Name: Homemade Egg Noodles
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon baking powder; 4 egg yolks

I learned to cook many things from my grandmother. One of the family favorites was noodles, however Grandma taught by handfuls and pinches of this and that.  I since have tried to convert to US measurements.  My grandmother would be 102 if still living.

Homemade Egg Noodles

all-purpose flour

salt

baking powder

Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Add egg yolks and mix until dry ingredients are moistened.


Press into a ball and cut in quarters.  Roll out on floured surface 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick; cut to desired width and length. Lay on linen dish towel or wooden dowel to dry.


Add to broth such as chicken or turkey and cook until done.


In my home section of Indiana, homemade egg noodles are about as common as fresh-baked bread! Noodle dinners are popular community events and there is some small amount of competition as to who's are best. The recipe passed down to me through at least 4 generations can be found in "Betty Crocker's Cookbook". My family has slightly altered that recipe by using half-and-half in place of water, which creates a richer-tasting noodle. If the dough is dry and crumbly before rolling, adding egg yolks or more half-and-half will easily fix the problem. We often fix them with beef or chicken for a family dinner, and Thanksgiving without noodles in turkey broth would be unthinkable! Also, if you are a real Hoosier, you eat your noodles on top of mashed potatoes!

This was the first time I ever made homemade noodles and I had so much fun! Instead of mixing the ingredients by hand I used a food processor. I processed the flour salt and egg yolks (omitted the baking powder) until mixture formed fine crumbs. Then with the processor running I slowly added about 1/3 cup of water through the feed tube just until the dough forms a ball. (Without the water the dough was too dry and would not form into a ball.) I let the dough ball rest for 10 minutes before dividing it into quarters and proceeding with recipe. After rolling I let the four sheets of 12" square dough rest uncovered for 20 minutes. Then I loosely rolled up dough jelly-roll style and cut into 1/4" wide strips. Lastly I let the strips dry on cooling racks for a couple of hours. The noodles are then cooked in canned chicken broth for about 2 to 3 minutes with baby bok choy Vietnamese beef balls and sliced fish cakes. What a delicious meal!

Like the other reviewers, I also had to add 1/4 cup water to this recipe to get the dough to bind. I used my bread machine to mix the dough.  Put the ingredients in the machine, selected "dough" setting, and let the machine mix it for 10 minutes, then removed the dough.  It was perfect and easy to roll out.  Noodles turned out delicious in our chicken soup!

Great recipe just like my grandmothers. People must realize flour isn't always the same.In low humidity flour is dryer and will need more liquid when humid less. This is true for all recipies such as pie dough and bread. Either adding flour a little at a time or adding a very small of water at a time will work.

I have to agree with JORDANBENE because I'm a Hoosier too. After many moves I've lost my Betty Crocker cookbook so I had to improvise the day before Thanksgiving. I used the recipe given and added 1/2 cup of half and half. There was still some trouble with dryness so I added about 1 tablespoon of egg white. They are drying now so I can't comment on how they will actually taste but hoping for the best. Tips are always good: If you don't own a noodle cutter try using a pizza slicer---works fantastic. A knife is too time consuming and harder to control the noodle size. Always use your turkey broth for cooking and scrape the pan to get the good bits and pieces off----it adds loads of flavor. Happy Thanksgiving! Upate: Don't roll these out TOO thin......I did and ended up with a globby mess that barely resembeled noodles!

These are very similar to my grandmother's egg noodles. I used one whole egg and three yolks (like my grandmother did) and they were great.

extremely easy recipe and wonderful tasting. I never made homemade noodles before and now i've found out why these homemade noodles are far better than the packaged kind.

Very easy recipe. I added 3 egg yolk and one whole egg. It was easy dough to work with. We really enjoyed this boiled in chicken broth with shredded chicken fresh carrots and a few cubed potatoes. I thickened the broth after cooking with a little corn starch. Very yummy hearty comfort food.

Homemade Egg Noodles

Servings: 4

Cost: $2.06 /serving

Author : Beverly Myers

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