Fluffy & Chewy Soft Spinach Bagels

Name: Fluffy & Chewy Soft Spinach Bagels
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 grams ★ Bread (strong) flour; 50 grams ★ Joshinko; 20 grams ★ Soft light brown sugar; 3 grams ★ Salt; 3 grams ★ Dry yeast; 50 grams Spinach (parboiled and drained); 100 ml Milk; 2 tbsp Honey (for kettle boiling)

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My kids love soft bagels. But I like to make their food as healthy as possible, so regularly make veggie packed bagels.

You can substitute rice flour with bread flour.
If you prefer a firm bagel, reducing the milk by 20 ml.
The water for kettle boiling is done once it starts to bubble a little (about 80℃). Recipe by Fuwarin

My kids love soft bagels. But I like to make their food as healthy as possible, so regularly make veggie packed bagels.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

My kids love soft bagels. But I like to make their food as healthy as possible, so regularly make veggie packed bagels.

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Ingredients

6 servings

150 grams★ Bread (strong) flour
50 grams★ Joshinko
20 grams★ Soft light brown sugar
3 grams★ Salt
3 grams★ Dry yeast
50 gramsSpinach (parboiled and drained)
100 mlMilk
2 tbspHoney (for kettle boiling)

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Steps

1

Blend cooked spinach (thoroughly drained) and milk in a blender. (You will end up with about 145 g of paste.)
2

Add the ingredients and spinach paste into the bread maker and knead. Let rest for 30 minutes.
3

You can let the bread maker do everything until the end of the first rising, but the bread seems to rise too much in the machine, so I take it out after 30 minutes.
4

Punch down the dough and divide into 6 portions. Roll into balls and let rest for 15 minutes. (Make sure to cover with a dampened towel to prevent drying out.)
5

Roll up the elongated dough, and create it into a bagel shape joining the ends together. Make sure to seal them well.
6

Let rest for 30 minutes in a 35℃ oven. Once this is done, preheat the oven to 190℃.
7

A little before the preheating is done, bring water to a simmer in a large frying pan. (Do not let it boil). Add the honey and cook 30 for seconds on each side.
8

Once the kettle boiling is done, transfer immediately into the oven, and it's done after baking for about 18 minutes at 190℃ The cut part looks like this. The coloring is beautiful too.
9

For a bacon filled bagel: Lightly cook a slice of bacon in a frying pan and wipe out the oil with a paper towel. Sprinkle plenty of coarsely ground salt and pepper on top.
10

Place the bacon in the middle of the dough and fold in 3 layers to shape into a bagel. You can fill 3 of these bagels using one slice of bacon. You could then leave the rest plain.
11

When cut they look like this. The smell of spinach will be covered by the black pepper. Great for kids? These actually goes well with beer too.
12

If you make the paste using 70 g of spinach and 100 ml of milk, it'll become really green. It won't be popular to the kids as the aroma is quite strong.