Description
Hearty dark rye bagels can be made at home. Rye flour, cocoa, coffee, and caraway seeds make these taste so good!
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups warm water
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 cup rye flour
- ½ cup molasses
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
- 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 gallon water
Instructions
- Combine warm water
- whole-wheat flour
- and yeast in a small bowl. Let stand until the yeast softens and begins to froth and bubble
- about 10 minutes.
- Mix rye flour
- molasses
- cocoa powder
- vegetable oil
- coffee granules
- caraway seeds
- and salt in a large bowl. Add yeast mixture and all-purpose flour. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic
- about 10 minutes. Grease a large bowl.
- Transfer dough to greased bowl; cover with warm damp towel or plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm area until doubled in size
- about 1 hour.
- Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
- Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Divide dough into 13 pieces; shape into balls. Press a hole into the center of each dough ball; pull dough to form a 1-inch hole in the center
- keeping dough about 1/2-inch thick. Drop dough circles into boiling water
- 3 or 4 at a time. Boil each side for 45 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain for about 1 minute. Arrange boiled bagels on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake bagels in the preheated oven until just starting to brown on the bottom
- 8 to 10 minutes.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 13