Keto Homemade Blueberry Bagel Recipe

This keto blueberry bagel recipe will give you soft, delicious bagels in almost no time.

Chewy with sweetness from blueberries and cheese, they’re perfect for breakfast but can be eaten any time of the day as a hefty and satisfying snack. Serve them with any of your favorite spreads like Instant Pot cream cheese and garden vegetable cream cheese for more cheesy goodness, or even this funky raspberry hot jalapeno jelly for an explosion of flavors. 

Making your own homemade bagels is easy to do. Once you master making delicious blueberry bagels at home, you will never have to get the ones you see in stores. 

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• Are Blueberry Bagels Healthy?
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• ❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔀 Substitutions
• 🌈 Variations / Options / Add-Ins
• 🥄 Equipment Needed / Helpful Tools
• 🔪 How to Make This Blueberry Bagel Recipe
• 👩‍🍳 Pro Tips
• ❓ Recipe FAQs
• 🙏 Pairing
• SAVE THIS RECIPE!
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Are Blueberry Bagels Healthy?

Yes. Blueberry bagels are good for your body because they are packed with nutrients that your body needs to work efficiently. 

Regular bagels are high in carbohydrates, which your body uses as its everyday fuel source. Plus, they have proteins, too, which play an essential part in the proper functioning and repair of the tissues and organs in your body. 

With the addition of blueberries, you’ll enjoy fiber, vitamins and mineral boost to your bagels without any added fats. Blueberries also lend some natural sweetness to the bread, practically eliminating the need to add any sugar or sweetener to make the bagel taste even better.

Also, the fruit gives the bagel its signature pretty purple color, which adds to its overall appeal.   

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Not sure if this chewy blueberry bagel recipe is worth your effort since you’ve never tried making bagels before? Here are some reasons that might convince you to make bagels at home:

• Ready in under 40 minutes. Making these bagels from scratch takes less than 40 minutes of your time. Try baking them on weekends or when you can spare some time and see how easy it is.
• Recipe yields eight bagels. With just how hefty these fresh bagels are, you and your family might not even finish eight bagels in just one meal. That means you’ll have leftover bagels for snacks or breakfast for another day. 
• Keto-friendly ingredients. Instead of all-purpose or bread flour, you’ll use almond flour to make these blueberry bagels. If you’re on a keto diet, these bagels will be a fabulous breakfast or snack option. 

Looking for more breakfast meals you can try? These apple crumble muffins are a sweet, decadent way to start your day. 

🥘 Ingredients

Here are some of the key ingredients needed to make this homemade bread:

• Almond flour: This type of flour is low in carbohydrates but high in calories, fiber and protein, making it the most widely used keto flour out there.
• Blueberries: This fruit will provide the signature color and sweet blueberry flavor to the bagels.
• Mozzarella cheese: Mozzarella will give the bagel a hint of saltiness, which plays perfectly well with the sweetness of blueberries. Use pre-shredded mozzarella cheese for the best results. 
• Cream cheese: This ingredient adds creaminess to your bagels.

See recipe card for complete list of ingredients and quantities.

🔀 Substitutions

Do you find yourself out of any of the necessary ingredients to make bagels? Here are some substitutes you can try:

• Almond flour: If you’re out of almond flour but want to keep the bagels keto-friendly, you can swap coconut flour at a 1:3 ratio since it absorbs more moisture. Use only ½ cup coconut flour since this recipe needs one and a half cups of almond flour. 

If you’re okay with non-keto alternatives, you can use bread or all-purpose flour in place of almond flour. 

• Blueberries: You will be using fresh blueberries for this recipe, but go ahead and use frozen ones if those are what you have on hand. Just make sure to thaw and let them come to room temperature first before using them. 

🌈 Variations / Options / Add-Ins

Here are some ways to make this homemade blueberry bagel recipe even more amazing:

• Make it dairy-free: You can make this recipe dairy-free by using dairy-free mozzarella cheese and dairy-free cream cheese instead of their regular counterparts.
• Top with poppy or sesame seeds: These seeds will give the bagel some crunch and deliciously earthy, nutty flavors. 
• Give it a cinnamon twist: If you love cinnamon, add some to the dough or top the bagel with cinnamon sugar to suit your taste. 
• Make it fruity or nutty: Add other berries or nuts to make this blueberry bagel even more flavorful. 

If you’re on the lookout for tasty breakfast options, try making these easy chocolate Belgian waffles that are as good as they look. 

🥄 Equipment Needed / Helpful Tools

Here are the tools you will need to use to make blueberry bagels:

• Parchment paper: You will use parchment paper to line a baking sheet so the bagel dough will not stick to it making it easier to take the bagels out of the pan.
• Baking sheet: This is what we will use for baking the bagels and for cooling them.

🔪 How to Make This Blueberry Bagel Recipe

Here are the easy ways to make this blueberry bagel recipe at home: 

Step 1: Preheat the Oven

Preheat oven to 400 F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2: Melt the Cheese

In a microwave, melt the mozzarella and cream cheese together in 30-second intervals.

Step 3: Add the Eggs

After the mozzarella and cream cheese have been melted and mixed together, incorporate the two eggs. Mix well.

Step 4: Add the Dry Ingredients

Next, add the dry ingredients (almond flour, sugar, and baking powder) and mix them using your hands until they are thoroughly combined to form a dough ball.

Step 5: Add the Blueberries

Then, slowly fold in the blueberries, being careful not to crush them.

Step 6: Shape the Bagels

Divide the dough into equal pieces and put no more than six to eight of them on a pan. Poke a hole in the center and round them out to form bagels.

Step 7: Brush With Olive Oil

Then, brush each bagel with a bit of olive oil.

Step 8: Bake the Bagels

Place in the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes. Keep an eye on the bagels starting at 10 minutes. You want them to brown and also to cook all the way through.

Step 9: Let Them Cool Down

Remove the bagels from the oven. Let them cool on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes before serving, as the blueberries will be hot. Enjoy.

👩‍🍳 Pro Tips

Here are some tips that can help you bake bagels like a pro:

• Don’t crowd the pan with too many bagels to bake them evenly. Make sure they’re not touching each other in the pan. If you’re making double or triple this recipe, you should bake a few bagels at a time. 
• Make sure to knead the dough well to make it uniform. If you’re having problems kneading because the dough is too sticky, you can put it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to make it less sticky. Or, put some oil on your hands and proceed to work with the dough. 
• You can use a food processor or stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment to knead the dough consistently and thoroughly.
• Before baking, brush the tops of the bagels with an egg wash, which is beaten egg with a little water. This gives the bagels a shiny, golden-brown crust.
• It is ideal to let the bagels cool down on a wire rack. This helps prevent the bottoms from becoming soggy.

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🙏 Pairing

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