This weekend while the husband was off at reserves, I turned my kitchen into a bake shop and a cannery. I picked a great weekend for it too (note the sarcasm) with temperatures in the 80s both days-uncharacteristically warm for this time of year. My friend Abby came over on Saturday to help me. We had four items scheduled-pizza dough, bagels, spiced blueberry jam, and tomato sauce. We began by getting the sponge for the bagels ready. After that we quickly whipped up the pizza dough, making enough for three 12 ounce pizzas. After a quick trip to the store for some forgotten supplies and a stop at the local diner for some ice cream, we got the tomato sauce bubbling on the stove and began work on the spiced blueberry jam. A quick check on the bagel sponge showed that it had not risen at all in two hours so we put it on the back porch so that it could take advantage of the warm weather. With the tomato sauce and blueberry jam complete and canned, Abby left me to my own bagel devices. I pulled the now successfully risen sponge inside and prepared the rest of the recipe before putting it into the refrigerator to retard overnight.
Spiced Blueberry Jam and Tomato Sauce
This morning, I pulled the dough out of the refrigerator and began the boiling and baking process. I decided to make a variety of flavors including poppy, sesame, salt, everything, and cinnamon sugar. Overall, the weekend was a great success resulting in lots of tasty food.
Boiling the Bagels
Ready for the Oven
Bagels!
