My sister Sandy and I were searching for Kuchen recipes and found this site. We were so excited to see this recipe as it brought back many happy memories at Grandma's table. We are orginally from a little town called Canova, SD which is near Salem. Thanks so much for sharing and what a coincidence that we live in PA as well.

It was refreshing to see a knefla recipe that isn't the popular soup. This is how I remember my German Russian grandmother making it. A few things: I would start with 1 1/4 cup flour and add more as needed. I thought this called for a lot of flour and I had to add extra liquid to the dough as it turned out crumbly. Like my grandmother, I par-boiled the potatoes in ham broth, removed the potatoes then cooked the knefla in the broth as well. Instead of frying in oil, I heated the butter until good and brown (med-high heat)and then fried the potatoes and knepfla. Also, I can't resist adding the toasted bread crumbs to this dish. I hadn't made this in years and came across this recipe by accident. Jogged my memory. Thanks. By the way, I grew up in SD, 100 miles or so west of Hoven, SD.