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2 Ingredient Bagels – Two Ways!

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Since starting to track my food and points with the Weight Watchers app, I noticed what a difference eating bread made in my daily points intake. Now, there are two solutions to this problem. 1. Stop eating bread (which didn’t seem like a viable option to me) or 2. Find a great alternative.

Enter the 2 ingredient (and 3 WW points!) bagel. When looking for a recipe, I noticed a lot of variations with boiling / not boiling, baking/ air frying, etc. So, I decided to give them all a whirl! This was my first try at making this dough, and while I know next time I’ll tweak a few things, I definitely found an easy favorite!

Ingredients

1 cup self-rising flour

1 cup Greek yogurt OR plain nonfat regular yogurt (also 0 points) – I used Stonyfield – the less watery the better!

1 egg (for egg wash)

Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel seasoning

Amazing – this is literally all you will need to make this dough! Again, most recipes call for Greek yogurt, but since I had this on hand, I figured I would give it a try. And it worked!

Directions

  1. Mix together the self-rising flour and the yogurt. Stir it with a spoon for about 4-5 minutes until well combined and not so sticky. If it feels sticky, just add a little more flour to handle it!
  2. Form it into a ball and cut it into 4 equal parts.
  3. Roll each ball into a small log and form into bagel circles (should make 4).
  4. Create an egg wash (take one egg, whisk it and mix it with a small amount of water –this will create a nicely browned bagel).
  5. For oven:
    • Preheat to 375 degrees F.
    • Brush egg wash on bagels.
    • Pour Everything But the Bagel Seasoning on (or leave plain)
    • Baked for 20-22 minutes or until nicely browned and cooked through. Turn baking sheet halfway so bagels cook evenly.
    • Broiling a little at the end adds an even nicer crispy top!
  6. For air fryer:
    1. Set temperature to 360 degrees F.
    2. Brush egg wash on bagels.
    3. Pour Everything But the Bagel Seasoning on (or leave plain)
    4. Air fry for 10-12 minutes, or until cooked through and crispy!

NOTE: I tried boiling the bagels before baking / air frying, and it required a lot more cooking time and not as good of a texture / flavor, so in my opinion, not worth it!

The two that were not boiled turned out the best in the shortest amount of time. The ones that required boiling needed a little more time and effort. Didn’t find it to be worth it in the end!
This is the baked final product. So tasty! See below for the dough cut in half.
Inside of the baked bagel.
Air fried bagel — our favorite variation!! (not boiled before)
A bit fluffier on the inside than the baked counterpart. If you have an air fryer, these are the way to go! If not, the baked are almost as good.

Weight Watchers Freestyle SP: 3 points for one serving (about 4 servings total). Points were calculated using the Recipe Builder on the WW app.

Two Ingredient Bagels

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients:

1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup Greek or plain nonfat yogurt (not a watery brand, like Stonyfield)
1 egg (for egg wash)
Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel Seasoning

Directions:

1. Mix together the self-rising flour and the yogurt. Stir it with a spoon for about 4-5 minutes until well combined and not so sticky. If it feels sticky, just add a little more flour to handle it!

2. Form it into a ball and cut it into 4 equal parts.
Roll each ball into a small log and form into bagel circles (should make 4).

3. Create an egg wash (take one egg, whisk it and mix it with a small amount of water –this will create a nicely browned bagel).

For oven:
-Preheat to 375 degrees F.
-Brush egg wash on bagels.
-Pour Everything But the Bagel Seasoning on (or leave plain)
-Baked for 20-22 minutes or until nicely browned and cooked through. -Turn baking sheet halfway so bagels cook evenly.
-Broiling a little at the end adds an even nicer crispy top!

For air fryer:
-Set temperature to 360 degrees F.
-Brush egg wash on bagels.
-Pour Everything But the Bagel Seasoning on (or leave plain)
-Air fry for 10-12 minutes, or until cooked through and crispy!

Note: Nutrition information may not be exact. Ingredients were estimated and entered using verywellfit.com’s Nutrition Calculator.
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Tate’s™ Copycat Chocolate Chip Cookies

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One staple in my parents’ pantry in the last few years has been Tate’s ™ Chocolate Chip Cookies. Whenever I am over there, it take a lot of self control not to snack on a whole bag for dessert. The crispy, thin, buttery tasting cookie is unlike any other I’ve had before.

So I figured I would see how I could replicate it! After a little research, here’s the best I found, and they came out pretty spot on!

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup salted butter (2 sticks)

3/4 cups sugar

3/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed

1 tsp water

1 tsp vanilla

2 large eggs

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

I ate an unsafe amount of cookie dough before baking…

Directions

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2.  Grease 2-3 cookie sheets, depending on size. This recipe makes about 4.5 dozen cookies, so plan accordingly!

3.  In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt.

4.  In another large bowl, cream the butter and sugars, then add the water and vanilla.  Mix until combined.  Add eggs and mix lightly.

5.  Stir in flour mixture.  Then, fold in chocolate chips.

6.  Drop 2 tbsp of dough 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.

7.  Bake from 12-17 minutes or until the edges and centers are golden brown.

Perfectly crispy goodness!

Tate's Copycat Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • Servings: 4.5 dozen cookies
  • Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup salted butter (2 sticks)
3/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tsp water
1 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Grease 2-3 cookie sheets

3. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt

4. In another large bowl, cream the butter and sugars, then add the water and vanilla. Mix until combined. Add eggs and mix lightly.

5. Stir in flour mixture. Then, fold in chocolate chips.

6. Drop 2 tbsp of dough 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.

7. Bake from 12-17 minutes or until the edges and centers are golden brown.

Makes about 4.5 dozen cookies (my batch made 57).

Weight Watchers Freestyle SP: 4 points for one cookie (this recipe makes about 4.5 dozen cookies). Points were calculated using the Recipe Builder on the WW app.

Note: Nutrition information may not be exact. Ingredients were estimated and entered using verywellfit.com’s Nutrition Calculator.