Hi Steve,
Making homemade bagels is absolutely fabulous!
First off, you need a REAL recipe. The best one I have ever used is
by Peter Reinhart from his book *"The Bread Baker's Apprentice."
I make recipe often, only I made it 100% whole-grain. You can see my
variation of Peter's recipe on my blog (address below) and scroll
down to the bagel recipe.
And no, molasses isn't quite the same as malt.It is a passable
substitute, but if you really want bagel flavor, use the malt (I use
Eden organic malt syrup).
~~In Messiah Yeshua,
Vickilynn Haycraft
Micah 6:8
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