Pennsylvania Dutch Pot Pie Made Easy

When I was growing up, my mom would often make Chicken or Turkey Pot pie.  Not until I was grown, did I realize that there are different versions of pot pie!  In my husband's family, the same recipe was called chicken and dumplings.  Pot pie can also use an actual pie crust.  Whatever you call it, it is yummy!  In our home, pot pie was homemade squares of noodles boiled in either chicken or turkey soup with different vegetables. 

 This is a photo of my grandmother's recipe card for Pot pie Dough, as you can see it is well used!  

I love my grandmother's handwriting!

Last week when my dad was visiting from Pennsylvania, I wanted to make some recipes I knew he would like.   (This is my dad's mom's recipe for Pot pie.)

  

However, making the pot pie dough can get tedious, and I like to make things simple and easy.  

I decided to try using my food processor to make the pot pie squares of dough.   Here is the directions to making Pennsylvania Dutch Pot Pie the easy way:

 First, add 2 cups of flour, 1 tsp of salt and 3 tablespoons of butter to the food processor.

Then in a separate bowl, beat 2 eggs with a fork.

Turn on the food processor and pulse until butter and flour are blended.

Gradually, pour the eggs in the opening at the top while the processor is running.  

Then add about 2/3 cup of milk and keep the processor running until the dough forms a ball.

Take the ball of dough out and place it on a floured board.

Roll out the dough until it is about 1/4 inch thick.

I used my pizza cutter to make the squares.  You can make them as big or as small as you want.

I added the squares to a boiling turkey soup on the stove. 

As they finished cooking, they rose to the top.

It took about 15-20 minutes to cook.

The soup was very yummy, and everyone loved it!  Even my pickiest eater, asked for seconds! 

Here is the recipe again:

Ingredients:

2 cups of flour

3 tb. butter

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

@ 2/3 c. milk

Mix butter and flour and salt in food processor.  Then add eggs and milk until dough forms a ball.  Roll out with flour and cut into squares.  Drop into boiling soup and cook 15-20 minutes until squares rise to the top.