It's easier than you think to make homemade bagels, and by adding layers of colored dough you can create a rainbow bagel. This bagel recipe can be used for any other bagel flavor.
Place warm water, 1 tsp sugar and yeast in your mixing bowl
Let bloom 5-10 mins
Add the rest of the sugar, salt, and ½ the flour
Add the food color mix until the color is even - adding the color here will help with a pure even color
Add the rest of the flour ½ C at a time, giving time to mix in the flour each time
Add flour until it cleans the side of the mixer Knead until the dough is has great bounce and stretch
Grease a bowl and place the dough inside, rolling the dough around to get it covered in the oil
refrigerate or freeze (to slow the rise) while you make all the other colors
repeat the above steps for each color you want to make - I recommend 4-6 colors
Assembling The Rainbow Bagels
Once all the colors are done bring the bowls out and let rise until doubled in size
Knock back the dough and stretch out to a rectangle, placing on parchment paper
Repeat, layering each color
Cut in half and layer again so you have double the colors
Cut a slice, then cut a strip
Roll about 1 inch thick, twist and wrap around your hand, letting the dough overlap about 2 inches,
roll again across the overlap to seal and place on a tray with parchment paper
let rise 20 mins until poofy
Preheat the oven to 375
Bring water to a boil and boil each bagel about 1 mins – the boil gives the crust the chewable quality and shine
Place on baking tray with parchment paper
Bake 20-25 mins - they will be slightly golden on the top
Birthday cake funfetti cream cheese spread
beat the cream cheese and cake mix, add milk as needed for texture, fold in the sprinkles
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Notes
NOTE - if you make a full batch of 6 colors that will be around 72 bagels - if that's too many for you you can if you make a half batch of each color and or do less colors.Also once they ar cool you can freeze them to enjoy later. Reminder fresh homemade bagels will grow mold faster than store bought bagels.