Bagels and Danishes

For some odd reason, I feel really hurried in the kitchen since we started level II.  Considering that we're baking only 2 items today as compared to 3-5 items per day in level one, I have yet to figure out why the pace feels so different. 

From left to right - Danish with pastry cream & apricot, Danish with creamed cheese filling, Danish with almond cream and apricot. 

Danish

I frequently hear people say that bagels in New York are delicious because of the water.  I am not quite sure if I subscribe to the theory.  These are pretty good, but I must admit that I prefer the bagels from H&H on 2nd and 81st.  We saved a few bagels for breakfast in class tomorrow morning (with smoked salmon and cream cheese).

Bagels