Bagels can be made with simple ingredients like water, yeast, and egg yolk, or with added flavors like raisins or chocolate. Toppings like salt, seeds, and cheese can be added, and they are often eaten with spreads like cream cheese or used to make sandwiches with ingredients like tuna or fruit.
There are typically a few bagel ingredients used in a simple bagel recipe, some of which include water, dry yeast, and egg yolk. Other ingredients, such as raisins, can also be mixed into the dough to create different flavored bagels. Various toppings are sometimes added to the top of bagels for extra flavor. Putting on spreads is one of the most popular ways to eat a bagel that is cut in half. Those craving a bagel sandwich can make it by including a variety of ingredients such as tuna, fruit, or vegetables.
Ingredients typically included in a simple plain bagel recipe include sugar, salt, dry yeast, water, and flour. Only the egg whites and water are needed to create the glaze that runs over the formed uncooked bagel. Some may even choose to add oil or butter.
There is a huge variety of bagel ingredients that can be blended into the basic recipe to create different flavored bagels. Some of the sweeter bagel varieties include chocolate, pumpkin spice, peanut butter, cinnamon raisin, and banana nut. Many of the additional versions are jalapeno cheddar, whole wheat, rye, asiago, and sun dried tomato.
A variety of bagel ingredients can also be added to the top of bagels to add flavor to a plain bagel or to complement one that is already flavored. Kosher salt, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, and cooked garlic chunks are just a few options. An additional option is to add one or more types of grated cheese such as asiago, cheddar, and Monterrey jack.
One of the most popular ways to eat a bagel is to cut it in half horizontally, then add one or more bagel spread ingredients. Depending on the bagel ingredients used, or just the preferred texture of the bagel itself, the halves may be toasted before anything is added. Cream cheese, flavored or plain, peanut butter and jelly, butter and margarine are just a few options. Flavored preserves can also be used on their own or mixed with peanut butter or cream cheese.
A variety of ingredients can be used to create various types of bagel sandwiches rather than placing them on regular bread. A pizza bagel includes mozzarella and marinara sauce and any toppings one might include on a pizza such as pepperoni, sausage or onion. A tuna salad bagel sandwich typically consists of tuna and mayonnaise with additional options such as celery, onion, mustard, or lemon juice. A bagel snack or breakfast sandwich option includes spreading it on cream cheese mixed with cinnamon, then adding apple slices and nuts.
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