Potato Dumplings

[Kitchen Witch]

Potato Dumplings

3 lbs. potatoes, peeled, cooked and mashed
1 C. hot milk
1/4 C. bacon grease
3/4 C. diced, cooked bacon
1/4 C. diced, cooked onion
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
3 T. chicken base
1/2 t. white pepper
4 large eggs
1 1/2 C. cracker meal
1 3/4 C. flour
3 C. fried bread croutons
Bring large pot of water to boil on stove.

Meanwhile, combine potatoes with milk, bacon grease, bacon, onion, nutmeg, chicken base, pepper, eggs, cracker meal and flour until mixture is smooth. Fold in croutons.

Break off a piece of dumpling dough and test in boiling water to make sure it holds together. Form mixture into dumplings about the size of a medium potato and cook in boiling water 10 to 15 minutes, or until done.

Makes 15 dumplings.

[rhodry69]

kw or anyone,

3 lbs potatoes is approx how many cups mashed?

thx,

rho

[Kitchen Witch]

???????? got me there!!! I bought loose taters at the market and each one was almost 1 lb.!!! they were biggies! just guess-timate the size of a potato and weight of each tater.........

(not much of a help huh???)

[rhodry69]

nope. lol. kitchen scales is something that i really need.

[Kitchen Witch]

how's this for a "strange" way to do it - hold taters in one hand and a pound of butter in the other - do it 3 times.....LOL