Dunkin’ Everything Bagel

Name: Dunkin' Everything Bagel
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups bread flour; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast; 1 1/4 cups warm water; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds; 1 tablespoon poppy seeds; 1 tablespoon dried minced garlic; 1 tablespoon dried minced onion; 1 teaspoon coarse flaky salt; 1 tablespoon honey (for the boiling water)

Prep time: 25 minutes (plus 1 hour rising) Cook time: 20 minutes Servings: 8 bagels

A Dunkin’ Everything Bagel is the go-to order for millions of people every morning. It’s a dense, chewy bagel absolutely loaded with everything seasoning — sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried garlic, dried onion, and salt — toasted and slathered with cream cheese. It’s simple, it’s satisfying, and it’s a perfect breakfast vehicle.

Homemade bagels are one of those things that sound intimidating but are actually straightforward. The boiling step is what separates a real bagel from bread shaped like a donut. It gelatinizes the starch on the surface, creating that dense, chewy crust that defines a proper bagel.

Why Make It at Home?

An everything bagel at Dunkin’ costs about $1.89 (just the bagel) or $3.49 with cream cheese. This recipe makes 8 bagels for about $2.00 in ingredients. They also taste significantly better fresh — Dunkin’ bagels are often par-baked from frozen, while yours will be baked from scratch.

Tips & Variations

Bread flour, not all-purpose. The higher protein content in bread flour gives bagels their signature chewy texture. All-purpose will work in a pinch but the result will be softer.
The dough should be stiff. If it feels like normal bread dough, it’s too wet. Bagel dough is deliberately dry and tough to knead. That’s normal.
Don’t skip the boil. Boiling is what makes a bagel a bagel. It creates the dense, chewy exterior that you can’t get from baking alone.
Make the hole bigger than you think. The dough springs back significantly during boiling and baking. A 2-inch hole will shrink to about 1 inch.

More Dunkin’ Copycat Recipes

Dunkin’ Bacon Egg & Cheese — the classic fast-food breakfast sandwich; a fresh everything bagel is the best carrier for it.
Dunkin’ Glazed Donuts — a completely different baking project from the same brand; light and pillowy versus dense and chewy.
Dunkin’ Munchkins — bite-size glazed donut holes; a crowd-pleaser alongside coffee and a bagel spread.

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Dunkin' Everything Bagel