 I made a discovery today and you have to try it!! I am a cinnamon nut and I especially love those bagels at Panera Bread with the cinnamon crunch topping on them. So today, in my usual activity of making bagels for the week, I decided to try an experiment. I took 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 3 teaspoons of cinnamon and mixed those together to a fine mixture in a shallow bowl. Then I melted two tablespoons of butter in a small dish. Using my basic bagel recipe, I placed the boiled bagels on a rack to dry slightly. With a pastry brush, I gently brushed each bagel with butter, one at a time. I placed each bagel butter side down into the sugar and cinnamon mixture and placed on a greased cookie sheet. After I had gotten all of the bagels dipped, I carefully sprinkled leftover sugar mixture in a pile on each bagel. Those were baked at 425º for 20 minutes without turning them during the baking. Oh my gosh. They are incredible, if I do say so myself! Toast them and add butter and cream cheese and mmm yourself to death! 🙂  |
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Tags: bagels, cinnamon crunch, experiment
Wow! Sounds fantastic. Kudos to you MB.
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You’ve got to try them Hawkeye!! They are easy to make.
This recipe looks awesome! I’ve been searching for a while for a decent way to create a topping that would end up with a result similar to Panera’s cinnamon crunch bagel. After living in Norway for 3 years, my husband was going crazy for some decent bagels, and now after perfecting my technique for making plain bagels, I’ve been experimenting with different flavors. I think I’ll make some tonight for lunch this next week!
Well, let us know how they turned out, Regina! And if you’d you’d like to share your bagel recipe, we’d love try it and feature it with your recognition of course! 🙂
They turned out really good, so yummy! Making some more tonight as well as a few blueberry. I didn’t create the recipe I use, it’s http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/boiled-bagels/detail.aspx. While I follow the ingredients for the recipe, I let the bagels rise for longer, and shape them using a method similar to the one in your recipe. I broil them for a minute or so on each side before boiling (this really helps with a nice smooth surface), and I only boil them for maybe a minute or so on each side as well. And instead I use what is the Norwegian equivalent of molasses instead of regular sugar for boiling. Here’s a picture of some of the ones I made last week. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/–jARH4E0Lp0/TrMLBGZOhXI/AAAAAAAAAHI/jXrJgAr2i0s/s1152/2011-11-03-017.jpg
Regina, how pretty they are! 🙂 Almost silky. I’ll try your recipe that you use too and see what Mr. Fix-It says! Glad you liked the topping.
I added vanilla to the mixture and it was fantastic!
Erin, that sounds awesome!! Will give that a try too!! Thanks for your genius!! 🙂 And you are entered in the March giveaway!!