hi coupla questions

[Dienia B.]

hi im putting mr pickys momsrecipes on and shes czech, here is her cooklibbies czech recipes the cresents does anyone know what they are called ?
shes also got an applecoffee cake that the instructions arent the clearest does any on find it familar ?
and shes got a dumpling recipe that is kinda different i havent put it on because i dont know how to write it up this is what im working with
dumpling
heat to boiling
2 c milk
1 T salt
2 T butter
add enough flour to make a stiff dough
let cool:
add 3 egg yolks
1 whole egg
enough flour to make a stiff dough
let stand a few minutes than roll out and cook 20 minutes
can anyone help me with this?

[duonyte]

Hi Dienia, I cannot help you with the dumplings. The coffee cake sounds like something my mother made - she never used a recipe, just put ingredients in the bowl until it looked right - or perhaps she had memorized it. it's this one, I think, Libbie's Czech Apple Coffeecake

It's more like a batter bread - the dough will be quite soft. You don't use a lot of yeast in relation to the amount of flour, so it will take about 2 hrs to rise. I think you will need more apples - you need to put the apples on quite close to one another to cover the top, because they will separate as the dough rises between them. I made something like this a few years ago while visiting my dad and that was his complaint - not enough apples on top.

In terms of the directions, I'd change step 2:
put in mixing bowl with the 2 cups water, 1/2 c sugar, salt, egg, shortening a little lemon flavoring 6 cups flour sifted. and beat until a soft dough forms.

Step 7 - the melted shortening seems to be used all in the dough - so you need more here. I myself would use butter on top (and in the dough itself), it would taste better. Only butter on top. I think you would need about 1/2 cup of melted butter - 1/4 cup on each of the pans.

Step 8 - I would add that you will need enough sliced apples to cover the top of the dough closely.

I would bake at 350 deg - it will probably need somewhere around 45 minutes at a guess. 425 seems too high.

[Dienia B.]

thank you , i knew that recipe was off but didnt know why , i will change it .its like me making biscuits or pancakes ,i make them so much i dont needa recipe anymore. and mr pickys mom is 97 she doesnt remember anything any more and he is NO help . i think the dumpling recipe is just bare bones to remember, but alot of things are left out

[duonyte]

I know what you mean. When mr. grumpy's mom was alive I asked her to wait until i got back before making a specific recipe. We got home and she had it done. I said, ok, just talk me through it. She said well peel a 10 lb bag of potatoes. I said are you sure it isn't 5 lbs, and yes it was 5 lbs. And off we went and I still cannot get it right......

[Dienia B.]

that seems about right at my my house too... so anoying thanks for the help onthe apple cake this is completely different from how we cookd at home . i know enough to know something is wrong..lol mr picky said just make the recipe , i said thats alot of ingredients to give to dog lol