Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken (about 3 lbs.)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 small onion
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 rib celery
2 1/2 qt. water
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
3 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 egg
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 cup chicken broth

Preparation

Boil chicken, onion, celery and salt in water until chicken is tender.
Remove chicken to cool and debone.
Strain broth.
Reserve 1 cup broth for dough.
Add cream of chicken soup and nutmeg to broth.
Mix well.
Return to heat.
Dough:
Cut shortening into flour and salt.
Beat egg.
Add cooled broth and add to flour to make a firm dough.
Add more flour, if necessary.
Roll dough as thin as possible.
Return chicken to broth.
Add pepper.
Cut dough into desired square or oblong pieces.
Add one at a time to broth and chicken (which has been brought to boiling point).
Add more water and broth if necessary, so they will be a bit soupy.
If too soupy, add a Tbsp. of flour, mixed with a little water.
After adding dumplings, simmer for 20 minutes.