I made some Bagels!

Hey, look! I made some bagels! I was a bit intimidated by this one, but I’ve made those pretzel buns a few times now so these were not too different from those. I got 8 bagels, just around 100 grams each, which seems a little smaller than the ones we’d get from a bagel shop. The boiling water had barley malt syrup in it, instead of baking soda which I use for the pretzel buns. The topping I used were “everything bagel seasoning” and kosher salt. I did a poor job here. I learned that when you buy bagel seasoning to sprinkle on top of things, well that’s the wrong thing to use for this… The seasoning has garlic and onion pieces that are too small, and tend to burn. So you need to make your own. Also, “bagel boards” are a thing, which are cedar board with “food grade” burlap attached and then soaked to prevent seasonings from burning. The ones on the right side were weird ones where I just sprinkled on things like Old Bay, and other random seasonings from the cabinet. They didn’t add…