A Knödel is a type of dumping, typically made with bread or potatoes. Technically, these are Semmelknödel dumplings as they are made with bread or Speckknödel dumplings as they include bacon.

Ingredients

• 4 cups bread or rolls torn apart
  
  Bread roll torn into small bits
• 1/4-1/3 cup milk
• 1-2 strips of bacon, diced
  
  Bacon diced into small pieces
• 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped
• 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 eggs
• Approx. 1/4 cup flour
• Dash of nutmeg
• Salt/pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Place the torn bread into a large bowl, pour the milk over it evenly, and set aside.
2. Fry the bacon in a skillet, remove the grease, and set aside to cool. (I set mine aside on a paper towel to soak some of the grease)
3. Sauté the onions in the same pan you cooked the bacon
4. Add the parsley, salt/pepper, nutmeg, eggs, and cooled bacon and onions
   
   Ingredients mixed into bowl (sans bacon and onion)
5. Work the mixture together. Use your hands and mix everything in the bowl similar to making a meat loaf.
6. Slowly add some flour and continue working the mixture until it is like a sticky dough.
   
   
   Knödel ingredients mixed into a dough
7. Form balls of the dough mixture and add them to a pot of lightly salted boiling water.
   
   Knödels in pot with boiling water
8. The dumplings will rise to the surface a few minutes before they are finished

I garnished mine with a little bit of fresh chopped parsley. These are great as a side to meat dishes.

Finished product: