Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 whole chicken
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup lard (cold) or 1/2 cup shortening (cold)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup sweet milk
• yellow food coloring

Recipe

• 1 mix flour,salt, baking powder and lard in a large bowl.
• 2 in a smaller bowl beat egg, milk and food coloring well.
• 3 add to flour mixture and knead until no longer sticky.
• 4 cut into 3 pieces, roll out and cut these into squares.
• 5 add to broth.
• 6 boil one whole chicken in 2 1/2 quarts broth and water.
• 7 remove chicken and let cool.
• 8 debone.
• 9 add chicken to dumplings and continue to boil.