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Sourdough Bagel Buns

Welcome to another edition of a Virtual Potluck and this time you are really in luck! We’re all taking baking, using Flax and/or Sourdough Starters as our base ingredients! Thanks to our generous sponsors King Arthur Flour and Red Star Yeast, we played around in the kitchen, baking and in my experience, learning how to keep my sourdough starter alive. Head on over to Cookistry for the round-up and more giveaway chances!
Start with some of the best ingredients and your end product will be MUCH better!

Let me begin by saying that I’m not a parent. No children to tend to or feed, no one that constantly needs my attention other than my loving husband, M. When I attended CIA, as a GROUP we kept a sourdough starter alive for a weekend. While baking in Colorado, one of my graveyard shift duties was to feed Mother. Mother was a 50 pound beast, who needed TONS of food to keep her happy. She stayed alive during my time there as well. Fast forward to last month, when I receive my sourdough starter from King Arthur Flour, with great instructions on how to keep it alive.

Some of the Virtual Potluck bloggers received flax products from King Arthur Flour while others got Classic Fresh Sourdough Starter. The sourdough page at King Arthur flour has links to tips, recipes, and more. And there’s plenty of information about flour, as well.

I named her Stella. I stirred her up, feed her some delicious flour and tap water and honestly? She seemed happy. For about a week. I was feeding her once a day, until that week. She started acting up, literally. Her bubbles were getting a little crazy and M was on the verge of throwing her out because the smell started to bother him. I soothed her with kind words, I frantically tweeted with @KingArthurFlour asking for help, I TRIED my hardest to be a good parent.

But she was a rebel (of course my kid would be a rebel…), and I had to punish her a little. I threw her in the fridge for a week. I would deal with her later (this is why my parenting methods might not be the best!) A week later? I took her out, let her get to room temperature, fed her twice a day for 4 days, and she was fine. Seriously…kids?! No thanks.

Red Star Yeast also has recipes for you (including gluten-free), a yeast conversion chart, a baking steps guide, and how-to-bake videos including videos for bread machine, stand mixer and hand-kneading.

But I digress…I baked bagel buns. Again, as you can see on my Instagram picture, what I wanted to make, just didn’t happen. I had thoughts of Strawberry & Poppy Bagels…but freeze dried fruit BURNS quickly. So that didn’t happen. So I made classic bagels. As classic as a bagel bun with a mix of mustard, poppy, and sesame seeds can be.

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Sourdough Bagel Buns

Recipe Adapted from King Arthur Flour's "A Dozen Simple Bagels"

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces Unbleached Bread Flour
  • 5 ounces High Gluten Flour
  • 4 ounces live sourdough starter
  • 10 ounces cool water
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons fine sea salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Red Star Instant Yeast
  • 1 tablespoon each: black sesame seeds, yellow mustard seeds, dutch blue poppy seeds

Instructions

  1. This recipe uses a sourdough starter. Read this before you embark on it. You could easily just do the overnight starter that KAF suggests in the original recipe, but I decided to give it a go with Stella.
  2. In your mixer bowl, mix both flours, sourdough starter, water, salt, and yeast. If kneading by stand mixer, knead on low for 3 minutes and then mix for 5-10 more minutes until a firm but not dry dough is formed. If mixing by hand (like I did), go at it! Knead until your heart desires until dough is smooth. This takes about 10-20 minutes (or about 7 songs with a minute break in between!)
  3. Let the dough rest in a warm environment, inside an oiled bowl, for an hour. Deflate the dough, and let rise for another 30 minutes.
  4. Transfer dough to countertop and divide into 3 ounce buns. Roll each piece into a smooth and round ball. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
  5. While the dough rests, prepare the bagel bath and preheat your oven to 425F! In a large pot, simmer water and 1 tablespoon non-diastatic malt powder or brown sugar.
  6. Transfer the buns into the simmering water. Cook for 2 minutes on one side, and one more minute on the other. Strain and place in oiled sheet tray. Sprinkle with mixture of seeds.
  7. Bake for about 25 minutes and enjoy with a slathering of your favorite cream cheese, butter, or as a bagel breakfast sandwich!
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https://www.cookingwithbooks.net/2012/06/sourdough-bagel-buns-a-bakers-dream-giveaway.html
Enter to win A Baker’s Dream Giveaway!

One lucky winner will receive from King Arthur Flour one (1) dough whisk, one (1) coupon for a bag of flour in the supermarket, one (1) sourdough starter, and one (1) bag of High Gluten Flour. But that’s not all! Red Star Yeast is adding three (3) strips of yeast, one (1) bread loaf pan, one (1) apron, and one (1) bread knife!  Entry Methods:

  • Follow @KingArthurFlour on Twitter
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  • Follow @VirtualPotluck on Twitter
  • Tweet the following message:  Enter to win a Baker’s Dream Giveaway thanks to @RedStarYeast and @KingArthurFlour on @nella22’s blog: http://ow.ly/blajH
Disclaimer: I received baking ingredients free of charge; My opinions, as always, are based on personal testing!  US mailing addresses only. One (1) winner will be chosen randomly. Prize will be shipped by each company separately. The contest ends Sunday, June 10st, 2012 at 11:59 pm Eastern time. The winner will be announced on Monday, June 12nd, via email and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.


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  1. Alana says

    January 24, 2017 at 6:24 pm

    could these be stuffed…thanks!

    Reply
    • Marnely says

      January 25, 2017 at 12:02 pm

      Yes, you can definitely stuff them!

      Reply
  2. Gingered Whisk says

    June 14, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    We would love for you to link up your Sourdough Bagels on our Sourdough Surprises bagel linky! 🙂 http://sourdoughsurprises.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  3. Kait Lun says

    June 10, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    And I follow Virtual Potluck on Twitter!

    Reply
  4. Kait Lun says

    June 10, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    I also follow Red star Yeast on Twitter

    Reply
  5. Kait Lun says

    June 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    Great giveaway! I follow King Arthur Flour on Twitter

    Reply
  6. Sunchowder says

    June 10, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    I am following all three on twitter and have tweeted too 🙂 I have never made bagels and would love to!

    Reply
  7. Amanda Jorjorian says

    June 8, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    I tweeted:

    https://twitter.com/SquishBunnies/status/211097859100131331

    Reply
  8. Amanda Jorjorian says

    June 8, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    I am now following Virtual Potkuck on Twitter

    Reply
    • Amanda Jorjorian says

      June 8, 2012 at 2:11 pm

      sorry Virtual Potluck, cant spell 😛

      Reply
  9. Amanda Jorjorian says

    June 8, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    I follow red star yeast on twitter

    Reply
  10. Amanda Jorjorian says

    June 8, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    I follow King Arthur Flour on Twitter

    Reply
  11. Donna Joy says

    June 7, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    I follow KAF . I’m inspired to try sourdough. Thanks for the giveaway.

    Reply
  12. Matt Weber says

    June 7, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    Loved following your starter issues on twitter. Hopefully she’s behaving better now!

    Reply
  13. Jenn Kendall says

    June 6, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    i’ve been wanting to do homemade bagels…these sound fantastic! i need to try this!

    Reply
  14. Donna Currie says

    June 6, 2012 at 8:11 am

    Needs a little cream cheese, and it will be perfect! I love the seeds!!!

    Reply
  15. groovyfoody says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    They look scrummy!

    Reply
  16. Terri Cole says

    June 5, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    I don’t tweet 🙁 ut I sure would like to make those bagel buns!

    Reply
  17. The Food Hunter says

    June 5, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    Ha! I felt the same way about my starter…I don’t have kids for a reason.

    Reply
  18. pokeymom says

    June 5, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    I follow KA Flour,Red Star Yeast, and Virtual Potluck on Twitter and also “Like” all on Facebook, and also tweeted https://twitter.com/EthelRuns/status/210067428863000578

    Reply
  19. Karen says

    June 5, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    I tweeted about the giveaway.

    https://twitter.com/Kmmlynch/status/210036235199197185

    Reply
  20. Karen says

    June 5, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    I follow Virtual Potluck on Twitter.

    Reply
  21. Karen says

    June 5, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    I follow Red Star Yeast on Twitter.

    Reply
  22. Karen says

    June 5, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    I follow King Arthur Flour on Twitter.

    Reply
  23. Crunchy Con Mommy says

    June 5, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    and now I follow Virtual Potluck as @CrunchyConMom! (I’d love a follow-back if possible-I’m right at my follow limit, which is why I couldn’t follow Red Star Yeast also!)

    Reply
  24. Crunchy Con Mommy says

    June 5, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    I follow King Arthur Flour on twitter as @CrunchyConMom!

    Reply
  25. Amy L says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:43 am

    I follow KA Flour on twitter @amylou61

    Reply
  26. Amy L says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:36 am

    tweeted
    https://twitter.com/amylou61/status/209971246295810048

    Reply
  27. Amy L says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:35 am

    I follow virtualpotluck on twitter @amylou61

    Reply
  28. Amy L says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:35 am

    I follow Redstar on twitter @amylou61

    Reply
  29. Amy L says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:34 am

    I follow KA Flour on twitter @amylou61

    Reply
  30. Rebecca Subbiah says

    June 5, 2012 at 1:50 am

    fun post and you will be great parents, I remember having a starter for a while but quit he he

    Reply
  31. Susan in the Boonies says

    June 5, 2012 at 1:03 am

    I tweeted your tweet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoonieSooze/status/209812455289925632

    Reply
  32. Susan in the Boonies says

    June 5, 2012 at 1:02 am

    I follow Virtual PotLuck on Twitter.

    Reply
  33. Susan in the Boonies says

    June 5, 2012 at 1:01 am

    I follow Red Star Yeast on Twitter.

    Reply
  34. Susan in the Boonies says

    June 5, 2012 at 1:01 am

    I follow King Arthur Flour on Twitter.

    Reply
  35. renata says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:37 am

    Tweeted your giveaway link too – thanks so much!

    Reply
  36. renata says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:37 am

    I follow Virtual Potluck on Twitter

    Reply
  37. renata says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:37 am

    I follow Red Star Yeast on Twitter

    Reply
  38. renata says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:36 am

    I follow King Arthur on Twitter

    Reply
  39. FireRunner2379 says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:32 am

    I tweeted: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/209804599052337153

    Reply
  40. FireRunner2379 says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:31 am

    I follow virtual potluck on Twitter.

    Reply
  41. FireRunner2379 says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:30 am

    I follow Red Star Yeast on Twitter.

    Reply
  42. FireRunner2379 says

    June 5, 2012 at 12:30 am

    I have made sourdough in the past with my King Arthur Flour starter and it has never been sour enough for me, not saying that I don’t like the product, I just think it’s my tastebuds. I do use it often for soft pretzels and my kids really enjoy them!
    I follow King Arthur on Twitter.

    Reply
  43. Anonymous says

    June 4, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    https://twitter.com/yourpotofgold/status/209745308173869056 yellow_patricia at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  44. Anonymous says

    June 4, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    I Follow @VirtualPotluck on Twitter yellow_patricia at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  45. Anonymous says

    June 4, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    I Follow @RedStarYeast on Twitter yellow_patricia at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  46. Anonymous says

    June 4, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    I Follow @KingArthurFlour on Twitter. yellow_patricia at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  47. Carmen Nuland says

    June 4, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    I Follow @VirtualPotluck on Twitter

    Reply
  48. Carmen Nuland says

    June 4, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    I Follow @RedStarYeast on Twitter

    Reply
  49. Carmen Nuland says

    June 4, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    I Follow @KingArthurFlour on Twitter

    Reply
  50. christopher sorel says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    tweet https://twitter.com/cjsorel/status/209685532043780097

    Reply
  51. christopher sorel says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    Follow @VirtualPotluck on Twitter
    @cjsorel

    Reply
  52. christopher sorel says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    Follow @RedStarYeast on Twitter
    @cjsorel

    Reply
  53. christopher sorel says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    Follow @KingArthurFlour on Twitter
    @cjsorel

    Reply
  54. christopher sorel says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    mine is the pretzel heart called by my daughter

    Reply
  55. Tanya says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    I tweeted here:
    https://twitter.com/sunshinestgurl/status/209683785267150850

    I have always wanted to try sourdough, and sourdough bagels, those sound oh so yummy!

    Reply
  56. Tanya says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    I am now following Virtual Potluck on twitter too

    Reply
  57. Tanya says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    I follow Red Star Yeast on twitter

    Reply
  58. Tanya says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    I follow King Arthur on Twitter

    Reply
  59. Athena says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Tweeted: https://twitter.com/GoddessFoodie/status/209667159834624000

    cereza25 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  60. Athena says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    I follow VP on Twitter.
    cereza25 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  61. Athena says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    I follow RSY on Twitter.
    cereza25 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  62. Athena says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    I follow KAF on Twitter.
    cereza25 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  63. JuLo says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    I tweeted the giveaway 🙂

    Reply
  64. JuLo says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    I follow virtual potluck on twitter

    Reply
  65. JuLo says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    I follow red star yeast on twitter

    Reply
  66. JuLo says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    I follow King Arthur Flour on twitter

    Reply
  67. Linda says

    June 4, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    I follow @VirtualPotluck on twitter (ljskop)

    Reply
  68. Linda says

    June 4, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    I follow @KingArthurFlour on twitter (ljskop)

    Reply
  69. Linda says

    June 4, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    I follow @RedStarYeast on twitter (ljskop)

    Reply
  70. Susan 30A EATS says

    June 4, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    Lol! You gave Stella a “Time-out!” …Loved the post and the bagels! Never made one, but wish I had yours now with cream cheese and a slice of jambon!

    Reply
  71. Taryn says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Finally, I tweeted about this giveaway (@tbren15)

    Reply
  72. Taryn says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    AND I follow Virtual Potluck on Twitter!

    Reply
  73. Taryn says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    I follow Red Star on Twitter as well.

    Reply
  74. Taryn says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    I follow you on Twitter!

    Reply
  75. Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    This is gorgeous bread, I love baking bread. I think it’s good for the soul.

    Reply
  76. amy beth marantino says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    i Tweeted (onitnaram)

    Reply
  77. amy beth marantino says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    i Follow @VirtualPotluck on Twitter (onitnaram)

    Reply
  78. amy beth marantino says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    i Follow @RedStarYeast on Twitter (onitnaram)

    Reply
  79. amy beth marantino says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    i Follow @KingArthurFlour on Twitter (onitnaram)

    Reply
  80. aitonainen says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    I tweeted about the giveaway.

    Baking with yeast makes me nervous, just a little bit, and I’ve only used it a few times. One of my goals this next year is to conquer my fear of baking with yeast and learn how to make bread, rolls, etc…

    Reply
  81. aitonainen says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    I follow Virtual Potluck on twitter.

    Reply
  82. EA-The Spicy RD says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Not entering since a bag of “High Gluten Flour” is not what I need, but I loved your post, and hope to experiment with gluten-free sourdough sometime in the near future. Sourdough was always my favorite bread in my pre-gluten-free days. And, trust me, there have been days I’ve wanted to be able to stick my kids in the fridge for awhile to cool down a little 🙂

    Reply
  83. aitonainen says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    I follow Red Star Yeast on twitter.

    Reply
  84. aitonainen says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    I follow King Arthur Flour on twitter.

    Reply
  85. diabeticFoodie says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    I’m picturing you yelling “Hey STELL-A.” (There’s your “Streetcar Named Desire” reference for the day.) Great looking bagels, Nelly. I’ve never been brave enough to try making them.

    Reply
  86. A Thought For Food says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    I like that you named her Stella. Very cute! I adore sourdough… but I so rarely have out in these parts (just on the West Coast). Looks fabulous!

    Reply
  87. DessertForTwo says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    And Red Star Yeast, too 🙂

    Reply
  88. DessertForTwo says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    I enjoyed reading about your kitchen trials 🙂

    I follow King Arthur on twitter.

    Reply
  89. Rachel Cooks says

    June 4, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Hehe, I assure you kids are different than sourdough starters 😉 Can you mail me a bagel, btw? 🙂

    Reply

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