Easy Homemade Bagels and Cream Cheese

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt is lower in calories and provides a similar tangy flavor.

Prepare the ingredients for cream cheese: 2 cups of whole milk, 4 cups of whole milk, 3 tablespoons of lemon juice, 3 tablespoons of vinegar, and half a teaspoon of salt.

Heat the 2 cups of whole milk in a pan and let it simmer.

Add lemon juice little by little while stirring the milk.

If the milk does not curd, switch to using 4 cups of whole milk and substitute vinegar for lemon juice.

Strain the curds through cheesecloth and a strainer into a bowl.

Let the curds sit in the fridge for a bit, then cream it and add salt to taste.

Prepare the bagel dough by shaping it into bagels, making a hole in the center and stretching it out.

Place the shaped bagels on a tray.

Bake the bagels in the oven until done.

Taste the bagels and cream cheese together.

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