Lindsay's Einstein Bagels

Lindsay’s Einstein Bagels

Ingredients:

2 cups warm water

1 TBSP yeast

3 TBSP light corn syrup

1 ½ TBSP molasses

1 tsp oil

2 tsp salt

5 cups bread flour (plus about 1 cup for kneading)

2 TBSP sugar (for water bath

Cornmeal (for dusting)

Directions:

Combine water and yeast.  Let sit until yeast is dissolved.  Add corn syrup, molasses, oil, and salt.  Mix thoroughly.  Add flour one cup at a time.  Knead the dough, while working in remaining reserved flour until right consistency (about 6 min).  Cover and let rise for 40 min or until double.