These easy plain vegan bagels need just 7 ingredients to make perfect at home breakfast. Chewy, soft, and can be frozen.
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When you first hear plain vegan bagels, you may think they seem hard; however, they are insanely easy to make.
Promise.
The result is absolutely delicious and chewy, warm and soft fresh out of the oven bagels that are incredible.
You need minimal ingredients to make these easy vegan bagels and you will shock yourself at the end result that you made them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I make this gluten free?
Unfortunately at this time we don’t have a gluten free blend that we can recommend.
Top 8 Allergen Free?
Besides, gluten, this recipe is Top 8 Allergen Free. We will update the post once we have a gluten free recommendation.
Can I prep these ahead?
Yes! Once made, they will last for up to 7 days in an air tight container.
Can I freeze these vegan bagels?
Absolutely! We know that you may not be able to eat all 8 bagels right away. Once completely cooled, you can freeze these bagels in an air tight freezer container or freezer safe bag. Our recommendation is to use within 3 months.
Thaw by leaving out overnight.
What are vegan toppings that I should add?
Cream cheese is a no brainer, but obviously it’s not normally vegan. Luckily, it’s getting easier for you to find vegan cream cheese; however, you could also make our cashew based vegan cream cheese or our nut free soy free vegan cream cheese.
Other options include:
- vegan cream cheese from above with fresh fruit
- peanut butter or other nut butter with agave or fresh fruit
- mashed avocado
- breakfast sandwich – vegan sausage or bacon with vegan eggs and vegan cheese
- hummus and your favorite toppings
- vegan chicken salad
- vegan tuna salad
- pizza bagels – marinara sauce with vegan cheese and pepperoni or any other favorite pizza toppings
The possibilities are literally endless.
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Plain Vegan Bagels
Ingredients
For the bagels
- 3 ½ – 4 cups flour (we prefer bread, can use all-purpose or whole wheat – see post for details)
- 1 package instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups water
- ¼ cup vegan cane sugar
For the water bath
- 2 qt water
- ⅔ cup vegan sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together 3 ½ cups flour, sugar, yeast, and salt.
- Then, add in the water.
- Using a spatula, fold until mostly combined. Sprinkle a little more flour if needed to not be sticky and form a ball.
- Cut the ball into 8 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
- Poke a hole through the center and stretch the hole a bit to make a center (see video for visual).
- Place shaped bagel on a parchment lined baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
- Cover with a damp towel and let rise for 60 minutes
- 10 minutes before timer goes off heat water in a large pot over medium high heat. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Once boiling add in sugar and blend together until sugar has dissolved.
- Add in baking soda.
- Drop 2-3 bagels in at a time for 1 minute. Flip and cook for 1 more minute.
- Remove bagels and place back on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake bagels for 20 minutes or until golden brown on top, flipping halfway through.
- Remove from oven and let cool before slicing and eating
I very rarely ever comment on recipes but, I wish I could attach photos of the Bagels I made tonight. They turned out absolutely perfect with this recipe! I always thought bagles would be complicated. Nope. Love how simple this is, the video was helpful too, blueberry will definitely be next.
YAY! so happy that you enjoyed them!
Can you please tell me how to substitute with whole wheat flour? I have whole wheat bread flour or just regular whole wheat flour. I could not find it in your post. Thank you very much!
Hi! You could do a 1 for 1 sub. With wheat flour you may need a few extra tablespoons of water, but just do one at a time in case you don’t need much.