This tasty Rustic Bagel with its dense crumb is made from wholegrain wheat flour. Bagels originate from 16th-century Poland. Polish Jews brought bagels with them to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, but it was only in the second half of the 20th century that bagels became popular in the United States. Today, bagels are known and eaten in most parts of the world. Bagels are yeast dough rings that are briefly boiled in water before baking. This achieves their characteristically dense, chewy crumb.