Semmelknödel – Bread Dumplings

Ingredients

1 cup milk
2 – 3 eggs
3 cups flour
salt
6 slices stale bread, broken into chunks

Directions

Mix ingredients except for bread. Dough must be sticky and come off a wooden spoon with ease. Add pieces of bread and mix well. Wet hands in cold water to form semmelknoedel dumplings. (This recipe usually yields 2 – 3 dumplings.) Cook in salted boiling water for 25 – 30 minutes. Slice and Serve, ideally alongside goulash and a cucumber salad! 😉

My Notes

This is the recipe I wrote down as I was helping my Oma make knödel one day when I was little. We stopped and measured out the ingredients as we went, but actual volumes can vary. She mixed ingredients "until it looks right", which is not an instinct I have ever developed! 🤷‍♀️

(I’m adding the umlaut-free spelling of semmelknoedel in here to make it easier to search for this recipe.)