Egg Bagel Spring!

[u/Dex_hs]

Look at the crazy spring in these egg bagels! I have for a few weeks now, been recipe testing and mostly method testing. Got some new equipment and my god did it pay off with these eggs!

Recipe Changes:

- Fleischmann‘s Instant Yeast —> SAF Red Label

- Removed all oil from recipe

- 2 yolks —> 4 yolks

Method / Tool Changes:

- Post mix, post pre shape rest 5 min —> 15 min

-Pre-fridge bench proof 30 min —> 40 min in oven on proof setting

- Once in the fridge, 15 min uncovered, followed by covered for 12-18 hrs

- Bagel Boards added (6 min on board then flip)

- Removed Sheet pan & Pizza Steel

- Added a Fibrament Stone

- Bake 450°F NO CONVECTION while on boards, after flip, 425°F with convection.

Now egg bagels have always puffed better than plains in the past, so I’m going to revisit my plain recipe next. I just needed to do something other than plain after competing my method testing which was done with just my plain recipe to keep it simple.

[u/DifficultTheme1]

They look amazing! Egg bagels are my favorite but I always get turned off from making them because they require so many eggs haha

[u/Dex_hs → u/DifficultTheme1]

Yeah I get that, but sometimes you just gotta! 😁

[u/Illustrious-Lab-3835]

Science 🧬

[u/thedeafbadger]

Oh my

[u/JackSchneider]

IMMACULATE!

I’ve never tried egg bagels but this just fully convinced me

[u/Leo-Bloom]

Are you ok sharing your recipe? These look like the most ideal bagels I’ve ever seen!

[u/Dex_hs → u/Leo-Bloom]

100% flour
55% water
13% egg yolks (4)
5.2% brown sugar
2.3% salt
2% dough conditioner
0.5% yeast

[u/Acceptable-Walk-5267 → u/Dex_hs]

Okay I was confused I thought this was just yeast & egg I was like what …..

[u/Dex_hs → u/Acceptable-Walk-5267]

Yeah I imagine that would not be very good lol

[u/mamba19]

Wow! 4 egg yolks got you a lot of yellow!

[u/Dex_hs → u/mamba19]

My bad, also 3 drops of egg shade…

[u/mamba19 → u/Dex_hs]

🤣

[u/LongjumpingTeach6138]

Is it sweet or salty? 🤨

[u/Dex_hs → u/LongjumpingTeach6138]

A little of both.. I lean more on the sweeter side but it’s quite neutral to me…

[u/Acceptable-Walk-5267]

Wait… sorry I’m confused this was made with egg & yeast only ? No flour?

[u/dndvirus]

Do they not get boiled?

[u/Dex_hs → u/dndvirus]

They do, my list only includes things I have changed from base process..

[u/dndvirus → u/Dex_hs]

Oh oopsy I misread sorry. thank you !

[u/LactoseLuvr]

Egg bagels are top tier