Here is a recipe that you can easily make without eggs and dairy. I am really surprised that this easier, basic potato dough recipe is not found on the internet. This is the recipe that my father, Fredric Kurzweil, used to make when he was in young in Vienna (1920s etc) and I found it in a cookbook called "Someone's in the Kitchen with Oma"

ZWETCHKENKNöDEL
Zwetschken are plums (the kind they make prunes out of). Knödel are dumplings. The word is utterly unprounouceable unless you are German. You can also make this with apricots, in which case it is called "Marillenknödel".

6 medium potatoes, boiled in their skin
2 cups flour
A little salt
1 egg
Plums or Apricots
Sugar Cubes

Peel and rice the potatoes onto a pastry board. Add the flour and salt and mix. make a well in the center, break the egg into it, and work the mixture into a soft dough.

Roll out the dough, on a heavily floured board, to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 2 1/2 inch squares. Put a piece of pitted fruit with a sugar cube in the middle of each square, and fold the dough around the fruit till you have a perfectly (??) round knodel.

Simmer the dumplings in a large pot of water till they're done. They need to float on the surface but not fall apart (about 10 to 15 minutes).

Meanwhile brown some dry breadcrumbs (about 1/2 cup) in about 4 tablesppoons butter (I have been using olive oil) and add about 1/4 cup sugar ( I use stevia). Roll them around untill they're completely covered, and then eat them : ).

This makes about 12 to 15 knodel. Three per person is about right.

Thanks, Enid
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