EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local bagel shop in East Aurora is finding success kneading their own path: creating what they call a “Buffalo bagel.”
We have Buffalo pizza … and of course, Buffalo wings.
But what is a Buffalo bagel?
“Our bagels have a little more ‘oomph’ to them,” Joe White said, the owner and head baker at Dopest Dough. “You’re going to shatter through that first layer of shiny, goldy, crackly crust and then you’re going to get that really nice soft, chewy interior that you’re not going to find anywhere else I’m fairly certain.”
And that bagel starts with a little plastic container filled with a pudding-like, sticky mixture.
“The key to our success is this little 50 grams of goo,” White said.
White’s sourdough starter, which is essential to making his bagels and sourdough bread, came from his brother years ago.
“He just wanted to make some pizzas,” Joe said about where the starter came from. “He gave me a little bit, and I had no idea what to do with it.”
White is a former musician and didn’t touch the starter for years. But after surgery to both his wrists for carpal tunnel syndrome, he turned to it.