Not gonna lie, I almost forgot about my own bake-along 🤭🤣 it's been eventful around here the past few days! That being said I'll have to yeast em to catch up 🤭 This is our thread to chat and share our progress along the way! Can't wait to bake with you guys!!

I just remembered from a while back that I said I'd put together this recipe😅 so I spent my morning typing it up for you guys! Perfect timing for the weekend! These are seriously the best pancakes you'll ever eat🤤 ⚠️The recipe currently only uses dehydrated starter! But I will update it soon to have a fresh starter option! I'll comment below on this post once I update it! Check it out here 🥞👉🏼 https://crumbtablecollection.lovable.app/?recipe=fa6ac016-5add-4683-85e2-6297b5f21868

Tomorrow is our first Bagel Bake-Along out if 2🤪 This will be our thread to chat as we bake🌾 For funsies, let's look at some bagel fun facts & history😊⤵️ 🥯The Origins of the word itself: The word “bagel” comes from the Yiddish word beygl, which is derived from the German beugel, meaning “ring” or “bracelet.” 🥯 A real bagel has standards: High-gluten flour. Yeast. Salt. Water. Malt. That’s it. It’s boiled, then baked until rich caramel brown — not pale and blond. Traditionally it weighed three ounces (later up to five), crackled slightly when bitten, and was meant to be eaten warm and within hours. According to tradition, the bagels we're about to embark on are not the "OG" 🤭 but you can easily adjust them to be! (Note for the OG recipe is on the recipe page!👉🏼 https://crumbtablecollection.lovable.app/?recipe=07355605-b745-4d50-a34b-8fe5ffa1b88b) 🥯 The Jan Sobieski story? Just a story: There’s a popular legend that the first bagel was made in honor of Jan III Sobieski after the Battle of Vienna in 1683. But according to Maria Balinska, that’s myth. The first written reference to bagels in Jewish Poland actually appears in 1610 — decades earlier — in community regulations from Kraków. 🥯 They were symbolic before they were trendy: In those 1610 Kraków records, bagels were mentioned as gifts for women after childbirth. Their circular shape symbolized continuity, unity, and life. Practical and meaningful. 🥯 New York bagels were union-made: When Eastern European Jewish immigrants brought bagels to New York City, bagel-making became serious business. Bagel Bakers Local 338 formed in the early 1900s and tightly controlled production. By 1915 they controlled 36 bakeries in New York and New Jersey. The original New York bagels were hand-rolled, boiled, baked, smaller, denser, crustier, and deeply chewy. 🥯 Machines changed everything: For nearly fifty years, Local 338 dominated — until industrial bagel machines arrived in the early 1960s. After that, bagels went national. Frozen distribution and mass production turned a traditional Jewish bread into an American breakfast staple.

Picture this.. you're in action... recipe pulled up, ingredients ready to pour, but wait... how much were you supposed to add in again? *scrolls up* NO MORE SCROLLING UP!!! Now the ingredient amounts are right there in the instruction step for you! AND it updates as you scale the recipe up or down💯🫳🏼🎤 You can even check off each ingredient as you add them😲 This feature alone gives me such a sigh of relief. I'll be using my own recipe collection with such excitement 🤭🤣 I hope this blesses you guys immensely!! It only gets better from here!! Check it out for yourself 🎉👉🏼 https://share.google/3GzvMwErwla9TSwIJ

Definitely not perfect and I didnt get the rise during bulk fermenting that I thought I would but it taste so good