Ingredients
1 2/3 cups lukewarm water
3/4 cup chopped fresh jalapenos
2 teaspoons salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons quick-rise instant yeast
4 cups all-purpose white flour
1 1/2 - 2 cups grated cheese
canned pickled jalapenos
Preparation
Step 1
Add the first 6 ingredients to a mixing bowl.
Step 2
Knead in bowl with dough hooks or by hand in the bowl for about 3-4 minutes. The dough will be somewhat wet. If after a couple of minutes it hasn't firmed up, add a little more flour. The finished dough should still be a little sticky.
Step 3
Let raise 40 minutes in cold oven with the oven light on.
Step 4
Divide dough in half, then each half into 5 pieces, to make 10 even pieces of dough. Shape each piece into a ball. Poke your finger into the middle of the ball and stretch into a bagel shape. (Make the holes a lot bigger than a cooked bagel's) Place on a greased pan.
Step 5
Let raise 30 minutes not in oven.
Step 6
Heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
Step 7
Put 3L water and 3Tablespoons of baking soda* into a cooking pot and bring to a boil. Boil bagels on each side for 40 seconds. (I use the stopwatch on my phone to time them) Place them back on the greased pan and when all bagels are boiled,
Step 8
Place the desired amount of canned pickled jalapeno circles on top of each bagel. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
immediately put them into the hot oven. Bake for 15-17 minutes.
*the baking soda gives them the nice brown color