Czech Potato Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups mashed potatoes, cold
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons cream of wheat
• 3 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 peel and boil potatoes until done.
• 2 drain potatoes and mash.
• 3 do not add butter or milk.
• 4 cool potatoes in refrigerator until cold.
• 5 mix in order given.
• 6 mix well, and knead on a floured board until smooth.
• 7 divide dough in half and make each half of dough into a roll about 3 inches in diameter and about 12 inches long.
• 8 cut into dumplings about 2 inches long with a sharp knife that has been dipped in flour.
• 9 while you are cutting the dumplings, bring a large stockpot about 2/3 full of water with 1 teaspoon of salt added to water to a boil.
• 10 once the water is boiling, add half of the dumplings to the water and stir so they don't stick to the bottom.
• 11 boil for 15 minutes.
• 12 remove from water with slotted spoon to drain.
• 13 place dumplings in roaster sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• 14 cover and keep warm in oven set to low.
• 15 boil the rest of the dumplings, remove from water and add to roaster.
• 16 serve.
• 17 these are wonderful eaten with butter or sauerkraut or gravy.
• 18 i use all of my leftover mashed potatoes for this recipe.
• 19 to freeze:.
• 20 place leftover dumplings on waxed paper lined baking sheets and freeze until solid.
• 21 remove from baking sheet and place in ziplock freezer bags to store in freezer.
• 22 will keep for 6 months in freezer.