Marcia Hassel's recipes

  Soft, chewy and oven baked as opposed to boil-and-bake, these bagels are just the thing with cream cheese or as a sandwich base. There’s something uniquely comforting about these rolls.  You can sprinkle them with Everything Topping or sugar and sesame seeds. You can also dip these into za’taar spice and serve with cold salads, such as eggplant, hummus or whipped feta.   Dough 1 ½ cups warm water 1 tablespoon instant yeast 3 tablespoons milk ¼ cup sugar 1 14 teaspoon salt ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 egg 2 cups bread flour 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour Finishing Touches Egg wash Everything topping Sesame seeds Sugar In a large mixer bowl, briskly mix together water, yeast, milk, sugar, oil egg, bread flour and most of all-purpose flour. Mix and then knead, adding in more flour as required to make a soft dough. Shape into a ball, cover and let dough rise 30-45 minutes. On a floured board, gently deflate dough and divide into 6 (for small bagel breads) or 10 (for smaller bagels), R...

  There are donuts and there are kingpin donuts – the sort of old-fashioned kind that break you at the knee because they are that good. This recipe is them sort of donuts. The dough fries into the lightest donut you’ve ever had and it’s further enlivened by diced, fresh apples and cinnamon. Then they’re dunked in a gorgeous vanilla-cream fondant. You can’t  buy stuff like this.  An electric frypan is the best tool for this recipe. I used this one from Starfrit,  https://www.starfrit.com/en/heritage-the-rock-12-34-electric-skillet-3 Donut Dough 3 cups diced, peeled apples ¼ cup warm water 2 teaspoons instant yeast ¾ cup warm milk 1/3 cup sugar ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 3 tablespoons softened unsalted butter 2 eggs 3 cups approximately, all-purpose flour Vanilla Cream Glaze 4 cups confectioners’ sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon, optional ¼-1/2 cup cream 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Oil for frying Prepare apples and set aside. In a ...