Make Your Own Panera-Style Cinnamon-Sugar Crunch Bagels

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a healthier fat option.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed but can be more expensive.

Add king arthur bread flour, salt, and a pinch of yeast into a mixing bowl.

Add cool water to the mixing bowl and mix with a spatula until combined; knead a few times with hands if needed.

Cover the mixture and let it rest at room temperature overnight to develop flavors.

After resting, add the starter to a mixing bowl, followed by more water, vanilla extract, light brown sugar, yeast, salt, and bread flour.

Mix the ingredients together until fully incorporated, then knead for about six minutes.

Add a quarter cup of cinnamon sweet bits to the dough and mix until combined.

Shape the dough into a ball, cover, and let it rise at room temperature for about 2 to 2.5 hours until doubled in size.

Divide the proofed dough into six equal portions, about 120 grams each.

Pre-shape each portion by stretching the corners into the center and pinching to seal.

Round each pre-shaped dough ball, ensuring no flour is on the surface to create tension.

Let the bagels rest for about 10 minutes to relax the gluten.

Poke a hole in the center of each dough ball using thumbs and stretch it with fingers to create a bagel shape, making the hole larger than desired as it will close during resting.

Let the shaped bagels rest for about 30 minutes.

Prepare the cinnamon sugar topping by mixing light brown sugar, granulated sugar, sparkling sugar, flour, melted butter, and cinnamon until crumbly.

Boil water in a large pot and prepare the water bath for the bagels.

Boil the bagels for 1-2 minutes on each side, then remove and drain.

Brush the boiled bagels with melted butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar topping.

Place bagels on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown.

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