  {"id":7791,"date":"2018-05-17T14:02:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=7791"},"modified":"2018-05-17T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T22:02:35","slug":"take-a-bite-out-of-these-bagels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/take-a-bite-out-of-these-bagels\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a bite out of these bagels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernjournal\/files\/2018\/05\/BBBBBBBBBBEGaggshd-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" class=\" wp-image-7765 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zoe Strickland | Editor-in-Chief<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2 teaspoons active dry yeast<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 \u00bd tablespoons granulated sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 \u00bc cups warm water <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3 \u00bd cups flour (you can use bread flour, but regular flour is more useful to keep around)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 \u00bd teaspoons salt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any toppings you desire \u2014 I recommend Everything but the Bagel seasoning from Trader Joe\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extra flour for creating a non-stick counter surface<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adapted from sophisticatedgourmet.com <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Directions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This recipe takes around two hours, so it isn\u2019t for those with scarce time but these bagels are pretty great, once prepared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a bowl with \u00bd cup of the warm water, add in the sugar and yeast \u2014 but don\u2019t mix it. Let it sit for about five minutes, or until the mixture has become frothy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a separate large bowl, mix the flour and salt together. After it\u2019s mixed, pour in the yeast mixture and the rest of the warm water. Combine into a rough dough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once combined, place the dough on a floured countertop and begin kneading it with your hands. After about 10 minutes, the dough should be able to form a smooth and firm ball. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put the dough ball in a lightly oiled bowl and cover it with a damp towel for an hour. The dough should double in size. Once doubled, punch the dough down and let rest for around ten minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the dough is resting, bring a pot of water to a boil. Take the dough and place it back onto a counter, dividing it into eight evenly-sized pieces <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or 12 to 16 if you want to make mini-bagels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take each piece of dough and roll it into a ball.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some people prefer to form the balls by pressing and rolling the dough against a counter, others prefer to roll the dough in between their hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once the dough balls are formed, use your finger to punch a hole in the center of the ball, spinning the bagel around your finger to make the hole larger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After all of the bagels are formed, put groups of them in the boiling water, flipping them over after a minute. Once all of the bagels have been boiled, place your selected toppings on them and put them on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet. Bake them in a 425 degree oven for 20 minutes, or until the bagels are golden. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at journaleditor@wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Zo\u00eb Strickland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoe Strickland | Editor-in-Chief Ingredients: 2 teaspoons active dry yeast 1 \u00bd tablespoons granulated sugar 1 \u00bc cups warm water 3 \u00bd cups flour (you can use bread flour, but regular flour is more useful to keep around) 1 \u00bd teaspoons salt Any toppings you desire \u2014 I recommend Everything but the Bagel seasoning from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1030,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}