2pink lady or granny smith apples peeled & chopped
2tsplemon juice
½cupwater
1 ½tbspgranulated sugar
1 ½tbspbrown sugar
½tspcinnamon
APPLE CRUMB TOPPING
¼cupgranulated sugar
¼cupbrown sugar
1tbspcinnamon
1cupall purpose flour
6tbspbutter chilled & cubed
VANILLA SCHMEAR
8ozcream cheese softened
1tspvanilla extract
3tbspbrown sugar
2tbspmilk
BLUEBERRY SCHMEAR
4ozvanilla schmear
1 ½cupblueberries
3tbspsugar
1tsplemon juice
Instructions
VANILLA SCHMEAR
Whip all ingredients together until smooth. Chill until using.
BLUEBERRY SCHMEAR
In a small saucepan, cook fresh blueberries with sugar and lemon juice. Bring jam to a boil and let it simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool before mixing into vanilla schmear.
Mix half of the vanilla schmear with 2 or 3 tbsps of the chilled blueberry jam. Store in the fridge.
APPLE PIE FILLING
Soak apple pieces in water and lemon juice for 5 minutes and drain.
Mix apples, sugars, and cinnamon. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
APPLE CRUMB TOPPING
Mix dry ingredients together and cut in chilled butter cubes. Store in the refrigerator until making the bagels.
BAGEL DOUGH
In a mixer bowl, add water, yeast and sugar.
Add in flour and salt. Mix on low with a dough hook for 5 minutes or until the dough comes together.
Turn speed up to medium and let run for 3 minutes more.
Flour the surface and knead dough till shiny and smooth, about 6 or 7 minutes. Should be elastic when done.
Grease a medium/large bowl or container with olive oil, shape dough into a ball and place in the bowl. Cover bowl or container with plastic wrap or lid. Place in the refrigerator overnight for best flavor.
After removing the dough from the fridge, let it warm up for about an hour on the counter.
Heat poaching water in a wide pan. Add honey and baking soda.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Divide into 8 pieces and form into balls. Let sit under a cloth for 10 minutes.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Flatten a ball of dough and shape it into a rectangle, you can use your hands or a rolling pin.
Add your filling inside the rectangle and roll up dough into about a 6 inch cylinder. Pinch dough closed. Bend into a circle and twist ends together.
I did 3 apples, 3 blueberries, and 2 asiago bagels. Don’t add too much filling, you want to be able to close it.
Carefully place the bagels in the boiling poaching water. Let simmer for 1 minute, flip and cook for 1 more minute.
Place bagels on parchment and brush with an egg wash.
Garnish apple pie bagels with leftover apple filling and crumb topping. Sprinkle extra asiago on cheese filled bagels.
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Should have a golden brown color.