Chicken 'N Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 whole fryer
water
bay leaf
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
chicken flavored bouillon cubes to taste
2 c. flour
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. shortening

Preparation

Cover chicken with water and add bay leaf, onion, garlic, salt and pepper and bouillon.
Cook until chicken falls off bone. Remove chicken from broth.
Remove chicken from bone.
Bring broth back to boil and then add dumplings.
Cut the shortening into dry ingredients.
Add enough hot broth to make a stiff dough.
Roll dough out on well floured board to 1/8-inch thickness.
Cut into 1-inch strips and cut into 4-inch pieces.
Drop one at a time into hot broth.
Cook until tender, 15 minutes.
Add boned chicken to dumplings.