How to Make Homemade Noodles
on Jan 18, 2019, Updated Aug 22, 2024
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A simple guide on how to make homemade egg noodles with just a few simple ingredients – just like my grandma makes them.
Fun fact: I have an amazing grandma who comes out to Utah from Indiana to visit every so often. I’ll often ask her to cook things with me and my kids on her short trips because kitchen and food memories are my love language. A few years ago she came out and made homemade noodles with my kids and since then my kids have referred to her as “Grandma Noodle.” How cute is that? In order to pay a little tribute to Grandma Noodle, I thought it be appropriate to share her noodle recipe with you.
Homemade noodles are one of those simple pleasures in life that just feel good to make and even better to eat. Making pasta from scratch isn’t complicated or even hard, but it does take some time and energy. Making “slow food” like this is one of my favorite activities to do when life feels busy or when I need something mundane to keep my hands busy while thinking. Try these noodles with a simple red sauce, my chicken parmesan or cut the noodles to fit my make ahead lasagna or my easy manicotti recipe.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Making homemade pasta is a favorite activity in our house during the cold months when the weather isn’t great and the kids are stuck inside.
- There’s something magical about flour and eggs rolled into fresh pasta. You can’t beat homemade pasta.
- Your family will love making these homemade noodles together – and love eating them even more!
Recipe Ingredients
- Flour – All-purpose
- Eggs
- Milk
- Salt
See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities
How to Make Homemade Noodles
Step #1. Combine flour and salt in a bowl, then add eggs and milk, stirring to form a dough.
Step #2. Knead the dough on a floured surface until smooth, then let it rest for 10 minutes.
Step #3. Divide the dough, roll it out thin, and cut into noodles.
Step #4. Cook the noodles immediately for 3 minutes or let them dry overnight for later use.
Recipe FAQs
It’s easy! Simply add a little flour and salt to a bowl, mix in eggs and a little milk until it’s a workable dough. Then roll, cut, and boil!
No! You can cook your fresh pasta right away in a pot of boiling water or broth if making soup. Fresh noodles only take about 3 minutes to cook, though. Take note of the shorter cooking time so that you don’t overcook your pasta.
I have a great recipe for that! Classic Chicken Noodle Soup made with homemade noodles is the best.
You can cook the noodles right away (for about 3 minutes in hot boiling water or broth if making soup) or you can let them dry overnight and then store them in an air-tight container in the freezer for up to 3 months. I like to make this recipe in large batches on purpose so that I have some to stash in the freezer for later.
Expert Tips
- Roll it however is easiest for you. Thomas bought me this pasta roller for my birthday a few years ago, and I love it. No pasta roller? Just roll your dough out with a rolling pin and use a knife or even a pizza wheel to cut it into noodle pieces. Don’t over think it. Homemade pasta tastes great no matter how it’s cut!
- This recipe is really easy to scale up if you’d like to make more noodles. I normally triple the recipe and eat half the same day and save the other half in the freezer for a second meal later.
- If your dough is pulling back and trying to keep its shape when you try to roll it out, let it rest another 10 minutes.
- If your dough is very sticky, add more flour.
- If your dough is very dry, put it back in the bowl and mix in additional milk or egg until it’s workable.
- This is a great recipe to make with kids. Mine love to use mini cookie cutters to make noodle shapes which we just cook up and serve with a simple pasta sauce.
How to Serve and Store Homemade Noodles
These noodles are perfect to serve in any shape with any sauce. Try them with my easy homemade spaghetti sauce, Swedish meatball sauce, homemade pesto (without pine nuts), Arrabbiata sauce, or brown butter sauce. For dessert you can try Grandma Shoaf’s quick and easy chocolate sheet cake or Grandma’s raspberry cobbler.
You can let these noodles dry overnight and then bag and store them in an air-tight container in the freezer for up to 3 months.
More Pasta Recipes to Consider
Pasta Dishes
Easy Slow Cooker Vegetable Lasagna
Pasta Dishes
Pumpkin Alfredo
Pasta Dishes
Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Baked Pasta
Soups, Stews & Chowders
Pasta Fagioli Soup Recipe
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How to make homemade noodles
Ingredients
- 1 1/2- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Additional flour as needed
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour and salt. Use a fork to combine.
- Add the eggs and milk to the bowl. Use your fork to stir and combine well.
- When the dough starts to come together, turn it out onto a well-floured surface and knead lightly to form a smooth dough.
- Let the dough rest on the counter for 10 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 4 or 6 parts and roll with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch thick.
- Use a sharp knife or a pizza wheel to cut the thin dough into noodles, making them the size you prefer. Instead of rolling by hand, you can use a pasta roller to roll and cut your dough (my grandma made so many homemade noodles that she got a pasta roller at some point and used it for years).
- You can cook the noodles right away (for about 3 minutes in hot boiling water or broth if making soup) or you can let them dry overnight and then bag and store them in an air-tight container in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Notes
- This recipe is really easy to scale up if you’d like to make more noodles. I normally triple the recipe and eat half the same day and save the other half in the freezer for a second meal later.
- If your dough is pulling back and trying to keep its shape when you try to roll it out, let it rest another 10 minutes.
- If your dough is very sticky, add more flour.
- If your dough is very dry, put it back in the bowl and mix in additional milk or egg until it’s workable.
- This is a great recipe to make with kids. Mine love to use mini cookie cutters to make noodle shapes which we just cook up and serve with a simple pasta sauce.
Can this pasta be made into ravioli?
Yes! I do it occasionally, delicious!
When I married into my husbands family, they had noodles instead of dressing. So 43 years later I’m making homemade noodles. We love them. So good.
Oh, my! This brought back sooo many wonderful memories of watching Grandma cooking–especially her homemade noodles! Sounds exactly like her recipe. Can’t wait to make them…thanks for sharing!
This is a great recipe to teach kids how to make food from scratch. My granddaughter is spending time with me since having elbow surgery. She has always showed an interest in cooking so……
We doubled it so she can take half home for her mom and brothers. Awesome!!!
Deciding what’s next :). Thank you for sharing. Springfrield Ohio
Welcome from Ohio. I grew up in Indiana, so I just love the Midwest! Hope your granddaughter gets feeling better soon!
Oh my, these were great! I had never made homemade noodles before, but these came together so easily and were fun to make!
Haven’t made homemade pasta since we first moved to Utah 12 years ago! We had such a hard time I’d basically given up. These noodles were SUPER easy, though, and Melissa’s tips about the possible textures made it easy to troubleshoot and adjust. Came out perfectly delicious with no struggle! Will definitely made again and soon!
Happy noodle making Michelle, Grandma will be so proud!
Can I use the same recipe to make totelin and ravioli?
Yesss! I do that all of the time, I just adjust my thickness a bit!
Can I keep them out of freezer and they remain safe still,and secondly can I use water instead of milk and it comes out perfectly?
If you keep them out of the freezer you’ll want to let them dry really well before storing them and then store them in the fridge for up to a week or in a bag for a few days. The freezer just makes them last a lot longer. And you can use water instead of milk with no issues! ENJOY!
What is the cooking time for frozen noodles?
They’ll cook in about 5 minutes. Still faster than traditional noodles but a few minutes longer than the fresh, non-frozen!
Do you let them dry overnight open?
Yes! If you’d like you can cover them with a light flour sack towel or something to keep any dust off but I just let them dry on my bar, uncovered over night most of the time.