Dates Bagels or Ka’ak is one of my favorite recipes as it takes me back to my fond childhood memories. It is very famous in the Middle East region. These bagels are quite easy to make yet they are super yummy.
You can bake those during Ramadan and have them as a light snack.
To know how to make these bagels please watch the video:
Ingredients:
- 500 grams AP flour
- 200 ml lukewarm milk
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 60 grams melted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp instant dried yeast
- 1 tsp ground aniseeds
- 300 grams dates paste
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp ground aniseeds
- 1 tsp ground fennel seeds
Tips:
- Dates paste can be purchased ready at Middle Eastern stores or you can make your own at home by deseeding dates and then ground them in a food process.
- You can replace olive oil with any other oil or even melted butter or ghee.
- When kneading the dough make sure to do that for 10-15 mins. You want the dough to become elastic and smooth.
- Leave the dough to rise in a warm place until it doubles in size between 1-2 hours.
- Make sure you oil the surface and the rolling pin before working with the dough so as it won’t stick.
- You make the bagels as shown int he video and making sure that the ring is wide enough as it will still rise and close down a bit.
- Leave the bagels to rest for 1 hour.
- Brush the surface of bagels with milk or egg wash if you want a shinier finish.
- Bake the bagels in a preheated oven at 180C for 15-20 mins or until golden.
