Mellow Bakers - Bialys

Mellow Bakers- Bialys

Like always, I wait for the last possible second to complete the different challenges I am in.  I vow that one day I will not be rushed to make a deadline and I will completely all three of the breads.  Unfortunately, this month I was only able to complete two of the three breads challenge.  My first attempt was bialys.  For those that doesn't know this type, it is a bagel except for a tougher exterior.   The bread is quite chewy and traditionally topped with onions.  This receipt comes from page 262 from the book Jeffrey Hamelman's book Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes.  The book stated that the dough starts off stiff but I was amazed how stiff it was.  I was slightly scared that I messed up the dough but I knew I had to finish the recipe.  If I made a mistake, I would be able to track down my error.  Though I did make one mistake and I did not prep the onions first.  I should have started the onion filling the day before so it would marinate nicely with the bread flour.  The onions was still a little hard for my taste.  I did opted for sweet onions but I would probably make a garlic version next time.  I have heard quite a few people stating that this was similar to a bagel but I soon realized why.  The texture was nice and chewy.  I may try to make this instead of bagels (especially with my history with bagels).  

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