If you love bagels and cream cheese you will LOVE these bagel balls. The best part? They are a healthier version of a bagel because they are made with greek yogurt! I had quite a few people ask for the recipe when I posted it on the Gram today, so here it is! (I got the base recipe from Skinny Taste! The jalepeño cheddar inspo was from my friend Erin Hartz. Have fun playing around with different versions!)
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup non-fat greek yogurt (must be greek or it will be waaay too sticky)
- 8, 1 in. cubes cream cheese
- 1 egg white (or whole egg) beaten
- choice of toppings (everything bagel, sesame seeds, garlic flakes, onion flakes (if that’s your thing…),
- You can also mix in different ingredients to the dough. I love jalepeño/cheddar, I still want to try blueberry with frozen blueberries (another Erin Hartz idea)
- My friend Hillary said she wanted to add bacon to the cream cheese….um YUM! You could also add scallions, lox, etc. the possibilities are endless which is one thing I love about this recipe.
Directions…
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
- Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
- Add in yogurt and combine with a spatula. It will look like small crumbs. (If you are mixing in other ingredients such as jalapeño and cheddar add during this step.)
- Sprinkle your work surface with flour. and knead the dough until it is tacky (about 15 times) until the dough is sticky, but not sticking to your hands.
- Separate the dough into 8 equal balls. I put mine on parchment paper on the baking sheet. Flatten balls and place cream cheese in center. Then form it back into a bowl.
- Use a brush to add egg wash to the top of your bagel balls.
- Add toppings
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before enjoying!
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