Finger Dumplings Recipes

Steps:

• Boil about 8 cups of water in a large pot. Let this boil while preparing the dough.
• Beat 2 eggs and salt together. Mix in about 1 cup of milk into the eggs/salt mixture and mix. Then add in mashed potatoes. Mix until somewhat smooth.
• Add the egg/salt/milk mixture into the 2 cups of flour in a large mixing bowl. If too dry, then add more milk so that the dough is dry enough to be very close to being sticky but not sticky.
• Roll into one large loaf. Cut in half. Roll the two sections into smaller and longer loafs. Cut both of these in half as well. You are left with 4 smaller loafs.
• Roll each of the smaller loafs into long strands about a 1/2 inch in thickness. They will get very long, about 2 to 3 feet in length each. When they are full rolled into long strands, cut them into 2 inch pieces using a dough knife or knife.
• Put 1/4 cup of butter into a large saucepan and heat on medium to medium-high heat but don't let the butter brown much.
• Drop the 2 inch pieces of rolled dough into the boiling water. When they float, take a slotted spoon and place the floating pieces into the heated saucepan with butter. Continue to add more 2 inch pieces and remove them as they start to float and add into the saucepan.
• In the saucepan, let the dumplings brown slightly and sprinkle the breadcrumbs into the sauce pan while occasionally flipping the dumplings, butter and breadcrumbs.
• Once browned, remove and continue the process until all the 2 inch pieces are cooked. Add more butter when the saucepan dries out if needed.

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and egg. Add salt, baking powder and flour.
• 2. Bring soup or broth to a boil.
• 3. Drop dough from teaspoon into boiling mixture, cover, and simmer for 8 minutes. *If the steam hurts your hands, this is an alternative way to drop in the dough: Put the mixture into a zip-lock plastic bag. Snip off a corner. Keep a cup of cold water next to you to wet you fingers, and squeeze out the dough through corner of bag, snipping off dough with your fingers. Wet finger tips as needed. This way your hands can be held to the side of pot, rather than directly above the steam.

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, herb mixture, baking powder, baking soda, salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until sandy. Stir in the buttermilk.
• Turn out onto a floured piece of parchment paper. Pat into a 3/4-inch-thick rectangle.
• Cut the dough into rough 2-inch squares with a large knife. Cover with plastic wrap.

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain.
• Peel cooked potatoes and place into a large bowl. Mash with a potato masher. Add eggs and flour and mix until well combined. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
• Use your hands to shape potato dough into oblong dumplings with two pointy ends. If the dough sticks to your hands, rinse them under cold water.
• Bring water to the boil in a large pot over high heat, then reduce temperature to a simmer. Drop small batches of the dumplings into the just simmering water. Cook until they float on the top. Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon and submerge in a bowl with cold water. Remove with a slotted spoon, put them in a colander, and drain well.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat and saute Schupfnudeln until golden brown and crisp from all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain on paper towel and keep warm until all Schupfnudeln are done.