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Blueberry Bagels

★★★★★ from 20 reviews

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 These homemade Blueberry Bagels have a sweet blueberry flavor and toast up beautifully! You’ll love having fresh bagels for breakfast, and they take less than 2 hours to prepare.

These homemade Blueberry Bagels have a sweet blueberry flavor and toast up beautifully! You'll love having fresh bagels for breakfast, and they take less than 2 hours to prepare.

Blueberry bagels from your ingredient bowl to your mouth in 2 hours? It’s possible, and yes, you should most definitely spend 2 hours of your life, preferably soon, making your own bagels.

If you don’t want it to be blueberry bagels, hope on over to my recipe for asiago everything bagels. They were amazing, and also done in 2 hours. And they had cheese melted all over the top of them, and cheese + bread makes me very happy.

These homemade Blueberry Bagels have a sweet blueberry flavor and toast up beautifully! You'll love having fresh bagels for breakfast, and they take less than 2 hours to prepare.

But back to blueberry. Since I made bagels the first time, I’ve made them multiple times, mostly cause my housemates always ask for them. Something about homemade bread is just so comforting, and ripping into a bagel that just came out of the oven is an experience you need to have. Also, they only take 2 hours! And a whole bunch of it is rising time, so…why not make homemade bagels?

Let’s make Blueberry Bagels!

This recipe comes together quickly in a stand mixer. You could do it by hand, but you’ll be kneading for a while since this dough is a little drier. I recommend a machine. You combine all the ingredients, including instant yeast because no one likes to mess around with all that proofing business, and let the dough knead for a while – almost 10 minutes, adding more flour if necessary. Your dough may turn a pretty shade of purple. That’s supposed to happen.

These homemade Blueberry Bagels have a sweet blueberry flavor and toast up beautifully! You'll love having fresh bagels for breakfast, and they take less than 2 hours to prepare.

Now, let the dough rise for about 20 minutes in a warm place or if you want to make these ahead of time, stick the dough in the fridge overnight to let it rise and continue tomorrow.

After the dough has risen, divide the dough, form your bagels, and give them a little swim in some boiling water. That gives bagels their signature chew, and the longer you boil, the chewier the crust will be. After they’re boiled, sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar and send them into the oven.

These homemade Blueberry Bagels have a sweet blueberry flavor and toast up beautifully! You'll love having fresh bagels for breakfast, and they take less than 2 hours to prepare.


About 30 minutes later, you’re left with some beautiful blueberry bagels just begging to be slathered with cream cheese or butter and devoured.

Do these Blueberry Bagels freeze well?

Oh yes, they do! We had a ton of baked goods around when these were made (I went a little crazy…) so I sliced them in half, sealed in an airtight bag, and stuck them in the freezer so they stayed good.

They toasted up perfectly straight from the freezer, so these would be great to make ahead to have on hand…if they last that long.

These homemade Blueberry Bagels have a sweet blueberry flavor and toast up beautifully! You'll love having fresh bagels for breakfast, and they take less than 2 hours to prepare.

It’s homemade bagel time. You should join in, and once you try these out, let me know what you thought in the comments down below! Enjoy!

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Blueberry Bagels

★★★★★

5 from 20 reviews
  • Author: Rachel Conners
  • Prep Time: 60 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 90 minutes
  • Yield: 12 bagels 1x
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These homemade Blueberry Bagels have a sweet blueberry flavor and toast up beautifully! You’ll love having fresh bagels for breakfast, and they take less than 2 hours to prepare.

Ingredients

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  • 1¼ cups warm water (105°F to 110°F)
  • 1 (¼ oz.) packet instant dry yeast (2¼ teaspoons)
  • 5 cups bread flour
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1 large egg white

For the topping

  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoons cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Combine 2 cups bread flour, yeast, honey, salt, sugar, cinnamon and warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment. Mix on low, slowly add 2 more cups of flour.
  2. Mix on low until most of the loose flour has been worked into the dough and the dough looks shredded, about 2 minutes. Add the blueberries. Dough may get wet as they incorporate, add more flour as necessary. Increase the speed to medium low and continue mixing until the dough is stiff, smooth, and elastic, about 8 to 9 minutes more. Add more flour if necessary.
  3. Shape the dough into a ball, place it in a large oiled bowl, and turn it to coat in oil. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and let the dough rise in a warm place, until it is puffy and springs back when you poke it, about 20 minutes. It will not double in size.
  4. While the dough rises, preheat the oven to 425°F. Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium low and let simmer. Cover until you’re ready to boil the bagels. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper greased with oil or cooking spray. Place a metal rack inside of a second baking sheet and set aside.
  5. Turn the risen dough out onto a dry surface. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces, about 3 ounces each, for smaller bagels, or into 8 pieces, about 4 ounces each for larger bagels. Roll each piece into a 9-inch-long rope, lightly moisten the ends with water, overlap the ends by about 1 inch, and press to join so you’ve created a bagel. As necessary, widen the hole in the middle so it is approximately the size of a quarter. Cover the shaped bagels with a damp towel and let rest 10 minutes.
  6. After resting, stretch the dough to retain the quarter-size hole (the dough will have risen a bit) and boil the bagels, taking care not to overcrowd the pan (I could only boil 2 at a time). Make sure they have room to bob around. Cook for about 30 seconds on each side until the bagels have a shriveled look, then remove to the baking sheet with the rack in it. Adjust heat as necessary so the water stays at a simmer.
  7. Stir together the sugar and cinnamon. Once all of the bagels have been boiled, whisk together 1 tablespoon water and the egg white until evenly combined. Brush the egg white mixture onto the bagels. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the bagels.
  8. Arrange the bagels on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper about 1-inch apart and bake. You may need to do it in two rounds. Rotate the pan after 15 minutes and bake until the bagels are a deep caramel color and have formed a crust on the bottom and top, about 10 minutes more. Remove from the oven and let cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes so the interiors finish cooking and the crusts form a chewy exterior.
  • Category: Breakfast, Snack
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Keywords: blueberry bagels, homemade bagel

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  4. Rachelle says

    Rachel, these look fantastic! I’ve never made bagels because I thought they were complicated. I can see now that they are not and am going to try these. I also want to try your asaigo ones – especially since they freeze so well! Options are always good, right? :)

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  6. Abby says

    Ooh, these bagels look amazing, Rachel! I love the sweet blueberry twist… since I recently purchased quite a bit of yeast I’ll just have to give this recipe a try. :D

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  16. Jen @ Baked by an Introvert says

    These look perfect, Rachel! I love making my own bagels but have never been able to get blueberries to work for me. I have a hard time getting them to mix in the dough. Looks like I am going to have to try again, yours have made me hungry!

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    • Rachel Conners says

      Jen, I mixed them into the dough when it was barely starting to come together and let the dough hook do the work. I did need to add more flour than necessary which is mentioned in the recipe because they add a little moisture, but they turned out great :) Thanks for your kind words!

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  18. Katie says

    I love these blueberry bagels! I have never made homemade bagels but you have inspired me. Perfect comfort food for a cold morning!

    ★★★★★

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  26. Beth @ bethcakes says

    Oh gosh, I’ve been wanting to make homemade bagels for forever! I don’t know why I haven’t yet. These looks so fab! I wish I had time right now to make these for breakfast tomorrow! Pinned! :)

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  27. Mariah @ Mariah's Pleasing Plates says

    Ah homemade blueberry bagels! These are beautiful! One of these days I am gonna get the courage to whip these up! Pinning for later!

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  33. marcie says

    I’m a huge bagel fan, Rachel, and these look so good bursting with all those blueberries! I’m inspired to get in the kitchen and make some bagels very soon! :)

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  36. Melissa says

    Do you brush the egg white and water mixture before you sprinkle the cinnamon sugar? It doesnt say on your recipe. Also, were you able to fit all 8 bagels into 1 baking sheet? I had to use 2 and 1 tray had their bottom burnt when i took it put to rotate

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    • Rachel Conners says

      Hi Melissa, yes you brush the egg white on before the cinnamon sugar. Sorry about that, I updated the recipe. I was able to using a large baking sheet, but if yours are smaller I would recommend baking the two pans at separate times.

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  37. jessica says

    Do you use fresh raw blueberries or would frozen work if they’re defrosted? I’ve been tasked to make bagels for Christmas morning and want to make sure I get it right ;)

    Thanks

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    • Rachel says

      Hi Jessica. I used fresh, but you could use frozen – just note the bagels might turn blue because blueberries give off a lot of color as they defrost! Hope everyone enjoys the bagels :) happy holidays!

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  39. Jessica says

    These are AMAZING! I put everything in my bread machine on the dough/pasta setting and stopped it after the kneading finished. Thank you for the great recipe!

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  41. Joseph Turley says

    I just wanted to let you know that I made these yesterday and they turned out wonderfully! I used the recipe to make blueberry, but also just plain and plain with cinnamon on the outside. The whole family loved them and we enjoyed making them. Thanks for providing us a great recipe that we will surely use again and again.

    ★★★★★

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  42. Jenny says

    I can’t wait to try these tomorrow morning- I wonder if I could use dehydrated blueberries, just to reduce the extra moisture fresh or frozen blueberries gives off?

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  43. Steph says

    Hi there! I’m super excited to give this recipe a try! In the ingredients list for the actual bagel (not the topping), it says 1 teaspoon cinnamon. But in the instructions, I don’t see when to add that in. I’m assuming it’s along with the flour, salt, etc…but wanted to make sure!! Thanks so much.

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  44. Riko says

    Best bagel recipe ever!! I tried few different recipes but not as good as this one. Using stand mixer makes much easier, doesn’t take long (most of bread recipe need 4-5 hours) and result is as same as the photo!

    Thanks for sharing the recipe.

    ★★★★★

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  45. Sydney says

    Amazing bagels! Just as good if not BETTER than Panera! And fresh out of the oven is best! Though the next day they tasted just as good!

    ★★★★★

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  46. Halimah C says

    I JUST made these and ate one already! WOW! It’s incredible. Thank you for the recipe. I’ll DEFINITELY make these again.
    ( I used frozen blueberries since that’s all I had This morning and it still turned out delicious).

    ★★★★★

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  47. J. Geronimo says

    Can I divide this recipe so that one is with blueberry and the other half with raisin cinnamon flavor without loosing the integrity of the product?

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    • Bakerita | Rachel Conners says

      Hi J, absolutely! Just divide the dough in half by weight before adding the blueberries, halve the blueberry amount to add to half, and raisins + extra cinnamon if desired to the other half :) I recommend hydrating the raisins beforehand so they don’t suck too much moisture out of the dough. Make sure to drain and dry before adding. Enjoy!

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  48. Yvonne Shorb says

    I love the texture of these bagels….they came out great! I would like to taste the blueberry flavor more and felt like the cinnamon overpowered that. The next time I make them, I will not use cinnamon but instead a bit of lemon zest to enhance the blueberry blavor.

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