Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
sweet milk (about 1/2 c.)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
1/3 tsp. white pepper

Preparation

Sift flour, baking powder, salt and pepper together 3 or 4 times.
Cut in shortening, then crumble with tips of fingers.
Add just enough sweet milk to make a very, very stiff dough.
Roll out on a well floured dough board about 1/8-inch thick.
Cut into strips or squares and drop into boiling stock in which chicken has been previously cooked.
The stock should be boiling madly when dumplings are dropped in; add milk to chicken stock for a richer gravy.
Lower heat and cook slowly about 20 minutes.