Baked right in a cocotte, these Pumpkin Bagels are perfect for single servings, sprinkled with lots of cinnamon sugar, and perfect for fall.
These Pumpkin Bagels are as cute as they are delicious — shaped like little pumpkins and baked right in individual cocottes for the perfect single serving. The dough is lightly spiced and subtly sweet, with that cozy pumpkin flavor that makes fall mornings feel special. Once baked, they’re golden on the outside, soft and chewy inside, and almost too adorable to eat.
Serve them warm with a whipped cinnamon sugar cream cheese that melts slightly into every bite. It’s the perfect sweet touch to balance the gentle pumpkin flavor. Whether you’re making them for a festive Halloween breakfast or a cozy autumn brunch, these mini pumpkin bagels bring all the fall vibes in the most charming way possible.
Make it Mini with Le Creuset
Make it Mini is an ongoing series with Le Creuset where we reimagine recipes using their mini cocottes. The series has been going on for 2+ years now, and we’ve really created quite an arsenal of recipes. So if you just got a new mini cocotte are looking for what to make, there are several fun, seasonal and delicious recipes to choose from.
Cocotte Pumpkin Bagels
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale
- Kitchen twine
Ingredients
The bagel dough:
- 250g bread flour
- 100g warm water
- 50g pumpkin puree
- 3g sugar
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp instant yeast
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1 tsp honey
Cream cheese:
- Whipped or regular cream cheese
- A drizzle of maple syrup
- Cinnamon sugar
The rest:
- Cinnamon sugar
- 1 tbsp honey for boiling
- Cinnamon sticks
- Olive oil
Instructions
- Make bagel dough: Whisk yeast, warm water and brown sugar in a bowl. Let sit while you prepare the rest of the bagel dough ingredients.
- Whisk together pumpkin puree and honey until combined.
- In the base of a stand mixer, combine flour, spices and salt. Once combined, add in yeast mix and the pumpkin puree. Mix with the dough hook on low-medium speed until the dough comes together. This can take 3-5 minutes, depending on how absorbent your flour is.
- Once the dough no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl, increase the speed to medium and knead for 3 minutes until it's smooth, elastic, and slightly tacky to the touch. It shouldn't be sticky. If the dough seems wet or sticks to your hands, briefly knead in an additional tablespoon of flour.
- Shape the dough into a ball, and let it rest in a lightly greased bowl, covered, in a warm spot for 1 hour. The dough should just about double in size.
- Make bagels: Preheat oven to 425°F. In a small bowl, coat twine in olive oil.
- Punch down the dough and divide it into 4 equal pieces, or 2 for larger bagels.
- Roll each piece into a ball. Place the bagel in the center of the twine and bring the ends up. Cross the twine over the top of the bagel, turn twine to intersect and bring it down on the opposite side. Repeat, rotating the bagel and crossing the twine around it, as if you’re creating 8 pumpkin segments. Tie the ends securely but not too tight, as the dough will expand during boiling.
- Place the shaped bagels on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and cover with a clean dish cloth. Let them rest for 30 minutes.
- Boil Bagels: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the honey to boiling water. Carefully place bagels in boiling water, 2-3 at a time. Boil each side for 1 minute.
- Remove the bagels with a slotted spoon and place them in pumpkin mini. Dust with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake bagels: Bake the bagels in the cocottes for 20-25 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
- Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes. Use kitchen sheers to cut off twine. Insert cinnamon stick sticks to make pumpkins stems.
- Serve: Make cream cheese by combining cream cheese, syrup and cinnamon sugar until smooth. Slice bagel and spread cream cheese in the middle. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Once you’ve shaped the bagels, place them on a parchment-lined sheet pan, freeze until solid, then transfer to a freezer bag.
- When ready to bake, let them thaw and finish their rise in the fridge overnight (or at room temp for a few hours) before boiling and baking. This is a good option if you want “fresh-baked” bagels later.
- You can boil, then flash-freeze the bagels before baking.
- Thaw and bake straight from frozen — they’ll bake up just like fresh.
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