Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. stew (beef) meat
5 to 6 baking potatoes
5 to 6 carrots
1 whole (small) onion
1/2 c. olive/corn oil
1/2 or 1 pt. water
1/2 c. flour

Preparation

Cut stew meat in small bite size pieces.
Brown the meat in large frying pan with 1/2 cup olive or corn oil.
Cut up potatoes in quarter sizes and slice carrots in bite size pieces.
After meat is browned, add 1/2 cup flour to meat (still in pan) and work in with grease.
Add 1/2 to 1 pint cold water to make gravy. (Salt and pepper to taste.)
Put all (meat and gravy, carrots and potatoes) into Dutch oven with a whole onion.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for an hour or 3 to 4 hours on low in a crock-pot.
Serve with biscuits.