Why do seagulls fly over the sea?

Because if they flew over they bay, they'd be bagels (bay-gulls). GET IT.


Today, my house received it's res-life style finals survival kit, including all the fixings to make some bagels. I decided to accept the challenge because the recipe looked fairly easy. I'll reproduce it here because I couldn't find anything like it online. 


These bagels are pretty dense, but they're small too, so you can eat a couple of them.

My little bagel babies are done rising.

Bagels

That's right, BAGELS.

Finals Distraction Bagels

4 cups flour

2 tsp salt

1/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups water

1/2 tsp active dry yeast

1 egg

sesame seeds, poppy seeds or sea salt.

combine flour, salt and sugar in a large bowl. combine yeast with water, then pour water in to dry mixture, but not all at once.

Take off any of the rings you might be wearing, then knead the dough until it's combined. It will be stiff, but that's okay. 

cover the dough and let it sit for 10 minutes. after 10 minutes it will be a lot easeir to knead. knead some more until its a smooth ball, then cover and let rise for another 10 minuets.

roll your dough in to a log, then cut off even-sized chunks. Roll each chunk in to a thin snake, and pinch/twist the ends together to form a bagel. do this with all of the dough, then over with a clean towel for an hour and a half.

15 minutes before your hour and a half is up, preheat the oven to 425F and put a large pot of water to boil.

boil the bagels for about 30 seconds each, then fish them out and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment.  

brush the bagels with some egg (which you will have whisked beforehand) and then sprinkle each bagel with the topping of your choice. I'm actually a big fan of just a dash of salt.

Bake the bagels for 15 minutes, then flip them around and bake for another 10 minutes. 

let them cool a little, then eat with cream cheese or whatever.