Cranberry Orange Bagels
Crispy on the outside and chewing on the inside I love the texture of these Cranberry Orange Bagels. Making your own bagels is easier than you think. Give the bagel shop a break and make your own. Look below for some helpful tips on mixing techniques and proofing your yeast. NEW PHOTOS SAME GREAT RECIPE FROM 2012!
MAKE USING A MIXER OR BY HAND BOTH METHODS WORK WITH THIS RECIPE!
USING A FREE STANDING MIXER WITH A DOUGH HOOK
BY HAND METHOD
PROOFING YEAST
Foamy active yeast 
Ready to rise 
Ready to be formed. 
Separated into uniform sizes. 
Formed into rings 
Boiled and ready for the oven. 
Beautifully baked.
Cranberry Orange Bagels
Instead of eating a high calorie bagel make your own at only 197 calories!
Ingredients
- 1 cup plus 4 tablespoons water (110° to 115°)
- 1 (¼ ounce) active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 4½ teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 large egg white
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
Instructions
Add warm water to a large mixing with the yeast and sugar, let the mixture stand until is foams (about 5 to 10 minutes) Once the yeast has been proofed (foams) add the cranberries, brown sugar, orange peel, and salt; mix well. With a hook attachment mix together. Add enough flour until the dough forms a soft ball and pulls away from the bowl. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place dough in a bowl coated with cooking spray, turning once to coat the top. Cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
Punch down dough; shape into 9 balls (I weighed mine, they came out to be about 2.7 ounces). Push thumb through centers to form a 2-inch hole. Stretch and shape dough to form an even ring. Place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Cover to rest for 10 minutes.
Fill a Dutch oven two-thirds full with water; and sugar; bring to a boil. Drop bagels three to four at a time into boiling water. Boil 45 seconds on one side; turn and boil 45 seconds on the other side. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels.
Preheat oven to 400°. Whisk egg white and 1 tablespoon water, brush over bagels. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray and sprinkle with cornmeal. Place bagels 2-inches apart on prepared pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Notes
TIP: My "warm place" is on top of a preheated stove.
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Some spread recipes that would be delicious on a bagel. SCALLION CREAM CHEESE BAGEL SPREAD and BLACKBERRY CREAM CHEESE SPREAD.
These look delicious!!!
I am such a bagel girl. These sound perfect.
These look delicious! I love bagels 🙂
What a great idea!
Never thought of adding dried-cranberries to the dough.
Love it – especially when I love dried-cranberries so much
Mmm these bagels look wonderful! Love the orange/cranberry flavor combination, and they look delicious! I’ve only made bagels at home once, I’ll have to try making some soon again! Thanks for sharing!
So beautiful looking! Maybe you should submit this recipe to some bagel companies… just saying! 🙂 Thanks for sharing with us at Kids in the Kitchen! Can’t wait to see what you whip up next week.
Yum! Pinning this to try soon 🙂
oh how much fun is this! ? fabulous ! thanks for linking with KidsIn the Kitchen!
YUMM! Pinning so I can try making these too! I would love for you to share this (and any other creations) at my new linky party “Pin It and Win It Wednesday” @ http://www.cheapcraftymama.com!
I am definitely going to have to try these! YUM. I’ve never tried making bagels at hime, but the flavors in these makes me want to! 😉
WE LOVE making homemade bagels! This variation sounds DELICIOUS! I’ll have to give it a try!
These are beautiful bagels! Please link up to Foodie Friday Don’t forget to leave me a comment too!
I made these tonight and they were delicious! I got about ten from this recipe when. I measured out the dough to 2.7 ounces as suggested. I made a slight change to it, I used 1tablespoon of baking soda along with the sugar when the water came to a boil and I didn’t brush the egg white and water on. The bagels were so chewy and delicious! Such a nice balance of cranberry to orange, I thought. Thank you for the recipe, this one is a keeper.
Hi Adrienne,
I’m so glad you liked them. Cranberry and Orange is my favorite combo. 🙂
This is a great recipe made them and took them to my daughters last visit. Everyone loved them.
Hi Lisa,
Yay! I’m glad everyone liked them. They’re my favorite! 🙂
I just made these. They are amazing! So tender. And the cranberry gives them the perfect pop of sweet. Great recipe.
Ohhh….Pam those bagels are my favorite. I haven’t made them in a long time. I think I might make them this week. Thanks for the reminder! 🙂
can you use fresh cranberries in place of dried>
Hi Carol, Using fresh cranberries will create juicy spots in the bagels and are sour compared to dried. I think I would use dried cranberries but the choice is up to you. 🙂
Thank you- they turned out great!
That’s awesome Maggie!?
This will be a long post! I’ve always wanted to make bagels but thought they would be complicated and time consuming. These are neither. Now cranberry orange is my favorite combination. I had frozen berries but no orange. I had leftover yeast from Easter that I didn’t want sitting around. So made the recipe without either cranberries or orange. I discovered seriously delicious plain bagels that you could easily adapt with yes, cranberry and orange, and I’m thinking chocolate chips, blueberries, dusting the tops with poppy or sesame seeds. Your imagination is your only limitation I think. Anyway hot/warm bagels out of the oven with butter (or I made maple cinnamon cream cheese) was heavenly. Thank you thank you. These will be made often on saturdays and sundays
Hi Nancy, That’s amazing! I’m glad you took the chance and discovered how easy making fresh bagels can be. ENJOY!
I’ve made these a few times. They are so yummy! I make my own orange spread by whipping cream cheese with orange zest and juice.
Oh…that sounds delicious Val!