Why do bagels have a hole in the middle?
by 
lady fuschia
ANSWERS: 8
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So that I can pleasure myself with it. LOL J-joking
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Because they get boiled before being baked and the hole in the middle makes it possible to cook them very evenly. If they were solid with no hole, the centers wouldn't be able to get cooked the same as the outer part.
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Because bagels are usually spit-roasted before being glazed. In order to glaze them evenly, they need to be rotated. Therefore bagels don't have holes anymore.
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So you can put the bagel on your finger and simply spin to eat! Mmm, talk about good finger food!
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The same reason you have a bellybutton. They just do.
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For lonely, lonely nights.
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I'm guessing its so that they get done in the middle. Bagels are boiled first and then baked. I'm guessing that the boiling water couldn't get close enough to the middle to cook it if it were a solid loaf. I don't think it is in either cooking vessel for long. It is briefly boiled to produce the chewy outside, and then it is baked long enough to brown it.
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Because the hole isn't on the outside!!
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