Panera Cinnamon Crunch Bagels

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Ingredients

• Dough
• 4 1/4 cups flour
• 2 packets dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 cup vanilla or white chocolate chips
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• Topping
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/4 cup cinnamon

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from copycatrecipeguide.com

Preparation

Step 1

This Panera Cinnamon Crunch Bagel recipe may just fool you into thinking it came straight from their bakery. These bagels make a sweet breakfast treat or anytime snack, and are made with cinnamon, sugar and vanilla chips. Bagel-making is not for the novice chef, and this is is a fairly difficult recipe.

Start the dough by mixing the yeast with 1 1/4 cups flour in a bowl.

In a small bowl, combine the water, 3 tablespoons of sugar, cinnamon, vanilla chips the salt. Add to the yeast mixture, and beat for about 3 minutes.

Use your hands to mix in more flour until the dough is somewhat stiff.

Place the dough on a floured surface, and knead for about 10 minutes until elastic.

Let sit for 20 minutes while you start a large pot of boiling water, stirring in a tablespoon of sugar.

Reduce to a simmer. Add the bagels in batches, cooking for about 7 minutes each. Flip when halfway done.

Heat oven to 425 degrees while bagels are boiling.

Combine the sugars and cinnamon for topping in a bowl.

Brush each bagel with melted butter, and top with the cinnamon and sugar mixture.