Lemon Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. water
1 lemon, sliced
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. molasses
2 c. flour, sifted
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. shortening
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 c. milk
dash of pepper

Preparation

Mix
water,
lemon,
sugar
and molasses and bring to a boil. Make
dumplings by mixing remaining ingredients together.
Drop dumpling
mixture
into the simmering liquid.
Cook until dumplings
are
done,
turning
once.
(Small ones take about 3 minutes.) When all dumplings are done, remove from the liquid
and thicken
the
liquid slightly with flour and pour over the dumplings.
Good hot or cold.