Pipsqueak Wants to Bring Exceptional Hand-Rolled and Boiled Bagels to Milwaukie | Eater Portland

"Born from Madilyn Gibbons' craving for a good house-made bagel in Milwaukie, Pipsqueak Bagels started as a preordered bagel business and will be at the Milwaukie and Sunnyside Farmers Markets this season, with plans to open a downtown Milwaukie brick-and-mortar in 2025 with her husband and partner Cam Gibbons. I describe the approach as traditional and hands-on: a two-day process that uses barley malt syrup in the dough, hand-rolling each bagel, letting them rest overnight, then boiling, baking, and seeding; Gibbons says boiling in malt syrup is essential for the burnish and bubbles on the outside and gives an umami-sweet flavor and the chew that other sweeteners (molasses, honey, brown sugar) don’t replicate. She currently takes pre-orders and offers classics like everything, sesame, and poppyseed, alongside more outside-the-box varieties such as rosemary-Maldon salt, jalapeño Cheddar, and seasonal specials like cacio e pepe, and at farmers markets she plans to offer a wider selection of schmears (smoked salmon, everything seasoning, scallion, and a rotating flavor)." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden