One of the things that I remember most about my childhood weekend mornings were fresh baked fluffy bagels with cream cheese! I grew up in New York, so bagels there are a BIG deal! We almost always got a dozen of bagels every Saturday morning and they are the best there. I don’t know- something about the water makes the bagels huge, crispy on the outside and soft, but not doughy on the inside. Love it!
Although I cannot afford to have a bagel all the time, I do sometimes feel the need to relive those great Saturday mornings. Though D.C. does not have bagels up to the NY caliber, I found a GREAT cream cheese! I looove savory cream cheese with veggies or chives, so sweet cream cheese is not something I would normally choose. But when my boyfriend insisted that I try the apricot ginger cream cheese from Whole Foods, I was not disappointed!
The texture is creamy, sweet and dotted with crystallized ginger and dried apricot. I smoothed a thin layer of a whole wheat bagel and savored every bite. I miss you NY!
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Yum. Anything with crystallized ginger is good. I love cream cheese with lots of brown sugar and/or honey. On the savory side, I like veggie cream cheese.
Ooh that looks so good! I usually just have plain cream cheese, but I’ll have to see if my WF carries some yummy flavors.
oh how I miss NYC too
oh man, i sure do miss NY-style bagels! i try to get some when i go home to jersey, they just dont make them like that anywhere else!!! ive done some investigating and apparently the NY/NJ ones are all boiled not just baked, which makes a big difference in that outer, crispy crust. whatever it is, i love it!!!
thanks for the feedback ladies! Kate- I heard that they did boil the bagels too, its hard to believe! I miss them- booo!
If anyone ever visits Georgia, the Dekalb Farmer’s Market is the place to go for decent bagels. As a former New Yorker these definitely fill a need. Good thing I don’t live nearby as I would be in trouble keeping away from all of the wonderful breads and pastries there!