Zombie Bagels

Next up in the challenge: bagels.  As I wrote in my first post, I actually made these first.  But in the spirit of doing each recipe in order, I decided to revisit this recipe and make some more.  OK, my family made me make some more!

After the sponge stage, and the initial combining, it was time to get kneading.  This was just before the neighborhood Halloween party, so I had already started to "zombify" myself with some fake wounds.  Hey, even zombies like a good NYC style bagel.

I then shaped the dough into balls, followed by rolling the balls into snakes, and then bagel shapes.   After that, it was overnight into the refrigerator. 

In the meantime, I had a Halloween party to go to!

The next day, it was time to boil and bake.  I boiled them in a combination solution containing a tablespoon each of malt and baking soda.  I used sesame seeds (white & black) and pretzel salt as toppings.  They were served with fresh tomato, cream cheese, capers, and smoked salmon.  Once again, they were delicious!