Even an amateur baker can create a lot of great foods at home.
During the height of the pandemic, for example, many people found someserious sourdough-making abilitieshad been dormant within.
Cakes and muffins andbrownies?
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Anyone who can follow a recipe can handle those.
And even a tasty pizza dough can be quite easy to master if you have a bit of patience.
Bagels are another thing.
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Use the wrong flour and you get chewy lumps.
Boil the bagels for too long and they’re tough, too little and they’re mush.
So stick with the sourdough and cupcakes andleave the bagels to these seven restaurant chains.
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And there are more than a half dozen states with more than 100 Paneras.
While the spread choices at Panera aren’t that exciting, the bagels themselves really are quite good.
I always have them when I go there."
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What’s driving the growth?
Why, good bagels, of course.
In fact, we found somefood writers fromForbeswho went ahead and conducted such a testand Dunkin' lost.
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But where to go once there?
Well, literally hundreds of great places, frankly.
You’ll also find a lot ofsandwich options, pastries, and more.
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Speaking of spread, try the crazy ones like Candied Salmon or Strawberry Mint.
Those will go amazingly well on any of the seven types of bagels Call Your Mother offers.
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