Everything Bagel Seasoning Recipe
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An easy everything bagel seasoning recipe featuring a blend of seeds, spices, and flaky sea salt. It takes less than five minutes to make your own everything bagel seasoning, and the recipe is easily doubled or tripled, so it’s great for holiday gifting. Bread, puff pastry, scrambled eggs, salads, baked potatoes, roasted vegetables—once you start making big batches of everything bagel seasoning, you’ll find plenty of ways to put it to good use!
What Inspired This Everything Bagel Seasoning Recipe?
As a New Yorker, I’ve long been a fan of the everything bagel. Salty, crunchy, garlicky, and coated in a flavorful blend of spices and seasonings, this New York City bagel shop staple tastes best when piled high with lox and cream cheese (and maybe some capers and red onions, too!) And the seasoning, comprised of spice blend black and white sesame seeds, garlic granules, onion flakes, poppyseeds, and flaky sea salt, is what really makes these bagels so good. I created this homemade everything bagel seasoning recipe to mimic the flavors of the NYC classic.
Choosing the Best Ingredients
To make homemade everything bagel seasoning, you’ll need white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, dried onion flakes, garlic granules (sometimes sold as granulated garlic), poppyseeds, and flaky sea salt. If you enjoy a more pronounced garlic flavor, you can replace half of the dried onion flakes with dried minced garlic, or use a tablespoon of minced garlic in addition to the onion flakes. Choose fresh, good-quality seeds and spices for homemade everything bagel seasoning. Over time, seeds can turn rancid, and ground spices will lose their potency. If you’re planning to make a double or triple batch for gifting (or if you want to make everything bagel bread) I recommend purchasing bags of bulk spices on Amazon, or from your favorite spice retailer, Indian grocer, or the international aisle at the supermarket.
Everything Bagel Seasoning
- Total Time5 minutes
- Yield150 grams (about 1 cup) 1x
An easy homemade everything bagel seasoning recipe featuring a blend of seeds, spices, and flaky sea salt.
Ingredients
35 grams white sesame seeds (4 tablespoons)
27 grams black sesame seeds (3 tablespoons)
23 grams dried onion flakes (3 tablespoons)*
30 grams garlic granules (3 tablespoons)
27 grams poppyseeds (3 tablespoons)
10 grams flaky sea salt (1 tablespoon)
Instructions
Stir together all ingredients in a small bowl.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 6 months.
Notes
*If desired, you can replace half of the dried onion flakes with dried minced garlic.
Recipe can be doubled or tripled.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Method: No Bake
How to Use Everything Bagel Seasoning
Use homemade everything bagel seasoning for bagels, dinner rolls, or a loaf of everything bagel bread. Sprinkle everything bagel seasoning on popcorn or homemade crackers, or use it on puff pastry appetizers like puff pastry pinwheels, vegetarian sausage rolls, and anchovy sticks. (It’s also a key component in this everything bagel smoked salmon tart recipe!) Try it with scrambled eggs, fried eggs, hard boiled eggs, or even stirred into egg salad. Garnish avocado toast, roasted vegetables or a plate of sliced raw veg for snacking. You can also make an everything bagel baked potato, or season potato wedges. Everything bagel seasoning makes a great substitute for sesame seeds in rice balls, bowls, and sushi bakes. I’ll even sprinkle some on top of a bowl of plain white rice (with a little butter and soy sauce!) for a quick late-night dinner.
Make-Ahead and Storage Suggestions
Store homemade everything bagel seasoning in an airtight container at room temperature for up to six months. The seeds and spices won’t spoil quickly, but they will decrease in flavor if stored for a long time.
Other Seasoning and Spice Blend Recipes You Might Enjoy
Homemade Pumpkin Spice Recipe
Homemade Mixed Spice Recipe
And if you do make these, or any of my recipes, don’t forget to tag me @bastecutfold or use the hashtag #bastecutfold on Instagram. I always love to see what you’re making!
