If kneading is too much for you, you might look into the gentler stretch and fold technique.
2021-06-21 On The Road Again! In which Mike talks about discovery on a road trip, and yet another mixer test (sigh) Hello Bread Heads! On the road again….. first of all, we had a great vacation! We went to Henderson, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas. Our son lives there and we wanted to visit. …
BIG BATCHA BAGELS!!!! In Which Mike Makes As Large A Batch Of Bagels As His Mixer Will Handle! A few people asked how to use an Ankarsum (formerly Electrolux Assistent, formerly Magic Mill) to make a large batch of bagels. They were having trouble and weren’t sure they “were doing it right”. Maybe what I …
Slice a Bagel – Not Yourself! When we teach in person bagel classes we spend some time teaching people how to slice a bagel safely. Someone told me that the most common reason for an emergency room visit weekend mornings is when people hurt themselves cutting a bagel. According to Freakonomics, bagel injuries are the …
Sourdough Bagels This recipe is the one we used at the Colorado High Attitude Bakery. I can’t count how often expatriate New Yorkers would stop me on the street with tears in their eyes, telling me that mine were the best bagels they’d had since they left “The City,” and that they were better than most …
2019-05-12 – An apology and a long post about bagels! A quick apology – I hated leaving you with a cliff hanger last week, but the newsletter was already too long. Worse, I won’t be resolving it this week. Sadly, my dad went back into the hospital (we think he’ll be fine, but there could …