Easy Homemade Bagels Recipe

I love bagels. I especially love freshly baked bagels. I don't buy them at my supermarket, because I don't know how old they are-- and I don't think they taste all that great. To me, they have a spongy texture and taste stale.

There are only two bagel bakeries in the area where they live. Both bakeries do a great job producing the kind of bagels I like-- crispy on the outside, and chewy in the middle. So good!

Learning how to make my own bagels has been on my recipe bucket list for a very long time. I've bookmarked several versions of bagel recipes on King Arthur Flour. I even bought the non diastatic malt powder (per King Arthur Flour: A sweet derivative of roasted barley. Add it to the dough, then again to the boiling…