Homemade Bagels...omg!

Living in NYC means that I've fallen in love with bagels. At least once a week I get a craving for a delicious chewy NY bagel. Today, I made bagels for the first time and now I have a freezer full of bagels ready to eat...uh oh. They are sooo good! I had a bit of hard time sealing the edge, I think it's because the dough was a little dried out in places. While you let the dough rise, you are supposed to cover the bowl with oiled plastic wrap, but I just used a towel, so the top of the dough got a little too dry. Next time they will look a little prettier, but at least I got the taste and texture down! For the seeds on top, I didn't have any fennel seeds, but I did use a combination of coarse salt, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, a couple mustard seeds, and caraway seeds. The combination is delicious! I also used bread flour for this recipe instead of all-purpose, I think it helped the bagels reach their full deliciousness potential.