Easy Seeded Wholemeal Spelt Bagels in Donut Pan

vegan, low gluten
Easy Seeded Wholemeal Spelt Bagels in Donut Pan

Easy Seeded Wholemeal Spelt Bagels in Donut Pan

I don’t think there is a huge bagel culture in Australia but I remember them being a massive breakfast staple when I visited the USA and also remember really cute bagel sandwich stations throughout Europe, in particular the UK. I really love bagels because I grew up loving toast with cream cheese for breakfast. A bagel is pretty much the same thing but just makes me feel a little more special. To date the only bagels I have found in Australia have been really bad ones from the supermarkets, the ones with a list of a hundred ingredients that I would not voluntarily put in my mouth. There are also these really disgusting blueberry bagels that are actually blue in colour and look mouldy. I am sure lots of people have found healthier bagels in Australia, particularly in larger cities like Melbourne or Sydney but so far the supermarket ones are all that I have come across. So I have been looking for a bagel recipe that is wholesome, healthy and vegan for a very long time.

I was quite overwhelmed by how complicated bagels are to make. They usually involve boiling before baking and all sorts of other weird stuff, not to mention it was hard to find a recipe that didn’t use white flour. I really am a simple baker. Out of all the types of cooking there is baking is the one that stresses me out the most. I could not find even one recipe that was easy enough for me to try and replicate so I never ended up trying.  I don’t know how but somehow I convinced myself that making a bagel in a large donut tray would be easy and one day I decided I would try to adapt my simple wholemeal spelt bread recipe and turn it into a bagel. The trick really is the donut tray, which is why I had to add it in the title. Baked donuts/donut trays were trending for a while but I never got onto the baked donut bandwagon because I actually hate donuts and never had a desire to make them. I am no where near advanced enough to shape bagels traditionally. The bagel shaping bit was probably the bit that freaked me out the most, so if you do not have a donut tray do not even attempt this recipe. You also need the large donut trays as most donut trays make small donuts that would be too small for bagels.

As you can tell from the rest of my blog my flour of choice for baking is usually wholemeal spelt flour. I find it quite forgiving, it is low in gluten and full of nutrients. Its also no where near as bitter to the taste as whole wheat flour so I find that I can use it without having to add in a white flour. I have tried a few wholemeal spelt flour varieties though and have come across some that were a little too course. Try and get a finely milled whole spelt flour if possible as the results always turn out better! I was shocked that it worked so well and now am very proud that I can contribute a wholesome EASY home made bagel recipe to the internet. Because the bagels are 100% whole spelt they are a little dense and very filling but they hold their shape quite well, can easily be sliced in half without falling to bits and toast up quite well in the toaster too! I also have a really easy almond cream cheese recipe to go along with the bagels which is even more authentic ( and easier) than the cashew cream cheese recipe I put up on my blog a while ago. I will add the link to the cream cheese recipe in this post once I have uploaded it to the blog.

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Easy Seeded Wholemeal Spelt Bagels in Donut Pan
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Hazel & Cacao:
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 2 cups wholemeal spelt flour
  • ½ TBSP active dry yeast
  • 1½ TBSP extra virgin olive oil ( or oil of choice)
  • ¾ tsp sea salt
  • ½ TBSP coconut sugar
  • ½ cup water ( approximately)
  • soy milk or other plant milk for brushing
  • sprinkle of mixed seeds of choice ( I used sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, black and white sesame seeds and poppy seeds)
Method
  1. In a large bowl add in all the ingredients except for the water, soy milk and seeds and mix together.
  2. Slowly add in your water a little bit at a time . Keep mixing until a dough consistency forms. You may not need all the water. If it gets too sloppy just add some more flour until the dough becomes easy to knead. If it is too try just add a little more water. The amount of water differs depending on how course your spelt four is.
  3. Knead for about 5 minutes
  4. Lightly grease your large donut tray with a little olive oil
  5. Break off bits of dough and roll into sausage shapes with your hands
  6. Curve the sausage shaped dough in your donut mould and pinch together to create a bagel shaped circle. Flatten the dough with your fingers until it fits snuggly in the moulds
  7. Brush the bagels with a little soy milk and and sprinkle on desired seeds/ toppings
  8. Leave to rest covered with a tea towel for 20 minutes. The dough should rise to about double the size during this time.
  9. Bake in the oven at 200 C for about 25 - 30 minutes. Test with a toothpick to check if cooked all the way through. If the toothpick comes out clean the bagels are ready!
  10. Allow to cool before slicing in half.
Talida

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There are 6 comments on this post
  1. May 16, 2017, 7:45 pm

    Hello Talida,
    I also try it in my home and my boyfriend like it. Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe.
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    • Talida
      May 16, 2017, 8:21 pm

      That was quick! So glad you liked the recipe and that it worked out well 🙂

  2. Enya
    May 16, 2017, 11:41 pm

    I’ve been looking for a recipe like this for aaaages! Most of the ones I’ve come across are so complicated and I just can’t bring myself to try them ^^
    So thank you, will definitely make these next week 🙂
    How long can I store them by the way?

    • Talida
      May 17, 2017, 7:43 am

      Yay! I went looking for ages too! We actually finished ours in 2 days so I am not sure how long they will keep. I think you will get at least a week out of them but by the second – third day they need to be toasted in my opinion.

  3. May 18, 2017, 9:23 pm

    I have to try this recipe out soon! Such a cute and easy idea to make bagels in donut pans.

    • Talida
      May 19, 2017, 10:26 am

      Was a little scared that it wouldn’t work out since I don’t bake very often but it turned out so good! was so excited about it!

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