Berry Bagels

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups warm water
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packets yeast
• 5 -6 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup mixed dried fruit (i used snipped dried cherries and blueberries)
• 2 teaspoons raspberry extract
• 2 tablespoons cornmeal, for baking sheet
• nonstick cooking spray
• parchment paper
• 1 egg, mixed with
• 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, mix the yeast, sugar, and warm water.
• 2 let sit for 5 minutes or until bubbly.
• 3 put the extract in a bowl with your berries.
• 4 set aside for later.
• 5 mix salt in with the 4 to 5 cups of the flour, and:.
• 6 with a strong spoon, mix in.
• 7 when the dough gets stiff, turn it out on the table and kneed for 5 minutes adding flour as needed.
• 8 place dough in greased bowl (use non-stick cooking spray) and cover with damp cloth.
• 9 let rise until double in size (1 1/2 to 2 hours or so).
• 10 punch down dough and divide into 12 balls.
• 11 i placed a spoonful of berries in the center of each ball, folded it closed and pinched it.
• 12 next, i used my thumb and made a hole in the bagel careful not to let the berries sneak out.
• 13 after shaping bagles, place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to rise for 15 minutes.
• 14 while the bagels are rising, bring to a boil 12 cups of water and one tlb.
• 15 of sugar.
• 16 boil bagels in batches.
• 17 boil on each side for a total of 5 minutes (they will look funny and bumpy).
• 18 take bagels out with slotted spoon and place on paper towel.
• 19 sprinkle cornmeal on the same parchment paper and arrange bagels.
• 20 brush each with an egg wash (you could sprinkle with poppy seeds or seseame seeds at this point).
• 21 bake bagels for 25-28 minutes at 400 degrees or until golden brown all over.