Grandma's Dumplings From Scratch: 100+ Year Old Recipe

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder, scant
• 1 tablespoon crisco
• 1 teaspoon crisco
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 3/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 mix the first 6 ingredients together until combined. slowly add the water until you form a dough. you may have to add more or less water to form the ball.
• 2 roll out the dumpling dough on a floured surface thin and cut into bite size pieces.
• 3 drop them one at a time into simmering chicken/broth. she would always drop a few then wait a bit, then drop a few more. she said this kept them from sticking together in the end. after they are all added, give a gentle stir (once or twice around the pot, then leave it alone).
• 4 let the dumplings simmer in the chicken/broth mixture until they float to the top (about 15 minutes or so). i have let them simmer a longer, and that's fine. she would taste the broth one last time after the dumplings were done for seasoning before we got to eat them!