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Barbara's Potato Dumplings Recipe

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Croutons
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/4 cup butter or margarine
3 slices dry bread, cut into small cubes
Directions:
Directions:
For croutons, melt butter in a small skillet brown bread cubes. Set aside.
 

Dumplings
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 teaspoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs
Directions:
Directions:
In a saucepan, boil potatoes in water to cover until tender. Cool rice potatoes and place in a large bowl. Add flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Stir in eggs beat until mixture holds its shape. With lightly floured hands, shape about 2 tablespoons dough into a ball, placing a few croutons in center of each ball. Repeat with remaining dough and croutons. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Drop dumplings into boiling salted water (2 teaspoons salt to 1 quart water). Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Drain. Melt butter in a small skillet cook and stir the bread crumbs until lightly browned. Sprinkle over dumplings.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
15
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
When I was a child, I loved to watch the cooking dumplings pop to the top of the pot of boiling water. We youngsters always had two helpings--one with sauerbraten gravy and the other with warm plum jam on top!

 

 

 

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