes, I boiled and then baked…I think my ingredient proportions were just off.
Good luck with the kombucha!
ROSEMARY SALT BAGELS. I can’t wait to see this perfected recipe <3
Ashley M. [at] (never home)maker recently posted..Green Eggs- er- Banana Scramble
Did you boil them before you baked them? It’s my understanding that is how they get their chewy, shiny outside.
Ellie @ The Mommyist recently posted..Exhausted Mommy- Playful Girl
I did, but I don’t think my ingredients were right. I’ll be trying again for sure!