Garlic Herb Two Ingredient Dough Bagels recipe requires no yeast and no waiting for the dough to rise! These chewy bagels are perfect toasted with cream cheese for breakfast or fill them with meat and cheese for a sandwich at lunch.
Two ingredient bagels have become wildly popular because not only are they easy to make they are low in Weight Watchers Smart Points since plain, fat-free Greek yogurt is one of the zero points foods on the freestyle program.
When I heard about two ingredient bagels I felt a little cheated by the name because although they technically only have two ingredients, one of the ingredients is self-rising flour which is a combination of flour, baking powder, and salt and that is three ingredients.
Also, if you want to give the bagels a crustier, golden top the bagels need an egg wash as another ingredient. And of course, we all love bagels with flavor so the garlic herb seasoning brings the ingredient list up even more.
But in the end, I decided I didn’t really care about the exact number of ingredients. These delicious garlic herb bagels are so easy to make with no waiting for the dough to rise and no boiling the bagels before baking. I’m going to keep making them no matter what they are called!
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How To Make Two Ingredient Dough Bagels
Step One:
Put self-rising flour and plain, fat-free Greek yogurt in the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.
Step Two:
Mix at a low speed until combined.
Then, knead at a medium speed for about 3 minutes until a ball forms.
Step Three:
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface.
Sprinkle the top with flour, knead a couple of times, and form the dough into a ball.
Cut the dough ball into six wedges.
Step Four:
Roll the dough wedges into long ropes.
Step Five:
Join the ends of the rope together to form a bagel shape.
Place on a parchment covered baking sheet.
If you want to make two ingredient bagels, this is where you would stop and bake the bagels. But if you want them to be garlic herb bagels, continue to step six.
Step Six:
Brush the bagels with a beaten egg white.
Step Seven:
Sprinkle the bagels with garlic herb seasoning.
Step Eight:
Bake at 475° for 12-14 minutes until golden brown.
Slice the still warm bagels in half and spread with cream cheese. Or allow the garlic herb bagels to cool. Then, slice and toast before spreading with cream cheese.
Two Ingredient Dough Bagels Recipe Tips and FAQs
1) How can I make self-rising flour?
For one cup of self-rising flour, whisk together one cup of all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
2) What brand of plain Greek yogurt should I use? Use whatever kind is available at your local grocery store. I’ve made two ingredient dough with Fage, Oikos, and the store brand and haven’t noticed a difference.
3) Do you have to use plain, fat-free, Greek yogurt? No, you can use fat-free, full fat, 2% or 5%. For the sake of these two ingredient dough recipes, I used the fat-free kind.
4) My dough is too sticky. What should I do? Knead in a little more flour at a time until it is workable.
5) Can I make these two ingredient dough bagels without a stand mixer? Yes! Stir the self-rising flour and Greek yogurt together until combined. Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth.
6) I don’t have a dough hook for my mixer. How can I make the garlic herb two ingredient bagels dough? Use the paddle attachment on your mixer to combine the self-rising flour and Greek yogurt. Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth.
7) What other seasonings/toppings would you suggest? Try my recipe for everything bagel seasoning, or use garlic and rosemary, parmesan cheese, asiago cheese, onion flakes, poppy seeds, or cinnamon sugar.
8) How many Weight Watchers Smart Points are these bagels (without the cream cheese of course)? I don’t have a Weight Watchers calculator but from what I’ve read online if you make six bagels from the two ingredient dough (like this recipe does) they are 2 smart points each.
Garlic Herb Two Ingredient Dough Bagels
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 2 tablespoon self-rising flour
- 1 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
- 1 egg white beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoon garlic herb seasoning
Instructions
- Put one cup plus two tablespoons of self-rising flour and plain, fat-free Greek yogurt in the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.
- Mix at a low speed until combined. Then, knead at a medium speed for about 3 minutes until a ball forms.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Sprinkle the top with flour, knead a couple of times, and form the dough into a ball. Cut the dough ball into six wedges.
- Roll the dough wedges into long ropes. Join the ends of the rope together to form a bagel shape and pinch the ends together. Place on a parchment covered baking sheet.
- If you want to stop at only two ingredients, skip the next two steps and go directly to baking the bagels.
- Brush the bagels with a beaten egg white.
- Sprinkle the bagels with garlic herb seasoning.
- Bake at 475˚F for 12-14 minutes until golden brown.
Dawn says
My bagels did not bake through to the inside They were cooled completely before cut open but we’re still gummy and very SOUR tasting. Why? Does old baking powder make it not rise and be gummy and or make it sour?
Tonia says
Since baking powder is the only leavener it is essential for the dough to rise. I’m not sure what old baking powder tastes like but Greek yogurt is definitely sour. I’m wondering if your dough was maybe too wet or if you needed to bake them longer. For now, I would suggest slicing the bagels you made in half and toasting them. See if that helps finish the centers.
Kristy says
Can this be made without a stand mixer?
Tonia says
Yes I’ve made it with a hand held mixer as well as with a wooden spoon.
lily says
serving size says 1 gram, does it mean one bagel?
Tonia says
Yes, one bagel. Sorry about that! The serving size label auto-populated with that description but I’ve updated it on the backend. Thanks!
Victoria L Tracy says
Fantastic!! So easy using my dough hook.
Vanessa says
Does it work with greek style yogurt?
Sarah says
Going to try these and the pretzel bites today! Thanks for the easy comfort food recipe!
Sarah says
Going to try these and the pretzel bites today! Thanks for the easy comfort food recipe!
Val says
How long do the made bagels and naan keep for? can I keep them out overnight or refridgerate?
thanks for your reply!
Tonia says
Hi Val,
They will keep for a couple of days and I store them in the fridge.
Enjoy,
Tonia
Therese Costeniuc says
Made these today finally and OMG they are so delicious! The dough was a little stickier than I expected but the extra flour on the board helped. These will definitely be made regularly around here. Thanks!
Therese Costeniuc says
Made these today finally and OMG they are so delicious! The dough was a little stickier than I expected but the extra flour on the board helped. These will definitely be made regularly around here. Thanks!
Michele Bartlett says
I made mine with King Arthur Gluten Free Baking Blend I had to slowly add more flour as they ate more sticky, I floured my hands to roll. They canme out really well. I already had Everything But The Bagel season from Trader Joe’s. Thanks
Michele Bartlett says
I made mine with King Arthur Gluten Free Baking Blend I had to slowly add more flour as they ate more sticky, I floured my hands to roll. They canme out really well. I already had Everything But The Bagel season from Trader Joe’s. Thanks
Marisela Estenoz says
I’m currently doing weight watchers and do have the calculator; however, the nutritional information is missing the saturated fat, sugars, and protein in order for me to be able to accurately calculate the points. Can you please provide this information? Many thanks!!!
Tonia says
Hello Marisela,
The protein is listed above as 6 grams but the saturated fat and sugars aren’t showing up because they are both zero.
Enjoy!
~Tonia
Ushmana Rai says
It may not be just two ingredients but these bagels are worth it!
Without yeast, I never knew there was self-rising flour existing until now.
Thank you for the wonderful tips, I think I would make mine with rosemary and parmesan cheese!
Ushmana Rai says
It may not be just two ingredients but these bagels are worth it!
Without yeast, I never knew there was self-rising flour existing until now.
Thank you for the wonderful tips, I think I would make mine with rosemary and parmesan cheese!