Strawberry Bagels – #TwelveLoaves

Name: Strawberry Bagels
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups warm water (a little warmer than your body temperature- 110 F degrees); 4 ½ Teaspoons active dry yeast (or 2 packets); 3 Tablespoons sugar; 2 tsp salt; 2 cups bread flour; 1 ½ – 2 cups whole wheat flour; ½ cup strawberries-cleaned (hulled and sliced in small pieces); EGG WASH; 1 egg white and 1Tablespoon water

March 4, 2014 by Savoring Italy

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Strawberry Bagels are lovely way to welcome warmer temperatures and sunny mornings. These lovely yeast bagels are bursting with fresh berries and are worth the effort

I don’t know why one of my most favorite breads isn’t baked more often here. Possibly because of the planning involved in making bagels. Now that strawberry bagels have been baked, this won’t be the last time they will be seen in my kitchen!

Because they are AMAZING!!

I have shared a couple bagel posts here already. I used the same dough I used in my whole wheat sea salt bagels last year. If you don’t want to use any whole wheat flour, just use all bread flour.

#TwelveLoaves theme was an easy decision to make. I know it may be us here in Florida that are enjoying fresh strawberries at every market. I also know that many of you are still suffering with horrible snowstorms and thought it was time to brighten up our baking a little!!

Look at all the incredible strawberry breads from our #TwelveLoaves bakers:

Strawberry Almond Quick Bread by Renee from Magnolia Days
Strawberry Bread with Rhubarb and Bananas by Renee from Kudos Kitchen
Brioche Loaves with Fresh Strawberry Jam by Alice from Hip Foodie Mom
Strawberry Buttermilk Scones by Liz from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Balsamic Strawberry Cinnamon Rolls by Felice from All That’s Left Are The Crumbs
Framboise Muffins with Strawberry Jam by Rossella from Ma che ti sei mangiato
Strawberry Dessert Rolls by Dionne from Try Anything Once Culinary
Strawberry Hazelnut Buttermilk Quick Bread by Heather from girlichef
Strawberry Swirl Sweet Rolls by Donna from Cookistry
Strawberry Bread by Holly from A Baker’s House
Strawberry Cheesecake Sweet Bread by Stacy from Food Lust People Love
Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins by Deepti from Baking Yummies
Strawberry Danish by Karen from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Strawberry Bagels by Lora from Cake Duchess
Strawberry Pound Cake by Kathya from Basic N Delicious

Strawberry Almond Quick Bread by Renee from Magnolia Days
Strawberry Bread with Rhubarb and Bananas by Renee from Kudos Kitchen
Strawberry Buttermilk Scones by Liz from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Balsamic Strawberry Cinnamon Rolls by Felice from All That’s Left Are The Crumbs
Framboise Muffins with Strawberry Jam by Rossella from Ma che ti sei mangiato
Strawberry Dessert Rolls by Dionne from Try Anything Once Culinary
Strawberry Hazelnut Buttermilk Quick Bread by Heather from girlichef
Strawberry Swirl Sweet Rolls by Donna from Cookistry
Strawberry Bread by Holly from A Baker’s House
Strawberry Cheesecake Sweet Bread by Stacy from Food Lust People Love
Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins by Deepti from Baking Yummies
Strawberry Danish by Karen from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Strawberry Bagels by Lora from Cake Duchess

overhead image of bagel with cream cheese and strawberry chunks on wooden board

#TwelveLoaves March: Strawberries. February was a delicious month of Chocolate breads! We are ready for spring and chose Strawberries for our March theme! Choose a recipe featuring strawberries. (Your bread of choice could be accented with fresh or dried strawberries, strawberry preserves) Whatever you bake, (yeasted, quick bread, crackers, muffins, braids, flatbreads, etc) have fun and let’s have a delicious month of bread with STRAWBERRIES. Let’s get baking!

#TwelveLoaves is a monthly bread baking party created by Lora from Savoring Italy.

As it is with baking any bread with yeast, bagels are a little time consuming to put together. But they are so worth the work and the time needed to create them in your own kitchen!

You work with the dough in two portions. After cutting the dough in half (after it has risen), you cover one portion with a towel and start working with the uncovered portion

Because there were fresh berries in the dough, I had to be careful. I didn’t want exposed strawberries everywhere. I tried to maneuver my individual portions of dough so that the berries would be tucked into the dough.

I was a little braver this time with making the holes in the middle. I did stretch them out more than the last time I baked them. The last time I baked bagels, the holes almost closed up. So it’s OK to stretch it out more. It sort of closes up as it boils.

How long do you boil bagels in water?

It’s a super quick process. They are only in there for about 40 seconds total.

Add one tablespoon of sugar to a large pot with water and bring to a boil. The sugar helps the bagels get an elastic crust that helps them rise when they bake. The adding the bagels to the simmering water is really quite simple,

Just be careful not to burn yourself. If you’re unsure, don’t add more than 2 bagels (or even 1) at a time. I used a slotted very wide spoon to remove the bagels one at a time and drained them before adding them to my parchment lined baking tray. I had I think 3 parchment lined trays waiting for my bagels.

After you brush them with the egg wash, they are ready to go into the oven! I can’t tell you how lovely it smells while they are baking. The flavor was incredible. It wasn’t overwhelming because I only used a 1/2 cup of chopped strawberries. As soon as they cooled a little, I sliced one open and I smeared on the cream cheese and sprinkled on some more strawberries.

I am normally not a fruit bagel fan, but these homemade strawberry bagels are now my favorite bagel!!

Happy beginning of MARCH to you! Thanks for stopping by…to the bakers that bake along with us every month, THANK YOU!

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