Gingerbread Buttercream Bagels
Warming Holiday flavors such as gingerbread and dark chocolate, combined with lightly sweet St Pierre brioche, makes for a magnifique Parisian treat.
Warmly spiced gingerbread cream inside lightly sweet and soft St Pierre Brioche Bagels topped with rich dark chocolate make a delicious dessert packed full of seasonal flavors. Perfect as an afternoon treat to accompany your spiced latte, these Gingerbread Buttercream Bagels will be your go-to sweet treat this festive season.
Ingredients
- 4 St Pierre Brioche Bagels
- 7 oz salted butter, softened
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp spiced mix*
- 2.5 – 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 3.5oz dark chocolate
- 1 or 2 gingerbread biscuits, crumbled
Method
- Using an electric hand whisk or wooden spoon, beat together the softened butter, ground ginger and mixed spice, then add half the icing sugar and beat slowly until combined
- Beat in 1 tbsp hot water, then gradually add the rest of the icing sugar and beat well. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle and set aside
- Break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and melt at medium power in the microwave in 30 second bursts, stirring in between. Alternatively, place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl resting above a pan of hot but not boiling water, and stir until melted
- Dip the top halves of the bagels in the melted chocolate then sprinkle with gingerbread crumbs
- Pipe the gingerbread cream onto the bottom halves of each bagel then pop on the chocolate dipped lids
Bon appétit!
*Use a classic pumpkin pie spiced mix or simply create your own:
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground nutmeg
- ¾ teaspoon ground allspice (Jamaican pepper)
- ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
4 Brioche Bagels
Our take on a New York classic, with a touch of Parisian flair. Our Brioche Bagels are lightly sweet, golden and wonderfully soft. A French twist on an American classic and the ideal canvas for all of your favorite toppings from lox and cream cheese to bacon, egg, and cheese – our bagels will make you say “bon appétit”!
