October 15, 2015 - 7:15am
Keeping bagels fresh when mailing
Hello all,
I want to ship bagels and found that plastic bags soften them while in route. How can I keep the integrity of the bagel. Can someone point me in the right direction please?
Thank you in advance
Mike
Share
You could use paper bags like here. Or maybe micro-perforated plastic bags like here.
Welcome Ugly Bagel
I don't think you can keep them truly fresh, but there are some options.
First, I'm assuming this is not a commercial operation, just that you are trying to send some great local bagels to some friends that would not otherwise have them.
I suggest that it is mostly about what your friends do rather than you.
You just wrap them up in plastic bags and ship accordingly. Have your friends put them in a regular old brown paper lunch bag, run tap water over the outside of the bag and put it into a 350F oven for about 8-10 minutes.
To my experience, it is the best way to refresh baked rolls or bagels to near 'right out of the oven' quality.
They might need a minute or two out of the bag, just on the oven shelf to get close to perfect but either way, pretty good.
dobie