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The largely requested recipe for the pumpkin-shaped bagels 🎃🥯 Makes 4 large bagels Ingredients: • 3–3¼ cups bread flour • 1 tsp salt • 1 tsp instant yeast • 1¼ cups warm water • 2 tsp sugar • 1 egg, beaten and divided in half • Orange + green gel food coloring • 2 tbsp molasses • Olive oil + butcher’s twine Mix the warm water, sugar and yeast; rest for 5–10 minutes. Add half of the beaten egg, 3 cups flour and salt. Knead, adding additional flour 1 tbsp at a time, until you can form a smooth ball. Knead in orange food coloring. Remove a small section, add green coloring and knead until evenly colored. Place both doughs in separate greased bowls, cover and rise for 1 hour. Divide the orange dough into 4 balls and rest for 15 minutes. Soak four 45-inch strands of twine in olive oil. Wrap each dough ball to create 8 pumpkin sections—don’t tie too tightly like I did or the twine will be difficult to remove! Rest for another 15 minutes. Bring a pot of water and 2 tbsp molasses to a boil. Boil each bagel for 1 minute per side, brush with the remaining beaten egg and bake at 400°F for 25–30 minutes. For the stems, roll most of the green dough into a log and cut to size. For the curly vines, wrap thin ropes of dough tightly around small foil rods. Boil normally, brush with egg wash and bake at 400°F for 10–15 minutes. Cool before removing the foil and twine. To assemble, use a straw or something similar to create a hole in the top of each pumpkin. Set the vine over the hole, then push the stem into the hole to hold the vine in place. Enjoy! @Philly Cream Cheese @King Arthur Baking @Tillamook #PumpkinBagels #HomemadeBagels #FallBaking #PumpkinShaped #BakingTok