This was how I used to do it at work, it might help
justjokay
I would choose a butthole bagel over a gaping hole bagel any day. These look amazing.
Ivanagohome
Nothing like a good butthole…er bagel!! They look great!!
ECAHunt
You don’t show the shaped bagels! Preshaped ✔️boiled ✔️ baked ✔️. But not the one that would give the most useful info!!!
What I do for mine. I can’t stand the sensation of trying to poke a hole with my fingers so I use the handle of a wooden spoon. Get one finger in there. Stretch. Get two fingers in there. Use an index finger from each hand to stretch them in the air. Like making circles in the air with your fingers. Gosh, this is hard to describe. Anyways, once stretched, put to the side and do the others.
Here’s the important part! Come back and stretch a second time. They have had enough time to rest while you’ve been doing the other bagels so now they will let you stretch them further.
Proof for however long your recipe says.
No need to stretch again after boiling. It’s unlikely to do anything at this point anyhow.
CawlinAlcarz
I don’t know where you got an idea of what bagels are supposed to look like, but those look just about perfect.
reptile_enthusiast_
Damn, I’d kill to have bagels like that!
Good-Manufacturer193
Those look like perfect bagels to me. I would be insanely happy with those results.
matzohballer
Like the buttholes
spectrum_incelnet
Poke method does it every time. Poke method produces a roll with a hole. Say no to Poke method.
No_Instance6986
They look terrible, I’ll take em off your hands!
That’s actually my preferred bagel especially when making breakfast sandwiches.
SpeechyKeen
These look awesome actually! What recipe and shaping method did you use because seeing these makes me want to try to make bagels now haha.
CorgiLady
These look great?
Full_Pay_207
Well, I mean if you want the classic bagel shape, you roll out rods and then join the ends with a twist. Like this : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAV3NdW5AU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAV3NdW5AU)
gertymarie
What recipe did you use for these? They look fantastic! I’ve only tried bagels twice because they haven’t turned out super great either time.
gobblegobblechumps
This is how bagels look tho
zinna42069
Because this is what a bagel is SUPPOSED to look like! NICEEEE
Brunhilde13
I want my bagel to have a tight hole so all my cheese and scrambled eggs don’t fall out the center when I make a breakfast sandwich. Or whatever filling with whatever kind of sandwich.
EstablishmentOk2116
They’re gonna rise so if you want a bigger hole for your final product make the hole even bigger during the shape and boil process. I personally like them like this so the spread is easier to swipe on.
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This is correct aesthetically for real east coast bagels FYI
This is what mine look like? Isn’t that what they’re supposed to look like?
Make the hole bigger? Either way the dough is going to puff up and make it less of a hole.
Use less dough and make the holes bigger for Montreal style bagel holes.
I use balled up scraps of parchment paper to keep the holes open after boiling, then bake with parchment paper in the hole.
These look like true NY/NJ style bagels! These are also how mine turn out intentionally.
These are perfect bagels. 10/10. You did excellent!!
Would you want to share your bagel recipe? I’m sorry you’re frustrated, but they look absolutely delicious!
They look outstanding
https://preview.redd.it/4io3tvqzz6tg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=521578a53285ae9d3044c55b67a0f83eb91143dc
This was how I used to do it at work, it might help
I would choose a butthole bagel over a gaping hole bagel any day. These look amazing.
Nothing like a good butthole…er bagel!! They look great!!
You don’t show the shaped bagels! Preshaped ✔️boiled ✔️ baked ✔️. But not the one that would give the most useful info!!!
What I do for mine. I can’t stand the sensation of trying to poke a hole with my fingers so I use the handle of a wooden spoon. Get one finger in there. Stretch. Get two fingers in there. Use an index finger from each hand to stretch them in the air. Like making circles in the air with your fingers. Gosh, this is hard to describe. Anyways, once stretched, put to the side and do the others.
Here’s the important part! Come back and stretch a second time. They have had enough time to rest while you’ve been doing the other bagels so now they will let you stretch them further.
Proof for however long your recipe says.
No need to stretch again after boiling. It’s unlikely to do anything at this point anyhow.
I don’t know where you got an idea of what bagels are supposed to look like, but those look just about perfect.
Damn, I’d kill to have bagels like that!
Those look like perfect bagels to me. I would be insanely happy with those results.
Like the buttholes
Poke method does it every time. Poke method produces a roll with a hole. Say no to Poke method.
They look terrible, I’ll take em off your hands!
That’s actually my preferred bagel especially when making breakfast sandwiches.
These look awesome actually! What recipe and shaping method did you use because seeing these makes me want to try to make bagels now haha.
These look great?
Well, I mean if you want the classic bagel shape, you roll out rods and then join the ends with a twist. Like this : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAV3NdW5AU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAV3NdW5AU)
What recipe did you use for these? They look fantastic! I’ve only tried bagels twice because they haven’t turned out super great either time.
This is how bagels look tho
Because this is what a bagel is SUPPOSED to look like! NICEEEE
I want my bagel to have a tight hole so all my cheese and scrambled eggs don’t fall out the center when I make a breakfast sandwich. Or whatever filling with whatever kind of sandwich.
They’re gonna rise so if you want a bigger hole for your final product make the hole even bigger during the shape and boil process. I personally like them like this so the spread is easier to swipe on.