We’re back for another week of our Cooking With Kids A-Z series. Today’s recipe is D is for Dough and we’re sharing a childhood memory with homemade noodles. Homemade Pasta noodles were drying on our dining room table quite often as a child. Now, my husband makes homemade noodles for his Chicken Noodle Soup and we’re bringing you his recipe.
How to Make Homemade Pasta
. They aren’t too hard to figure out and in fact, this was our first time using a pasta maker. We usually just roll the dough with a rolling pin and cut with a knife to make noodles. That style of pasta is typically better for soups and stews as it produces a thicker noodle. Today, we wanted to make fettuccine and the pasta maker was the way to go. 
To make the pasta dough, start with 4 eggs. Whisk them together in a bowl. Little Sister only broke one of the shells into the eggs. Success!
Pour 2 cups of flour directly onto a cutting mat or counter top surface. Sprinkle in one teaspoon of salt. Mix gently and form the flour into a well.
Pour the eggs into the flour well.
Homemade Noodles Recipe
Start kneading and mixing by hand. The dough will be very dry and crumbly at first. Keep kneading and mixing. This is a long process. My kids were able to help at first, but the dough tends to get tough and I needed to step in to finish kneading.
**Depending on the size of eggs and type of flour, your dough consistency may be different. We used “medium” sized eggs and “all-purpose” flour. You can add a small bit of water, but I would hold off on adding the water. You want the dough to rest for at least an hour and the resting time seems to help with the toughness of the dough. Adding water will produce a sticky dough that can’t be rolled out.
Pour a small amount of olive oil onto plastic wrap. Coat the dough and wrap it up. Allow the dough to rest, coated in the oil for about an hour.
When you are ready to roll the dough, flour the counter top surface and use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into a rectangle. I LOVE this rolling pin
If you are not using the pasta maker and are just rolling out the dough, Keep rolling and rolling until the dough is very thin. Use a sharp knife dipped in flour to cut long noodles.
If you are using the pasta maker, Adjust the dial to the widest thickness of dough. Roll the dough through the rollers and gently hold it out as it rolls through. You will need to re-roll the dough several times, adjusting the thickness of the rollers using the adjustable dial. When the dough is thin, position it into the cutter side of the rollers. As you roll the dough through, gently separate and lay out the noodles onto a floured surface.
Position the noodles so that none are touching another. Allow the noodles to dry for several hours.
You will know when the noodles are ready to cook when you can snap them. Drop into boiling water and cook for 4-5 minutes. Drain the pasta and serve.
