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			Panera Bread Cranberry Walnut Bagel By Todd Wilbur Recipe Type: Bread Calories: 330 Cook Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Recipe Rating: 3.8 (4 reviews)

	I found that the best way to get the cranberry flavor and light pink color into this clone of the seasonal bagel from one of America's fastest growing bread chains is to use concentrated cranberry juice found in the frozen food section of your market. First, thaw the juice, then shake the canister before you open it. After you've measured out the 3 tablespoons you'll need for this recipe, make the rest of the concentrate into juice and sip it with your freshly baked bagel clones. The most important step for commercial-quality chewy bagels is certainly no secret: A thorough kneading process. Make sure you knead the dough for at least 10 minutes to form a tough gluten framework. When you're forming your bagels and they start to stick to your fingers, add a little flour. It's okay if the bagels end up dusted with flour as they rise since any excess will wash off when boiling the bagels in the water solution. This final step before baking is called "kettling," and it is what gives bagels their shiny crust. Source: "Top Secret Recipes Unlocked" by Todd Wilbur.
	1 cup warm water 1 teaspoon active dry yeast ...

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Ross   Submitted on 12/08/07 I added an extra 1/4 cup of flour to this recipe and even then it was still too much like batter. I used a doughhook on a mixer. The recipe called for a total of 2 3/4 cups flour (2.5 + 0.25)and 1 Cup of water. The Joy of Cooking cookbook calls for 3 3/4 flour and 1 Cup of scalded milk. The ratios of liquid to flour between these 2 recipes greatly disagree. I think that perhaps you meant to write 3.5 cups instead of 2.5 cups of flour with another .25 for kneading as required. DeNise   Submitted on 12/03/07 I thought these were great, I made them twice in two days. The first time I chopped up the cranberries and walnuts too fine. The second time I only halved the cranberries. I use a bread machine to mix and I think it makes them smaller. I also used 6T of the cranberry jc. then 2nd time. These were perfect and wonderful!! Well worth the time. I will make them often! Kathy   Submitted on 11/29/07 excellent Sarah Kay   Submitted on 11/29/07 This is a wonderful bagel!