Oma's German Spätzle Recipe ❤️

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A German Spätzle recipe can be tricky to make. Here's my easy version of this traditional favorite. Spätzle (Spaetzle) are a very traditional dish for Swabians living in the Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria states.

Easy, because I use a stainless steel Lid and Scraper combo that I bought in Germany on my last trip. Always works.

This easy home-made recipe lets you enjoy Spätzle wherever you are in the world even if you don't have access to a German deli. So, go ahead. Make this German favorite!

Spätzle made just like Oma ❤️

Ingredients:

• 2¼ cups flour, all-purpose
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 2 large eggs
  
• about ½ - 1 cup water
  

Instructions:

• Mix flour and salt in a bowl.
  
• Add eggs and mix well.
  
• Gradually add just enough water to make a smooth, light, and firm dough. The amount will depend on how 'dry' your flour is.
  
• Let stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile bring a large pot of salted water to boil.
  
• Push dough through the Spätzle lid with the scraper, directly into the boiling water. 
  
• Noodles will float when they are done (will take a few minutes). Remove with slotted spoon.
  
• These are often served with lightly sautéed diced bacon or fried onions.
  
• Makes 4 servings.

Spätzle aren't always available in my part of Canada. So, if I want to enjoy them, I must make them from scratch. You can, too. In modern German cookbooks and magazines, whenever recipes call for Spätzle (or Schwabian noodles), they are usually cooked from a package - a convenience food.

Kids love it. And why not? It is so good, so rich, so YUMMY!

Whenever we had noodles of any kind when I was growing up, I always thought we were eating "Italian-style." I didn't know that the southern part of Germany has its own type of noodle dishes, traditional noodle dishes that aren't Italian at all, such as this "Nudelkasserole".

Spätzle, a type of German noodles, are common in the southern part of Germany. This word means "little sparrow". (This type of soft egg noodle is also called "Nokedli" in Hungary.)

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