Grandma's pierogi dough is supposed to be sticky?? I messed it up for 10 years

So I've been making my grandma's pierogi recipe since I was like 20 and always thought the dough was way too sticky to work with. I kept adding more flour to the point where they came out tough and kinda rubbery every time. Last week my aunt watched me in the kitchen and literally grabbed my wrist mid-flour-pour. She said grandma always kept the dough soft and just used extra flour on the table instead. Made a fresh batch the right way and my god the texture was completely different. Soft chewy pillows instead of those hard little hockey pucks I've been serving for a decade. Now I feel like I owe everyone in my family an apology for all those bad pierogis I've been passing off as authentic. Has anyone else discovered they were doing a family recipe completely backwards for years?

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anthony_wells1d ago

Are you sure they weren't just being polite about the old ones?

karenf401d ago

Oh believe me, they were being polite for sure. People don't usually walk up and say "hey, your old decorations look terrible" even if they're thinking it. That's just basic manners. But the way they went on and on about the new ones told me everything. Like when someone compliments your old stuff a little too much, you know something's up. They were definitely trying to be nice about it before, so I'm glad I finally switched things out. Now the compliments actually feel real.