Bagel

The bagel (or sometimes beigel, in Poland also bajgiel, bajgel, precel, obwarzanek) is a food traditionally made of yeasted wheat dough in the form of a roughly hand-sized ring which is boiled and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior.

Related Topics:
Food - Yeast - Wheat

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It often features seeds, such as poppy or sesame, baked on the outer crust. Other flavor varieties include: salt, onion, garlic, egg, pumpernickel, cinnamon-raisin, cheese, caraway, whole wheat, multigrain, blueberry, muesli, and others, including the "everything" bagel.

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A related bread product is a bialy, which has no hole, is often onion or garlic-flavored, and is less crispy on the outside. A key ingredient is its high-gluten flour.

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Though often made with sugar, malt syrup, or honey, bagels should never be confused with doughnuts (donuts).

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New York, Montreal, and Quebec City are North America's bagel capitals.

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