THE most amazing Gluten-free bagels ever!

I have been craving a bagel for a while now and I tried frozen gf bagels only to be disappointed by the crumbly, dry texture. So I set out to come up with the perfect gf bagel recipe. What makes this recipe even better is it is egg free, and dairy free. These bagels are so good you wont even miss the gluten filled bagels.

The recipe only makes 4 bagels because they are only good for a day, after that they are too hard to eat, but you can cut them into chunks and bake them for some awesome croutons. Well, I'm getting ready to sit down to a delicious bagel sandwich. Enjoy!!

Bagel Recipe: 4 bagels

1 C very warm water
1/2 T yeast
1 T corn syrup
1 T molasses
1 t vegetable oil
1 t salt
2 1/4 C GF Bagel mix (see note)
+1/4-1/2 C tapioca starch for kneading
1 1/2 T sugar

1. Combine warm water and yeast in medium bowl and stir until yeast is dissolved.
2. Add the corn syrup, molasses, and oil. stir thoroughly. Add salt. Pour 2 1/4 C flour into bowl and incorporate.
3. Flour your hands before handling dough as it will be slightly sticky. Knead the dough adding in enough tapioca starch to make the dough not sticky.
4. Put dough back into bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place. ( I usually turn my oven on the lowest setting before I start mixing the dough, and then turn it off right before putting it in to rise) Let rise for about an hour or until doubled in size.
5. Punch down dough, and cut into 4 equal pieces.
6. Roll into a ball, and use your fingers to form a whole in the center approx 1-1 1/2" in diameter.
7. Place bagels on a greased cookie sheet and let rise for 30 minutes. Should double in size.
8. Preheat oven to 400 F.
9. Fill saucepan 2/3 full of water and bring to a boil. Add the 1 1/2 T sugar once water is boiling.
10. Enlarge center of bagels if hole has closed up to less than 3/4 of an inch.
11. Drop bagel in boiling water, cover and boil 20 sec. flip and boil another 20 sec. Drain.
12. Sprinkle with your favorite toppings.
13. Bake on cookie sheet for ~25 min.

Variations

Everything bagel : 2T each minced dried onion, dried minced garlic, and flax seeds or poppy seeds, mix and sprinkle on bagels

Cheddar Jalapeno: lay 4-6 jalapeno slices on bagel, sprinkle 3T cheddar cheese on bagel

Asiago: sprinkle 3T asiago cheese on bagel ( like to brush mine with garlic butter before sprinkling shredded cheese on bagel)

Garlic: Brush garlic butter over bagel, and sprinkle with minced dried garlic.
Garlic Butter:
4-6 garlic cloves skinned and crushed
1 stick butter

Heat to a simmer in small saucepan, turn heat off and leave on burner. Brush onto bagel.

Cinnamon sugar/raisin: mix cinnamon and sugar in small bowl, add to dough with flour. For cinnamon raisin add raisins just before dough is combined.

2t cinnamon
1 1/2T granulated sugar
1/3 C purple raisins



Bagel Mix

1/4 C Quinoa flour
2 C White rice flour
1/2 C Tapioca starch
1/2 t xanthan gum