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Dairy
Easy
40 Minutes
Diets 
It’s Motzaei Shabbat, and you’re looking to serve something warm, cheesy, and indulgent for melava malka. Move aside pizza, today Esty’s making heavenly Korean-style Cream Cheese Garlic Bagels.
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8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons sugar OR 2 tablespoons freshly chopped chives
2 tablespoons milk
1 stick butter, melted
4 cloves garlic, minced or 4 cubes Gefen Frozen Garlic
1/2 teaspoon Gefen Salt
1 and 1/2 tablespoons fresh chopped Bowery Parsley
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
4 to 6 bagels or challah rolls
Parmesan, for grating
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combine the cream cheese with sugar (or chives) and milk. Place into a piping bag or zip-top bag and set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine butter, garlic, salt, parsley and red pepper flakes, if using.
Working with one bagel at a time, slice 6 v-shaped slits along the top, making sure not to cut all the way through the bottom. Brush the butter mixture onto the top and into the slits, then squeeze the cream cheese to fill the cavities (if using a zip-top bag, snip off a corner for easy piping).
Place on a baking sheet lined with Gefen Parchment Paper, top with freshly grated parmesan, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until golden.
Photography by Adena and Co.
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yyyuuummmm!!!! this is my go to melavah malka every week and my fam loves it!
Yummmm guys my sis made this after the fast it came out so so so goodddddd try it !!!!!!!!!
We have made this many times, it’s so good. We like to prepare them fully at night, and then pop them in the Betty in the morning. Then we have delicious, easy breakfast for the school mornings! We shared it with friends, and it became a class favorite. Thanks for the recipe!
Delicious!
looks yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The bagels got really good and crunchy but the cream cheese is really sweet. Next time I make it I’m going to put in less sugar
Delicious! I love that this can be done with any bagel (we used whole wheat) and so easily with ingredients I have on hand. I used frozen parsley instead of the fresh because that’s what I had in the house.
yum!!