On 3/29/2012 1:47 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:54:10 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 3/27/2012 1:19 PM, sf wrote:
>>>
>>> In honor of the bagel thread and the fact that I'm making bagels today
>>> and don't have lye, nor do I want to buy any... I'm making washing
>>> soda out of baking soda, but I'm not sure how long to bake it or what
>>> it's supposed to look like when it's "done".
>>
>> What do you think about making bagels out of plain old AP flour? Thanks.
>
> I'm fine with that. I ended up making pretzels though. Did the water
> bath and something went wrong. The first batch was fine but the next
> batch was a water logged mess. We trouble shot it over in rfc on FB
> and concluded that I needed to let them sit long enough to form a skin
> before I let them soak in the hot tub.
>

Thanks for the info. Sounds like the water bath part might be tricky.