Ah Pooh Bagels

Bagels

Ingredients:

Dough:

300g Blue Jacket bread flour

10g fine sugar

1/2 tsp instant yeast

1/2 tsp salt

190g water

10g olive oil

1/2 tsp red yeast powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

Syrup:

1000ml water

2 Tbsp fine sugar

Melted chocolate

Method: 

1.Dough: Add all ingredients into a mixing bowl fitted with a dough hook. Knead till the dough is soft & elastic. Divide into 2 portions. Knead in red yeast & turmeric powder respectively. Divide both dough into 4 portions. For each tumeric dough, remove 6g for pooh ears. Rest the dough for 10mins

2. Roll out one red yeast & turmeric dough into a rectabgle. Overlap slightly & roll dough up like a swiss roll. Press one end of the dough flat with a rolling pin. Then bring both ends together & cover the edge with pressed side. Roll the extra turmeric dough into rounds as ears. Proof for 30mins

3. Placed dough into boiling syrup for 30secs, then flip over the other side for another 30secs. Placed them back on baking tray

4. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180C for 5mins, then 140C for 10mins

5. Use melted chocolate to draw pooh’s face