Grandma Vanicek's Czechoslovakian Potato Dumpling Recipe

Ingredients:

6 md Potatoes
1 Egg yolk
1 1/2 ts Salt
1/2 All-purpose flour

Directions:

1.Boil peeled potatoes in small quantity of water. Drain potatoes thoroughly.

2.Rice potatoes through hand held masher/ricer. Let potatoes cool. On floured board, gradually add flour working mixture into dough with hands.

3.Shape potato mixture into a long roll and cut into 10 slices. Drop dumplings into boiling water and boil gently about 5 minutes.

4.Drain dumplings on paper towel. The dumplings are fully cooked after the boiling process, but traditionally, Czechoslovakians then melt butter in a heavy frying pan, and fry the dumplings until they are lightly browned on all sides.