Vegan Rainbow Bagels

Vegan. Rainbow. Bagels. My mind is trying to wrap itself around the fact that there is something in this world like that. So, I was thinking about summer recently, which is SUPER close (while re- editing, it is now here. WOW SASKIA.), and I wanted to master a certain type of baking. Get it down. It suddenly occurred to me. What about bread! Focaccias, naan and sesame seed loaves sound absolutely divine. So I embarked on my first journey: bagels. But these are no ordinary bagels, these are rainbow, which makes it ten times better. I was so happy that these had minimal rising time but were still so delicious. LET’S GET INTO THE RECIPE.

Prep and Cook Time: 2 hours

Makes: 9-10

Virtuousness Level: 3/10

NOW. ITS TIME.

Ingredients:

2 packets yeast

4 tablespoons granulated sugar

5 teaspoons salt

2 cups warm water

5 cups flour

Gel/Liquid food coloring

1. Pop your water in the kettle for around 30 seconds in order to achieve a slightly warm temperature for your water. Warm enough to activate the yeast but not hot enough to MURDER IT. This is were it could all go wrong. Just notifying any wary little fellows.

2. Add the water , sugar and yeast to a bowl, whisk slightly and leave for 10 minutes in a warm place, like a closed oven or, if in a blistering hot Mediterranean island, outside.

3. Now, gradually add in the sifted flour and salt. DO NOT ADD IN THE SALT BEFORE THIS STEP. NO SHORTCUTS HERE. For a while I did that while making pizza dough, and kept wondering why it wouldn't rise. Then little Saskia payed attention to a science class and clued in.

4. Keep mixing till you form a dough, and then separate into as many parts as you want different colors. I did 4 colors, but feel free to do the whole rainbow if you wish.

5. When dying the doughs just place some dye in the middle of the dough and keep kneading. At some point it might feel like nothing is working, but keep going and it will come together. Beautifully.

6. Now place in separate bowls, and make sure the bowls are big enough to have room to rise, cover in clingfilm, and let rise in a warm space for around an hour, or until doubled in size.

7. Once doubled, take all the dough balls, remove them from their bowl and roll out in to separate squares and pile up one on top of another. Sadly my forgetful mind forgot to snap a picture of this, so if this is confusing in any way, google rainbow bagels, and you will see what I mean. SORRY (But seriously the video is the definition of satisfaction)

8. Now, slice long pieces of the dough brick, twist and connect in order to make a bagel. I will link a video down below if this is confusing. DON'T YOU WORRY.

9. Now, be prepared, this is the tricky part of making bagels. Heat some water up in a big pot, with a tad bit of salt in there, and preheat your oven to 175 degrees. GET READY.

10. Now boil bagels for 30 second on each side, place on a tray and pop into the oven for around 10 minutes. This may not seem hard, but having 3 bagels boiling and 6 in the oven, and having to turn the boiling beauties every 30 seconds, and forgetting the time, and UGGGGGGG.

11. But, at some point you will be done, and, on a side note if you mess up, hey will still turn out great, don't you worry. You can salvage anything, pretty sure that I boiled my bagels to death, and they still turned out YUMMY AF.

12. Top with some vegan cream cheese (I recommend Tofutti), and you have the world most happy peace of bagel in the world. Fresh from the oven.

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