Bagels have always been fascinating to me, and I have often wondered if I would ever be able to bake some. Well, I remembered I had a Bread Bible gathering dust on my kitchen shelf today, and I decided I would give bagels a shot. I thought I’d play around with the recipe with my youngest daughter (12yo), who is also my baking assistant – I see a lot of myself in her! I was also lucky enough to get the help of my husband with the preparation; my other daughters, however, decided to play the role of tasters – as usual.

I have attached a few pictures taken by my 17yo daughter in this blogpost.

Boiling bagels.

Bagels on tray.

Most faithful Kenwood mixer!

Ground Weetabix for base.

My husband helped with grinding the Weetabix.

Getting a Weet- base!

Quaker Oats topping.

Smarties toppings!

The flour I used for the bagels.

Chocolate bits for toppings!

In the oven!

Result.

Lovely, lovely.

Beautiful turnout.

Hmmm! These tasted the loveliest, as reviewed by my 18yo daughter!

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