Ingredients CardNew York Bagels24 bagels · about 3.1 kg Sponge 2 tspinstant yeast8 cupsunbleached high-gluten flour5 cupswater, at room temperature Dough 1 tspinstant yeast7 ½ cupsunbleached high-gluten flour1 ¾ tbspsalt1 ⅓ tbspmalt powder Shaping and Overnight Retard spray oil, to taste Boiling and Baking sesame seeds, to tastepoppy seeds, to tastekosher salt, to taste1 tbspbaking soda2 to 3 tbspbarley malt syrup, for the watercornmeal or semolina, for dusting, to taste