Homemade Egg Noodles for Beginners. Easy, Not Fancy!

When you are trying a new cooking idea, how it looks may not be as important as how it tastes. Sometimes accomplishing the goal is the best lesson. Homemade noodles are like that. They are relatively easy to make. Don't expect them to be perfect, but expect them to be tasty and economical.

When you get comfortable with these egg noodles, you can branch out to more advanced ones. So read through this first, take a deep breath and know that I was in your shoes the first few times I made noodles. Each step has a numbered picture to at the top of the article to follow along with.

Ingredients

1 ½ - 2 cups of flour
6-8 egg yolks
¼ cup of cold water
1 teaspoon of salt
(extra flour)

Utensils
Bowl
Spoon
Rolling pin
Pizza cutter or sharp knife

Step 1. Mixing dry ingredients

Put flour and salt in bowl. Scoop out a hole or well in the center of the flour.

Step 2. Adding wet ingredients and mixing.

Separate the egg yolk from the egg whites. You are going to use the yellow yolks. If you get a bit of egg white, don't worry, it won't ruin anything. Just try to be careful. Put the egg yolks in the well and beat them with your spoon. Add the cold water and continue to stir. Now bring in more and more of the flour into the center until you have all of the flour mixed and the dough starts to pull away from the bowl.

At this point, most pictures show this perfect ball of smooth dough. Notice MY picture is not that pretty. So don't get caught up in this.

Step 3. About the dough ball.

Work the dough a bit. If it is absolutely too dry to work with, add a bit more water. Work the dough into a ball and flour the table generously. Put the ball of dough in the center. This dough ball will not be pliable, but rather on the dry and slightly crumbly side.

Step 4. Rolling the noodles out.

Sprinkle flour on the rolling pin and slowly start to roll the ball out. Egg noodle dough can be very stiff. Really push down and keep rolling. I usually start in the middle and roll outwards. Slowly but surely it will get bigger. Flip every few times you roll and sprinkle with more flour if it wants to stick to the table.

You can make the dough as thin or thick as you want. My hubby likes medium to thick noodles. HINT: Noodles will get a little thicker when cooked!

Step 5: Cutting the noodles

Cutting noodles is quick and easy when you use a pizza cutter. This is where the noodles will not be perfect, but you can get them cut and make them whatever width you'd like. See how wide the noodles are in the picture? See how long we like them?

Step 6: Letting the noodles dry.

After you have cut the noodles. You can separate and "fluff" them so they can start drying. You don't need to have them totally dry to cook them right away. If you are going to freeze them or store them, make sure they are thoroughly dry. HINT: If the noodles try to stick together, lightly sprinkle them with flour.

If you have made it this far, CONGRATULATIONS! You are no longer a beginner. You have a quick, not perfect bunch of noodles in front of you. They will taste great!