Ingredients CardNew York Bagels12 bagels · about 1.5 kg Sponge 1 tspinstant yeast4 cupsunbleached high-gluten flour2 ½ cupswater, at room temperature Dough ½ tspinstant yeast3 ¾ cupsunbleached high-gluten flour2 ¾ tspsalt2 tspmalt 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