Knoephla and Sauerkraut

This is a good old German recipe!  German households in the old days would make their own sauerkraut.  They also made their own sausage.  This was an easy recipe to make with what they had. Hannah grew up loving sauerkraut and a dish like this made her happy!

Knoephla and Sauerkraut

Ingredients:

5 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs in cup (fill cup up with water)
Sausage pieces or diced ham
2 cups diced potatoes
1 qt. sauerkraut
Salt
Pepper

Directions:

Oven at 350 degrees

In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, salt and baking powder.  Add in eggs and water.  Add additional water as need to make a stiff dough.    Let set for 3 to 4 hours.   Roll into small finger length pieces.

Fill a large kettle with water and bring to a boil.  Add salt to water.  Using a scissor cut small pieces of dough into the boiling water.     After all the pieces have been added cook for about 3-5 minutes.  Drain well.

In a large fry pan add sausage or ham and sauerkraut.  Simmer for 30 minutes.

In a large roaster, add sauerkraut and meat, potatoes and knoephla.  Salt and pepper to taste.

Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.