Healthy Cinnamon Raisin Bagels Recipe

Put 3 cups of flour into the bread machine pan. Pour raisins over top. Pour water over raisins.
Put the remaining flour on top and then the rest of the ingredients as per bread machine instructions.
Set the bread machine to the dough cycle and start it.
When dough cycle is complete form the dough into 15 balls. NOTE: At this point I had to knead in about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of whole wheat flour because the dough wasn't quite firm enough and my bread machine couldn't fit anymore ingredients in at the beginning!! Form into a bagel shape and poke a hole in the middle. The hole should be bigger than you want it to end up being because when the dough rises it will partially close it again.
Place on floured, parchment paper lined baking sheet for half an hour. *Trick – Place them on top of an oven that is heated to about 300 so they get some extra heat to help them rise.
Fill a large soup pot about 2/3 of the way full with water. Add the 2 Tbsp of sugar and bring to a boil on medium heat.
Preheat oven to 395F.
Put bagels in 2 or 3 at a time and boil for 30 seconds on each side.
Place on cooling rack to dry.
Put the boiled and dried bagels on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Baking Instructions

Bake at 395F for 20-25 minutes. These freeze great! Sometimes I boil only half of the batch and have the other half just baked but for 3-5 minutes more or until nicely browned. The boiled and baked bagels are better fresh but the just baked ones are better after a few days.