Bagels | Basics with Babish (feat. Dan Souza)

Check out What's Eating Dan?, where Dan Souza tests the theory of New York vs. Boston water for bagel-making, and a whole lot more!

This week on Basics, we're tackling one of the home-cook holy-grails: really chewy, really crisp, really good bagels, somehow existing outside NYC. Or Montreal.

+ Ingredients & Shopping List

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons ice water (9 ounces)
2 tablespoons malt syrup
2 ⅔ cups (14 2/3 ounces) bread flour
4 teaspoons vital wheat gluten
2 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast
2 teaspoons salt
¼ cup (1 1/4 ounces) cornmeal
¼ cup (1 3/4 ounces) sugar
1 tablespoon baking soda

[babishculinaryuniverse]

Where's everybody's favorite bagels from? I'm tired of making them and want to go out and buy one.

[coolfrisbee]

The most incredible part of proofing bagels is that 6 turn into 8 when kept in the fridge overnight. majestic

[elizabethmayfield]

I just bought a food scale because i want to make all of your recipes. I love how you break it down and explane everything in an entertaining way. Thank you for making these videos!!!!

[FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

I like how you two have inverted hair.

[the_zara_moon]

“It’s my kitchen I must assert dominance”

[tucker_unseriously]

Did someone say “All the lunches from The Breakfast Club?”

What a cool idea!

[allyv.]

Could you make Fantastic Mr. Fox nutmeg ginger apple snaps 🦊 🍎

[Optionfinity]

"This is pure gluten."

"Yes, this could kill half the population of NYC."

Comedic gold.

[daleharden]

The sirens were because people were already having reactions to the gluten.

[jaimalhotra]

Make the cheese sandwich from Fyre Festival

[jonahnidorf]

You really missed the opportunity to call it bagels with babish

[thisiskenn]

There’s something so attractive about two foodie nerds in one video working with dough. Love and enjoy watching you both on YouTube!

[redskunkify]

Can you make a bad excuse to make croissants. Something like the croissants from the Phineas and Ferb rollercoaster episode. Thanks

[indyglf]

Before putting the bagels in the oven, spray the rack with Pam or similar non-stick spray. Found out the hard way.

[katsinclair]

Dearest Babs, please make Boyle's Multi-Ethnic Thanksgiving from B99. Love, Kat

[bbstucki]

I made these! I've never had a New York or Boston bagel, but the crust was blistered and crisp and the middle was delightfully chewy. Far better than any grocery store bagel. I doubled the recipe and added some sourdough discard that had a lovely hooch on top before I stirred it and dumped it in. Thanks SOOO much for the recipe! I will be making these again.

[poweroffriendship.]

_You are not a donut. YOU'RE A BAGEL! LIARS!!! LIARS EVERYWHERE!!!_

*~ The Witch (Adventure Time, 2010)*

[neruoue]

That sound of the first bite is exquisite... *crunch*

[Sangtrone]

I thought I recognized Dan. America's Test Kitchen and Cooks Illustrated, represent.

[KittenStitcher]

Back in the 70's, when I was little, my grandma would fly to see us in North Dakota all of the way from New Jersey. She would bring a BIG BIG bag of bagels from a local Jewish deli. All the greats: egg, pumpernickel, sesame seed, and poppy seed. We did not have bagels in North Dakota back then, so having these fantastic bagels flown out within 24 hours or so of being baked out east...well, it was a rare treat. Plus, I got to see grandma!