Kat's Kitchen

I was craving a bagel the other day but didn’t feel like going to the store. So I checked my kitchen for the basic ingredients: flour, baking powder, greek yogurt, sesame seeds, salt, and decided to make my own at home!

These homemade sesame seed bagels are so incredibly soft and moist; I promise you won’t even realize the key ingredient is greek yogurt!

Ingredients:

Makes 6 bagels –

• 1 cup all purpose flour (plus about 1/5 cup to sprinkle onto the counter/dough while kneeding)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup plain greek yogurt
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• Butter spray

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
2. To a large bowl, add 1 cup all purpose flour, 2 tsp baking powder, and 2 tsp salt, then mix with a fork
3. Once mixed, add 1 cup plain greek yogurt and 1 large egg, and mix well with a fork or spatula
4. Sprinkle flour onto a counter or cutting board, and dump the dough onto the flour and knead the dough until it is no longer sticky – you don’t want the dough sticking to your fingers, if it is, add more flour
5. Divide the dough into 6 equal chunks, rolls the dough into balls and then into rope shapes, and join the ends to make a round bagel shape
6. Spray the donut/bagel pan with butter spray, and add the dough to each compartment of the pan – if you don’t have a donut/bagel pan, add the dough bagels to a parchment lined baking sheet
7. Top the dough with egg wash (crack an egg in a bowl, whisk it with a fork, and spread over the dough with a fork or brush) and sprinkle sesame seeds on top
8. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes, then remove the bagels from the oven and let rest for 15 minutes before cutting
9. Cut bagels in half, and top with cream cheese or use the bagels to make a breakfast sandwich! (Feel free to toast the bagel more in the toaster for a crunchier bagel)