Trader Joe’s Plain Bagels are really good bagels, made for us using quality ingredients and without the use of artificial preservatives or dough conditioners. The secret to their bagel excellency is their baking process. First, the dough is proofed in high humidity and then set out to slowly ferment, which brings out all of the dough’s delicious, subtle flavors. Next, the bagels are steamed to lock in that chewy center and create that perfect “skin.” Finally, they’re off to the oven to be baked until they’ve acquired that perfect, golden-brown bagel crust. Toast your Bagel and butter it up with our salted Cultured Butter. Or, if you prefer, slather it with Cream Cheese and sprinkle it with cinnamon and sugar. Your Bagel is a blank canvas; let your carbohydrate-saturated imagination run wild.