What Is A Bagel? Pt 2

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Glaze and apply topping: This step is not essential to the final
product.  6. Bake: Bake in a preheated oven for 20 to 35 minutes.  STEP
1: MIX, KNEAD AND FIRST RISE:  The Bread Machine:  The bread machine
yields excellent results every time when you use  fresh ingredients and
follow directions. Set the machine on "dough  cycle", and let it
produce a dough with the texture of velvet and the  stiff consistency
required.  When using a bread machine, add ingredients in the order
recommended  in your manufacturer's instructions. The recipes in this
series have  ingredients listed for machines that require adding
liquids first and  dry components last.  Reverse the order for those
that add dry ingredients first and wet  ones last. Process on the
"dough mode," or "program", or "mix bread  cycle" or whatever it is
termed by your machine's instructions. Allow  the dough to rise through
the full first rise period after the  kneading phase, between 35  
minutes and 1 hour.  On shorter cycles, and depending on the weather
and moisture of the  ingredients, you may have to leave it in the
machine for 10 or 15  minutes longer, or until the dough fills about
2/3 of the pan. Whole  grain flours may require up to 1 to 2 hours for
the first rise. Do  not allow the dough to bake in the machine.  Dry
ingredients such as spices, cinnamon, nutmeg and finely chopped  nuts
are added with the fours at the beginning. Wet ingredients such  as
mashed bananas, applesauce, pumpkin, grated carrots and frozen  berries
are added with the liquids, but if you add more wet  ingredients to the
recipes in this series, their liquid content must  replace an equal
amount of liquid. Adding raisins and other dried  fruits at the
beginning is not recommended; most bread machines  pulverize them so
they're hardly visible in the finished bagel.  Check dough about 5
minutes after you have started the machine. The  dough should form a
nice round ball. If a ball doesn't form, and the  mixture appears
crumbly, add water, a tablespoon or less at a time,  until the correct
consistency is achieved. If dough looks too wet or  formless, add
flour, a tablespoon or less at a time, until the dough  forms a ball.
Add ingredients such as raisins, dates, chocolate chips and apple
pieces about 5 to 8 minutes before the end of the kneading phase.  Some
machine beep to indicate the optimum time to add nuts or  raisins.
Check your manufacturers instructions for the time required  for each
process in the dough cycle. If your machine does not provide  this
timed signal, determine the length of the kneading phase and set  a
timer for 5 minutes before the end; then open the machine and
carefully add the ingredients, being sure that they do not spill onto
the heating elements. Ingredients can also be kneaded into the dough
by hand after it is removed from the machine.  NOTE: When adding
reconstituted dried foods to the dough in a bread  machine (5 to 10
minutes before the end of the kneading phase), foods  should be blotted
very dry with a paper towel so that any retained  moisture does not
change the texture of the dough and inhibit it from  rising properly.
A 60 minute rise period is ideal. It's ok to open the machine and
quickly test the dough during the rise period. Gently push your  finger
into the dough, and if the dent remains, dough is ready. If  the
impression bounces back, let dough rise a few minutes longer and
retest. Dough can become slack if allowed to rise too long. White
flour rises highest. White flour combined with whole wheat, rye and
oats will not rise as high. Generally, the darker the dough, the  lower
the rise and the longer it takes.  When ready, remove dough form the
pan and proceed to Shape Bagels.  THE FOOD PROCESSOR  A food processor
will knead dough ingredients very quickly and  easily. It will reduce
the process to a few minutes, even cutting  down the time of the a
bread machine. Our testers found the results  extremely reliable. One
tester much preferred it to the bread machine  because he was in charge
all the way and never had a failure. By  mixing and kneading in the
food processor and allowing the dough to  rise in the microwave, bagels
can be ready for boiling in under a  half hour. You can optionally use
the microwave for the first rise  for dough that has been mixed in the
bread machine, by hand or with  an electric mixer. Then work the
flavoring ingredients into the dough  after the first rise as you would
for dough made in the bread  continued in part 3

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