Bagel Porn

Last time I posted about bagels, I think I sufficiently described my love for a good bagel. I've taken to making my coworkers very happy since then by making bagels (mostly) weekly. Usually I make a variety, but this week I went for fennel and sea salt; I had made this as one of the varieties before, but it was just one bagel and it went straight into my belly. Sharing was in order.

There was only one mistake to rectify; I didn't put the fennel seed in at night, but rather worked it into the dough during shaping and added a bunch to the boiling solution. It didn't really infuse the bagel as much as I would have liked. Adding it before the cold fermentation would have made every bite a fennel floral instead of just those that contained a seed. Anyway, won't share the recipe/instructions/etc, so the only thing left is some bagel porn.