Here's a Bagel Recipe

Directions

1. 1

   6 c (to 8c) bread (high-gluten) -flour 4 tb Dry baking yeast 6 tb Granulated white sugar or -light honey (clover honey -is good) 2 ts Salt 3

2. 2

   The water should be hot, but not so hot that you can't bear to put your fingers in it for several seconds at a time

3. 3

   Add the sugar or honey and stir it with your fingers (a good way to make sure the water is not too hot) or with a wire whisk to dissolve

4. 4

   Sprinkle the yeast over the surface of the water, and stir to dissolve

5. 5

   Wait about ten minutes for the yeast to begin to revive and grow

6. 6

   This is known as "proofing" the yeast, which simply means that you're checking to make sure your yeast is viable

7. 7

   Skipping this step could result in your trying to make bagels with dead yeast, which results in bagels so hard and potentially dangerous tha

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   You will know that the yeast is okay if it begins to foam and exude a sweetish, slightly beery smell