The Best Bagels Are Made at Home

I actually owned a copy of this book, but ordered a copy for my nephew who has recently gotten into bagel making at home. I tried the basic water bagel recipe and not only is it easy, it makes the most delicious , yummy "bakery" type bagels. I used the bread machine to make my dough, my nephew made them by hand and they tasted exactly the same! The recipes are easy to follow, and based on the basic bagel success, the book can prove an valuable addition to any baker's library.

I just received this book in the mail and cannot wait to get started on my first batch of bagels! The author has a great variety of recipes (much more than I was expecting!), plus a great selection of normal to unique spreads for your bagels. I am particulary excited about the recipe for curing my own lox, which is next to impossible to get (especially decent lox) in the small town that I live in. With what appear to be nicely detailed instructions, including a trouble-shooting section, I think this book is going to be getting quite a bit of use!

One of my favorite books. The recipes are great .Now without a bagel store just around the corner I can bake my own homemade bagels. Donna is right, the best bagels are really made at home. Freshly baked and lukewarm eaten is one of the best things of life.

I've tried recipes in other bagel books and they were all more like Easter bread. These taste like store-bought bagels only better