Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 hen
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. melted shortening or Wesson oil
1 egg, beaten
1/4 to 1/2 c. milk

Preparation

Cook chicken and remove from bone.
Mix flour, baking powder, shortening and egg; add milk slowly up to 1/2 cup, until right consistency.
Roll out thin; cut in strips.
Drop slowly in boiling chicken broth so boiling does not stop.
Cook until tender.
Leave chunks of chicken in broth, if desired.